Fozzie, awesome on the ship. I love it. But it is missing one very important thing. The ability to Ice Mine! Why can we not have a ship like this which can mine ice? That would be perfect.

Fozzie - I know this is not the right subject but You announced something today that may very strongly affect wormholes:

Freighters with cargo rigs will be able to bring packaged super-caps into wormholes!

In before rant about "afk cloaky miners."

For the majority of people that like in wormhole space, the addition of a cloak and all the other bonuses won't really matter. It is very disappointing that the designers didn't see fit to give it a slightly better gas mining yield.

(we are not babies here, we can pronounce words) ... blops

It loses the Venture's launcher hardpoint, so me thinks the Prospect isn't designed for WH ops at all.

T2 dessies have lower DPS and tanks than T1 dessies, as do blops and their counterparts. I haven't done a side-by-side of every ship, but I guarantee there's a devquote saying that T2 shouldn't completely obsolete T1's. Also devquotes saying that balancing solely on price is a stupid idea.

So will the added Mexallon in Arkonor affect the importing of Mexallon into null sec? Will this give sov a greater sense of independence from other zones of space?

t2 destroyers have more tank than their t1 counterparts. what are you smoking.

Blockade runners that can make short covert bridges would be cool.

m8

The Prospect is the first <a>Expedition Frigate,</a> a new class of ships designed by Outer Ring Excavations and their subsidiaries that enable brave capsuleers to chase riches in the frontiers of space.

If my maths are close, maxed out, this thing will pull about a fifth the yield of a 1.5 week old toon in a barge.

yes. the H/j are paying 1.5x veld, give or take.

So income per time mining H/J in this vs veld in barge = 0.2 x 1.5 = 30%.

So, I can max this out, take it out to low, find H/J cluster to mine... and make 1/3rd the profit of mining veld in high?

(ignoring travel time... ignoring risk... ignoring the what adding Mex to Arc will do to Mex price...)

Yep, we're sure to see fleets of these ninja mining low sec. Becuase we all know the goal of miners is to minimize profits in exchange for higher risk.

If my maths are close, maxed out, this thing will pull about a fifth the yield of a 1.5 week old toon in a barge.

yes. the H/j are paying 1.5x veld, give or take.

So income per time mining H/J in this vs veld in barge = 0.2 x 1.5 = 30%.

So, I can max this out, take it out to low, find H/J cluster to mine... and make 1/3rd the profit of mining veld in high?

(ignoring travel time... ignoring risk... ignoring the what adding Mex to Arc will do to Mex price...)

Yep, we're sure to see fleets of these ninja mining low sec. Becuase we all know the goal of miners is to minimize profits in exchange for higher risk.

I really think that increasing the amount of resources available in null space is going to make null sec even more politically static.

Wars are fought over limited resources, and when everyone has access to abundant resources, the incentive to go to war diminishes. I think it makes more sense to severely reduce any and all easily available resources, across the board in both high-sec and null-sec. Force more conflicts over resources to occur, by making them more scarce.

For example: how about moving *all* of the ABC roids to WH space for a while and see what happens? I'm sure that it would prove to be very entertaining, due to the dynamics of wormhole access.

It is only a matter of time before the cartel leaders start demanding of their serfs minerals, or uncompressed ores, as part of their monthly tribute.

Why is Fullerides marked up as a link, but with no actual url?

Except that CCP once had limited number of resources.

Rather than war, high sec players that had to be at work or asleep during downtime logged it to find no resources. They then unsubbed. CCP greatly expanded ores in high sec belts and added missions to ensure there are always things for players to do.

Once upon a time, null ABCs and havens were rare. The result was that max profit came from not letting anyone else in. Small, very powerful corps controlling vast areas and making sure they were the only ones that have access. The one sitting on the gold mine is very hard to kick off by people sitting on mud farms. So hard, wasn't worth a try.

CCP had to drastically up the ABCs and havens to get those that control null to let others in.


So, what you're suggesting, already tried, and the result was very bad for a company whose income is based on increasing subscriber base. Limited resources = fewer subs = bankruptcy.


Your goals are not their goals.

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