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hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:23:00 -
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PREFACE FOR PERSPECTIVE: I have made (and continue to make) all of my isk PvPing by baiting high-sec mission runners and stealing their ships. I use this isk to fund hellokittyonline's endless rampage in low-sec and PLEX my 3 accounts.
SKILLS MY PROFESSION REQUIRES THAT PVE DOESN'T:
1. People Skills - the socio-path-like ability to talk someone into doing something completely stupid
2. Knowledge of Game Mechanics - pinning a battleship with a frigate while tanking his entire lvl 4 mission (though this is much easier than it sounds... most of the time)
3. Creativity - because only an idiot would fall for that... right?
4. Risk Management - training 3 accounts and making a large initial investment so that you can execute a ridiculous scheme with no guarentee that this scheme will pay-out enough to plex said accounts or even pay for your initial investment.
THE PROBLEM: Far too many players are mindlessly farming NPCs in an all-but-0-risk environment and there is no longer any incentive for those players to enter a risky environment because they can make far too much bank with little-to-no knowledge about combat or game mechanics. Now this in and of itself wouldn't be a problem in your typical MMO but in EvE these actions slowly but surely dilute the sandbox aspect of the game as players are not required to use any creativity, knowledge, or people skills to move forward in the game. One merely has to play by themselves (IN AN MMO) for a few hours a day in order to afford pretty much anything they desire. Furthermore, the longer players have access to the I-Win button(s), the more subscriptions CCP stands to lose by taking it away (ie: balancing their game becomes a conflict of interest).
CCPs STANCE: Has been to continuously bubble-wrap the risk-averse making it increasingly difficult (in extremely superficial ways) for us content-creators to inject risk into their environment. EXAMPLES: Swapping ships with an orca was nerfed because we were killing too many mission runners, EHP of miners was buffed because we were suiciding too many miners, CONCORD was buffed because we were suiciding too many industrials, mission NPCs aggro mechanics were changed because we were stealing too many LEWTS, crimewatch (and the green safety) was added because too many players were dying inadvertently (even though it was already completely avoidable by simply understanding aggro mechanics). Even when CCP decides to throw us PvPers a bone (Faction Welfare) it all-but-immediately devolves into a cloaked, stabbed, farm-fest. Furthermore, when they add content for the PvEers (Incursions) the isk/hr is completely out of hand, liquid, and 100% riskless.
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS:
1. NPCs need to be DIFFICULT. Make the NPCs fight like a seasoned PvPer would. Neuts, scrams, webs, transversal, and the utilization of range control. These NPCs should only target the aggressors and they should encourage your average carebear to actually learn how combat works.
2. Remove bounties. Rewards should 100% be in the form of a tangible item in the game that one can trade to another player for that players isk (or even, god-forbid, STEAL). Bounties inflate currency and line the lazy-mans pocket as no processing is required to get the value out of their time.
3. Incentivise risk-taking. Whether it be a risky market endevour or a trip to low-sec for those "o so juicy ores" there needs to be incentives that involve risking an engagement with another player for our lovely sandbox to remain as such. Furthermore, the rewards for said endevours need to fall in line with the risk involved.
4. Remove safety nets. The green safety, gate guns in low sec, warp core stabs on ships already small enough to escape almost anything, all need to go. The idea should be to incentivise knowledge of game mechanics, and player interaction, not solo-farming.
TL;DR - Make players have to learn about the game and its mechanics in order to be successful. |
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3925
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:26:00 -
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I am proud to have given you your first like. See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:29:00 -
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:O Erotica1! LEGENDARY |
Natassia Krasnoo
R3D SHIFT Brothers Of The Dark Sun
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:31:00 -
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Uhm....you just contradicted yourself. You want to take a sandbox and remove tools from that sandbox that others use for content creation. Essentially forcing others into your play style. That is a theme park.
So just another why can't everyone play my way thread. |
hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:38:00 -
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Not at all, as the playstyles that this post is pointed at require no thought or creativity and just serve as an easy way for uninformed players to make isk. I don't want them to play my way, I want their way to be as challenging as it would be to come up with something completely original in order to encourage more players to play the game their own way (ie sandbox) instead of following a prescribed I-Win tutorial (themepark). |
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University Minmatar Republic
321
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:38:00 -
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The biggest thing that prevents EVE being a genuine sandbox is the meta-gaming whereby large (mainly bluesec) entities prefer to coerce CCP into changing/nerfing/buffing aspects of the game to suit their particular needs rather than evolving their own in game solutions.
