When subcapital ships (especially big ones) travel between systems in lowsec, they risk being intercepted by pirates or encountering some other misfortune that could delay their trip or even lead to their demise.

Right now capital ships can freely travel between lowsec mid points without fear of being delayed or killed. They can undock from a station and jump to another station in a different system while still under undock invulnerability.

Do you think there should be a risk to moving capital ships between systems in lowsec? Such that they could be intercepted by local pirates or other hostiles?

Because I'm the kind of person to invade other people's threads to answer questions outside my area of expertise:

Limit how many ships can jump to a cyno. (I'd say add a limit to how many cynos a side can light on a grid, but there's no reasonable way to do so. especially not one that can't be gamed)

Possibly have a minimum range between cynos. Minimum range to station would break the use in lowsec for Jump Freighters.

I don't disagree about power projection. That said-- how would you handle the necessary imports for nullsec industry? Even assuming regional production is fine and peachy, you've got to import all the other racial t2 materials that you can't mine (and maybe if you're in a **** region like providence, more r64s). You've got to import raw mexallon to deal with the nullsec mex shortage (that, or export tritanium). Okay, so fix the mineral balance-- you're also importing racial isotopes and salvage, to run towers and build the necessary rigs for doctrines. And faction ammo. And faction mods. And meta mods, either because they're better or you're taking in newbies.

It's not as much volume as you get right now, but blockade runners aren't big enough to handle it (even though they're otherwise excellent ships).

Additionally, how would you address the difficulties of intra-nullsec movement? Right now, you mine and refine in one system and build in another (thanks CCP / outposts). Should you have a one-stop shop, or should you instead move freighters of minerals back and forth?

Basically: while I support power projection nerfs, is there any way to make the industry side at least as compelling as highsec and not "kick in the balls" gameplay?

The most effective feedback you can give CCP on the CSM is not "I think this idea is bad" but rather "I think this idea is bad, here are the reasons why, and here is one or more alternative implementation that I think would address the problems."

You may not be doing the final design and implementation, but you are providing concepts and prototypes, and concepts & prototypes are an eminently critical part of any good design.

Frankly, I say "on the CSM" but it applies to any feedback anyone gives CCP. You think when Marlona Sky popped the idea that led to the current version of interdictor bubble launchers, or Prometheus Exthenal presented the idea for nullified interceptors, that they "weren't being game designers"?

So with that said, if as you say you "aren't running to be a game designer, I just want to give CCP feedback", how do you feel you can effectively do that?

Yet another blobtard. Nope thanks, we've had enough of this crap.

When you talk about this societal layout, are you saying this is your ideal vision? Since right now, aside from population density, the analogy appears not to hold.

1. Can you name some systems in low security space that are "industrial centers"?
2. With respect to faction warfare, what do you mean by "old families control it"?

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Another question. In the above narrative, it appears you support the idea that the majority of trade should happen in high sec. However, the biggest buyers are in null. How do you reconcile the conflicting imperatives between urban hub versus null independence, without collapsing the high sec economy?

If you mean abandonned industrial area with lots of vacant buildings (stations) that people can squat in for shelter then I think many people can agree. :)

Can you give a general overview of how you think null warfare and sov can be improved?

What do you think of players historically having to abuse a faulty or poorly designed game mechanic nearly to a point-of-no-return to get CCP to oftentimes simply acknowledge the issue?

By that I mean things like AoE Doomsdaying capital ships at the end of Delve 2 and more recently projects like Dec Shield.

manny will appear on my ballet, the only thing to be determined is where.

If you were to list the five things you consider the most broken or counter-productive in pvp mechanics (besides common issues like sov, blobs yaddayadda) what would they be and why? You already mentioned bombers and damps, can you explain why you think they're broken and add up three more?

I'm not an expert but... how about: Get closer, use SeBos (/those low slot mods) or use remote sebo?

Posted this in the BNI Candidate's thread, but would be interested in your take as well:

We often hear about "risk vs. reward" from major Nullsec powers, who are dismayed that players can make so much isk in High Sec and FW. Gevlon Goblin (trolltastic as he may be) often points out that nullbears often have high sec or FW alts to make most of their casual isk. And yet, nullsec is always the focus of the increased rewards due to perceived risk - when aside from major fleet battles, there's precious little PvP risk in nullsec. FW space - or lowsec in general - plus highsec see far more kills per day than nearly any nullsec region not currently the target of an invasion. Even wormholes, with their lack of local chat, unpredictable connections, harder NPCs, and highly restricted ship movement are considered less of an "end game" and thus deserving of less attention / reward.

What's your take on risk vs. reward? What kind of risk should be compensated? Is Sov Nullsec actually safer than high sec and low sec, and should it be rewarded less as a result? If logistical difficulty is a factor, how does the prevalence of jump capable logistics networks that allow you to bypass all the traditional chokepoints and risks of travel out to the hinterlands of nullsec?

Also, what do you think of Marlona's power projection limitation idea, or Fiddler's "Adverse Possession" ideas?

I like the feel of your position on things. However, I'm not a fan of gates only for everything. I have seen some serious gate camps including a sphere of abandoned drones which effectively shut down all gurilla style tactics. I'm more about limiting how often a group can abuse the jump drives and cynos. Enough to a point where it is not abuse and falls into a tactical decision that is not made on a whim. I suppose the is wormholes, but they are unpredictable.

I also agree completely about null industry and carrot status. Why go live at the edge of deep null when it is hard to travel to and nothing of value compared to farming level 4 missions? You need to out gold in the Klondike. Then, then living that far away from the safety of high sec will be attractive.

