Alternative Splicing
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.05.29 19:50:00 -
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Yeah, but running sites to get the modules, while not literally player made, is sort of a specialized player discipline. I would hate to see honest site runners and ratters have their only market niche taken over, or even infringed upon; they essentially produce these modules into the economy even if they do so without materials and manufacturing. One does not want to devalue plexing.
Lowsec has Security Tags and soon Mordu's ships; if there was another 'unique' product that could be produced here and didn't threaten another niche/playstyle, this would be much better.
NPC nullsec needs some of all this love lowsec is getting. They have even less ways to make money. |
Alternative Splicing
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.05.29 20:50:00 -
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Myopic Thyne wrote:Everything that non-FW lowsec has, NPC Nullsec has, we are getting the Mordu's ships, sure, but more stuff needs to be available to people who aren't part of super-blocs in nullsec, NPC nullsec, included. More ideas need to be created that revolve around the Nullsec lifestyle. I don't have any ideas at current but more could be dreamt up, for sure.
Lowsec is honestly more dangerous than NPC null as it stands, so it also deserves more rewards as well. You also have larger existing rewards through a lower security status and pirate faction missioning.
Security tags make belt ratting in low (0.1 and 0.2) much more lucrative than it is in NPC null. Each one is worth about 25-30m, and are a guaranteed drop. Couple this with Mordu ships, and belt ratting in low will actually be reasonable, as you have chances to find clone soliders/mordus/hauler spawn+meta mining upgrades.
While I'm sure we could go back and forth about the relative dangers of npc null vs lowsec, it's not all that relevant here. The lower security status doesn't help most of the time as anomalies are inconsistent, and not all NPC null has good LP stores for pirate missions. With the changes already slated for next patch, lowsec is already slowly getting to where it should be.
But most of this probably belongs in another topic tbh. Just trying to raise the idea that more unique resources spread across security statuses is better than making the same resources available via different methods. Plex loot has already taken a rather large hit over the past few months, and inevitably, not only will the market be flooded from two streams with already tepid demand, one of the two methods to get the modules will be better/more consistent/more easily exploited. The whole point of teiricide was to level the playing ground and let each ship offer something - the same should be done with security status. Plexing generates lots of content and is working more or less.
Come up with another unique resource that players will want or need, and then re-cook this idea. Such as...
A)Pirate Drugs
B)Pirate Mining Ships (Okay, I know, this is dumb, its thinking aloud, ok?)
C)New Pirate Implants
D)Pirate Drones (Serpentis Ogre? Oh hell yeah!)
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