It can never be a true sandbox when forum whining is allowed to result in game changes. |
March rabbit
Federal Defense Union
1242
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:39:00 -
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mooom, they don't play with me! MAKE THEN PLAY WITH MEEEEE The Mittani: "the inappropriate drunked joke"
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hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:43:00 -
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^Typical carebear responses. Completely uninformed posting in defense of their mindless play with the assumption that they should be able to play in a 100% safe environment, by themselves (themepark), at the expense of the fun of others who would prefer a risky and exciting game environment (sandbox). |
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3925
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:46:00 -
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The original post clearly states possible solutions. The problem is largely agreed upon. There are plenty of themepark games to choose from. Some of them I would play if they were not themeparks and I had a glimmer of hope they would last, mainly Star Trek and Star Wars.
There is only one EVE.
Once you take EVE too far towards a themepark, then other games look attractive, and the core players actually leave.
People come to EVE after reading of massive space battles, massive ponzis, corporate infiltration, etc. They don't join because they heard about mining lasers and mission grinding.
The awesomely complex economy EVE has needs all player types. But if CCP simply goes back to basics and focuses on what makes EVE special, the rest will take care of itself. See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
Hasikan Miallok
Republic University Minmatar Republic
321
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:46:00 -
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hellokittyonline wrote:^Typical carebear response. Completely uninformed posting in defense of their mindless play with the assumption that they should be able to play in a 100% safe environment, by themselves (themepark), at the expense of the fun of others who would prefer a risky and exciting game environment (sandbox).
Harassing CCP to change the game to suit your needs does not constitute "content creation". |
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baltec1
Bat Country Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:46:00 -
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Hasikan Miallok wrote:The biggest thing that prevents EVE being a genuine sandbox is the meta-gaming whereby large (mainly bluesec) entities prefer to coerce CCP into changing/nerfing/buffing aspects of the game to suit their particular needs rather than evolving their own in game solutions.
It can never be a true sandbox when forum whining is allowed to result in game changes.
Tell me again how the tech nerf helped us and how we gain from having to give up our afk domi fleets. Join Bat Country today and defend the Glorious Socialist Dictatorship |
hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:48:00 -
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Hasikan Miallok wrote:hellokittyonline wrote:^Typical carebear response. Completely uninformed posting in defense of their mindless play with the assumption that they should be able to play in a 100% safe environment, by themselves (themepark), at the expense of the fun of others who would prefer a risky and exciting game environment (sandbox). Harassing CCP to change the game to suit your needs does not constitute "content creation". Harassing CCP to nerf my content creation ruins my sandbox.
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Seraph Essael
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
440
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:49:00 -
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Nerf... Erm... Everything but the way I play??
Also, as the Doc is nowhere to be found (maybe the kitties ganged up on him), Features and Ideas Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person." |
hellokittyonline
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:53:00 -
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Seraph Essael wrote:Nerf... Erm... Everything but the way I play?? Also, as the Doc is nowhere to be found (maybe the kitties ganged up on him), Features and Ideas
You seem to be referring to the constant carebear nuthugging, as I've seen nothing but sandbox nerfs and themepark buffs for around 3 years now. I'm posting in the name of balance, not BUFF MY ISK FAUCET like the carebears do. As a matter of fact, most of the changes I'm asking for would not help my mission baiting at all.
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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3925
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Posted - 2014.02.28 04:54:00 -
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What EVE needs is more ways to lose your ship, more ways to get scammed, more ways to lose SOV, etc.
I don't care who owns what space or what people do with their time in game. The key is that the sandbox needs to be embraced. Give players more tools and more freedom to make their own decisions, take more risk, etc.
You know, taking away Concord's invincibility is not a bad start... See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
Natassia Krasnoo
R3D SHIFT Brothers Of The Dark Sun
170
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:01:00 -
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hellokittyonline wrote:^Typical carebear response. Completely uninformed posting in defense of their mindless play with the assumption that they should be able to play in a 100% safe environment, by themselves (themepark), at the expense of the fun of others who would prefer a risky and exciting game environment (sandbox).
You would take those that prefer not to take more risk and ruin their fun. Fun is subjective. What you may find fun others will not. What they may find fun you may find boring or mundane. Eve is not as much of a sandbox as it used to be, but that has little to do with the PVE factors in the game and more to do with people finding "interesting, inventive, and new" ways to utilize mechanics in the game until CCP are forced to change or remove them. In the end it's about keeping players interested and subscribing or plexing their accounts. Which brings in money to CCP, which keeps them fed and employed. Unfortunately a lot of new players are lost because EVE is a sandbox and they have no idea how to handle that. So is EVE becoming more of a theme park? Not really. Is EVE a true sandbox? Nope not really. But much more so than just about any other game you'll find on a single sharded universe. |
Divine Entervention
The Lonetrek Militia Rapidus Incitus Pactum
57
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:05:00 -
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If EVE is not allowing you to play the game in ways you see fit and it is making you unhappy, I would suggest you alter your play style so you may find enjoyment in other areas.
