Jerek Mothas
Eleutherian Guard
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Posted - 2011.11.12 22:42:00 -
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I believe I'll throw in my two cents here.
I'm a casual miner/mission-runner, and I think the balance of ganking, scamming, etc. is just fine. I jet-can mine pretty much every single time I mine, simply for the fact that I don't like making 50 billion trips back and forth. You may think me an idiot because of this, but it works for me. Yes, I've run into can-flippers a couple times, but I just cut my losses and moved on. I've had a couple encounters with ninja-salvagers as well. And while all these scammers are horribly annoying, I can live with it. What I WON'T do is stay in EVE if CCP gives in to the suicide gankers demanding that they be allowed to ruin other players' experiences.
I've NEVER made nearly enough money to be able to replace the ships I fly, and the reason I fly them is to make more money. If suicide ganking is made easier in high-sec just because a few whiners complain about high-sec being "too safe", I'll never be able to really get into the game as much as I'd like. Just because you can make 300 million a week doesn't mean everyone can, and mining shouldn't have to go the way of the dinosaur or turn into a game of cat-and-mouse just because you feel like it. Please, stop treating miners and missioners like worthless scrap. We're people as much as you are. Yes, I understand that EVE is a harsh place, but that's why I stay in high-sec. Believe it or not, I actually DO enjoy playing EVE without enjoying getting every single ship I fly blown to bits, and I did NOT join EVE to PvP originally. Steadily eating away an entire asteroid belt, dumping it into cans, and hauling it away to a station is the best way to spend my time in EVE that I could think of. You may hate it, but I don't, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. Just because you can't keep people from doing what you don't enjoy is no reason to complain. EVE is not JUST a PvP game, despite your narrow-minded opinions.
I live in high-sec, and I love what I do. I'd rather keep doing it, can-flippers and all. (Hulks are not chump change to everybody. Some of us actually CAN'T afford to replace them every day.) |