I cannot say I have heard a bad word about Manfred, and your ideas seem like they would greatly better eve as a whole. You have my vote.

+1

Well this one was originally aimed at Mynnna due to him being more indy type, but I would like to hear a reply from all CSM delegates:

Would you rather fight 1 dbrb sized laz or 10 laz sized dbrb?

Serious question.

What do you think should be the proper "sp limit" and barriers on players entering nullsec. There's multiple facets to this - How useful should new players be in fleets? How much sp should they have before they become combat effective? Should they be able to support themselves without the charity of their corp/alliance mates?

On a related note, it's apparent that sov null pilots need a lot of alts to function properly. Is this a problem? And does this "alt requirement" pose too much of a problem to players looking into sov-null.

Thanks for responding to my earlier question, and I like your take on risk / reward (even though I personally feel that sov null can be pretty riskless the majority of the time).

Regarding "carrots" - do you think people don't live in sov null because there aren't enough incentives, or is it because it's too easy to "own" sov null and live / work in empire? Compare it to wormholes, for example. There's an entire swath of people who live and base out of wormholes - with all the logistical hassle and lack of convenience that implies - even though the rewards aren't significantly better than nullsec on a per-player basis. In spite of lacking stations, jump clones, jump freighters, etc - they still choose to live and work there.

The point being - if the rewards aren't significantly higher per player than in nullsec, why are wormholes occupied and sov null barren?

Is it truly a lack of "carrots" or is it that there's no reason to live there when they can access it at will?

you said that you see lowsec as some kind of industrial region for eve. can you elaborate a bit more on that ?

if you have farms in 00, why transport ressources to lowsec if you could just build in nullsec ?

i always see lowsec as a place where most things are possible, but with profitability, risk and most importantly commitment somewhere between highsec and nullsec.

Manny, the people are dying to know the following questions:

Do you like WAFFLES.?

Do you like Pancakes?

Do you like French Toast?

Can you wait to get a mouthful?

Will likely be at the top of my list due to extensive game knowledge and love of Eve.

i can assure you that that's not the case. there are people out there who are happily producing things at a loss of more than a million ISK/hr. and judging from their sell orders they own tens of billions in ISK. and i am not talking about ships with extra materials here

How do you intend for industry to take place in null sec with out them just being a big target, because unless you pvp even a passerby is a target for others there. out side of you joining that group that holds the low sec and producing only for them its not that big of a market to be had. Besides eve promotes multiple accounts which causes many to be independent of others.

Your argument that power projection is too great is similar to my own. The issue is that you'll have thousands of players all in one system at the blink of an eye causing major issues for gameplay. Instead of getting rid of jump bridges (won't happen imo) would you advocate measures to make small gang relevant in 0.0? My argument has always been to take certain aspects of FW, modify it for 0.0 and use that as a way to curve power projection and cease the tidifest of massive battles.

Manny for CSM! Extremely chill dude who knows his ****...

Btw. the first few slowcat fleets with you as fc I actually had you mistaken for grath and was wondering why there was no rage....


Two questions:

1. With Supercapital Escalations like in B-R5RB every one that jumps into a fight of this proportion and soul crushing lag/tidi will eventually be stuck on the grid until the next downtime or server crash. Supercaps (and perhaps even caps to certain individuals) are assets that will not just allow you to o7logoff and just go to work .

No matter how that event was spun in the media, no one that actually plays this game wants to watch a screen semi afk for 12 hours with guns not cycling propperly or only once every hour. Do you see any improvement that could be made?

2. With carriers being limited as a sentry drone combat vessel what would you do to make fighters not totally useless?

Bonus Question: Would you endorse making airhorns a high slot module on capitals?

In this hypothetical would the drones be scramable? Assuming the Gila/Rattlesnake get similar changes to the Worm, drones MJDing back to the bay would a pretty big buff.

I'm in the midst of writing a series of blog posts about the changes I've seen over the last few years to EVE's culture. I feel we've become much quicker to embarrass and humiliate each other, much less likely to treat each other with respect, more inclined to see how far we can push another player... see if we can break him... see if we can drive him out of the game or make him snap.

And if successful, we crow "Go back to WoW, you *****!" and we celebrate our "victory."

1) Do you agree?
2) If so, why do you think it's happening? If you disagree, why?
3) What, if anything, do you feel CCP should do about it?

Hello Manfred,

I am one of the co-hosts of the Cap Stable Podcast. www.capstable.net

We would like to invite you to be on the show to be part of our CSM9 coverage.

Prospective CSM candidate who are interested in setting up a 30 minute interview, please use any of the methods detailed below to contact us. Interviews will be posted unedited, save clearing up any technical difficulties and they will be granted on a first confirmed, first served basis. Each CSM candidate will be paired with one of our hosts for an one-on-one interview. We will make ourselves available as possible, but we would prefer to record evenings US time, about 2:00-5:00 EVE time most days.

Email: podcast [at] capstable.net

Please remember to provide us with a contact e-mail and your Skype ID.

We hope to hear from you soon and thank you for participating in the Council of Stellar Management elections.

Sincerely,


Lanctharus Onzo
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Co-host & Writer, The Cap Stable Podcast

Question:

Previously you were an unashamed abuser of the drone assist mechanic, something which many people wanted changed for obvious reasons. With that in mind, are you truly able to be objective and represent EVE's players in discussions with CCP? If you were on CSM 8, what would you have said in the nerf drone assist discussions? Would you have supported it, or remain with the status quo?