Or you can always pursue your quest for happiness in one of the potentially endless possibilities that exist out side of EVE. |
Seraph Essael
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
441
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:07:00 -
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hellokittyonline wrote:Seraph Essael wrote:Nerf... Erm... Everything but the way I play?? Also, as the Doc is nowhere to be found (maybe the kitties ganged up on him), Features and Ideas You seem to be referring to the constant carebear nuthugging, as I've seen nothing but sandbox nerfs and themepark buffs for around 3 years now. I'm posting in the name of balance, not BUFF MY ISK FAUCET like the carebears do. As a matter of fact, most of the changes I'm asking for would not help my mission baiting at all.
Okay i'll bite the bullet on one point: "The green safety, gate guns in low sec, warp core stabs on ships already small enough to escape almost anything, all need to go. The idea should be to incentivise knowledge of game mechanics, and player interaction, not solo-farming."
Green safety, I can't comment on as I dont use it so moot point for me there.
However, in regards to gate guns in lowsec, lowsec is still empire space, if people want no gate guns they should go to lawless space, null or wh's. Lowsec is not fully lawless, hence the sec status drops and people being criminal/suspect. There are also ways to get around the gate guns. Sebo the crap out of a naga and sit 150+ off a gate, you can lock most things relatively quick and snipe them without the guns engaging you (hilarity ensues when they get annoyed with that one).
Warp core stabs, yeah, people overload their whole bottom rack with warp stabs but saying that, there's nothing to stop you from overloading your midslots with warp scrams and dropping a **** load of hurt on their asses. They will sacrefice tank/tracking/damage mods to get away, so adjust your ship to counter that or bring a bigger force. There will always be risk averse people in games like this, just got to change up styles to get them. What bugs me in FW space is when they sit im a complex in cheap t1 unfit ship...that I will agree is pointless.
(I can't comment on hisec ship ganking or whatever because I have never done it). Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person." |
Ai Shun
1175
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:07:00 -
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Erotica 1 wrote:You know, taking away Concord's invincibility is not a bad start...
I like a fair number of the ideas present here - the concept of having an AI subsystem that is at least moderately challenging through tactical ability rather than overwhelming numbers is appealing. Also, the bounties sound sensible - but I'd need to think about that one and what ramifications there could be further down the pipe.
And I love the principle that space, including Empire space, are sov held. Let Caldari hold space through might, not through invincible CONCORD. (I seem to recall Tippia or one of the elders saying something about this being a bad idea and that it was like that a long time ago, but my memory may just be very futzy) Still - having to have them actually hold their space against the other empires is good. It would be nice if Sansha could make real inroads and claim systems for themselves. Let the universe breathe a bit.
I think that's the key though - need to think through the potential problems. If, for example, CONCORD was no longer invincible you can bet it won't be long before a certain alliance has taken over Jita or done something similar. And while that is appealing from a real game world perspective I'm not 100% convinced that such balls to the wall open gameplay is entirely appropriate to CCP. 80 - 90%, but 110%?
Needs further though.
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Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3931
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:08:00 -
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You know what we really need to spice things up is a new ponzi that reaches epic proportions. Let me tell you, there are so many people that have joined since the last ones, they don't know what they missed... See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
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Hadrian Blackstone
Barringtons Research
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:13:00 -
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Eve: It's a sandbox where you can do what you like as long as you are doing it exactly how I want you to. |
Agondray
Avenger Mercenaries VOID Intergalactic Forces
53
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:13:00 -
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your right, lets remove mining, the market, all pve content and no was for any one to make isk and see how far the game goes.
im sorry this game has areas outside that allows other players to gain isk that they spend with little disregard.
maybe LoL or WoT will be better fitted for you trolling gankers since than you can kill players all day there with no safety....oh wait those can get you killed right back "Sarcasm is the Recourse of a weak mine" -Dr. Smith |
Michael Ruckert
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
80
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:17:00 -
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Erotica 1 wrote:The original post clearly states possible solutions. The problem is largely agreed upon. There are plenty of themepark games to choose from. Some of them I would play if they were not themeparks and I had a glimmer of hope they would last, mainly Star Trek and Star Wars.
There is only one EVE.
Once you take EVE too far towards a themepark, then other games look attractive, and the core players actually leave.
People come to EVE after reading of massive space battles, legitimate isk doubling, corporate infiltration, etc. They don't join because they heard about mining lasers and mission grinding.
The awesomely complex economy EVE has needs all player types. But if CCP simply goes back to basics and focuses on what makes EVE special, the rest will take care of itself.
Corrected that for you. "No matter how well you perform there's always somebody of intelligent opinion who thinks it's lousy." - Laurence Olivier |
Em arr Roids
Imperial Academy Amarr Empire
6
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:18:00 -
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Sigh another nerf high sec thread hey ? I knew one was due!
What the op says will never happen. If you look at the map and statics you will see that most of the active playerbase is currently in high sec. Always was and always will be the most active areas of space.
That is a lot of custom to loose by fcking their game and content up and driving them out. |
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3932
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:20:00 -
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Agondray wrote:your right, lets remove mining, the market, all pve content and no was for any one to make isk and see how far the game goes.
im sorry this game has areas outside that allows other players to gain isk that they spend with little disregard.
maybe LoL or WoT will be better fitted for you trolling gankers since than you can kill players all day there with no safety....oh wait those can get you killed right back
Nobody in the New Order wants to remove mining, and I'm one of the biggest advocates for an expanded market.
What we want is for EVE to do better at what EVE does best- stand on its own as a cutting edge sandbox with infinite possibilities. See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
hydraSlav
Synergy Evolved
35
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:21:00 -
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hellokittyonline wrote: 1. NPCs need to be DIFFICULT. Make the NPCs fight like a seasoned PvPer would. Neuts, scrams, webs, transversal, and the utilization of range control. These NPCs should only target the aggressors and they should encourage your average carebear to actually learn how combat works.
If you'd play the game, instead of ganking/scamming errm, sorry, "pvping" in high-sec, you'd know that this already exists. It's called Sleeper AI, and does everything you've listed above. |
Iudicium Vastus
Incognito Holdings and Savings
234
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:23:00 -
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As you were typing the specific combination of words "too many" there quite often, did it ever occur to you that might be a problem, if not one of the main problems in itself.
Take something too far or too widespread and it all reaches a breaking point. Or in this case nerfs/buffs. Which may not have had to happen if people showed some self moderation.
Ya know, like the difference between a social drinker and an alcoholic. Nerf stabs/cloaks in FW? No, just.. -Fit more points -Fit faction points -Bring a friend or two with points (an alt is fine too) |
Divine Entervention
The Lonetrek Militia Rapidus Incitus Pactum
57
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:24:00 -
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Agondray wrote:your right, lets remove mining, the market, all pve content and no was for any one to make isk and see how far the game goes.
im sorry this game has areas outside that allows other players to gain isk that they spend with little disregard.
maybe LoL or WoT will be better fitted for you trolling gankers since than you can kill players all day there with no safety....oh wait those can get you killed right back
This sounds like a brilliant idea actually. It's been stated that the only reason anyone plays EVE is for the pvp against other people. Obviously that's what the OP wants, the ability to find more meaningful PvP.
So lets just remove missions, mining, industry, trading, and all that other carebear nonsense straight into the dumpster.
Instead we can Have isk be paid to players for winning in the Arena of Combat! Where when you log in, you purchase the ship you wish to fly, and then you fly around on the pre designated team you've been assigned and fight other combatants.
That's definitely how EVE should be. Is there a petition I can sign? I'm so excited thinking about how EVE is suppose to be that I don't even really want to waste my time with all the other ridiculousness this game provides. |
Seraph Essael
Devils Diciples League of Infamy
441
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:27:00 -
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hydraSlav wrote:hellokittyonline wrote: 1. NPCs need to be DIFFICULT. Make the NPCs fight like a seasoned PvPer would. Neuts, scrams, webs, transversal, and the utilization of range control. These NPCs should only target the aggressors and they should encourage your average carebear to actually learn how combat works.
If you'd play the game, instead of ganking/scamming errm, sorry, "pvping" in high-sec, you'd know that this already exists. It's called Sleeper AI, and does everything you've listed above. To be fair to both sides of the argument (even if I don't agree with the idea of it myself)... Gankers have just as much a right to do what they do, as a mission runner does playing the game their way.
But I do agree with your Sleepers comment. Sleepers do do exactly that, they also switch aggro if you are in a group to the person doing the most damage. They also will RR each other and burn out of ECM range. Quoted from Doc Fury: "Concerned citizens: Doc seldom plays EVE on the weekends during spring and summer, so you will always be on your own for a couple days a week. Doc spends that time collecting kittens for the on-going sacrifices, engaging in reckless outdoor activities, and speaking in the 3rd person." |
Erotica 1
Krypteia Operations CODE.
3932
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Posted - 2014.02.28 05:29:00 -
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EVE needs carebears to function, but their carebearing activities need to more closely resemble playing in an interactive environment with other players who might wish to interact in a manner inconsistent with the carebear's fantasy of a single player game. See Bio for isk doubling rules. If you didn't read bio, chances are you funded those who did. |
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