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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.27 09:14:00 -
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Antihrist Pripravnik wrote:Blue doughnut is what's stopping me.
Pretty sure this is what is stopping most.
Up front tl/dr: grr doughnuts and eve is dying.
Most of sov null is empty, most of the time, thanks to CCP pandering to the big alliance's preferences with the eternally broken sov mechanics.
Change that, make it impossible to be an "absentee landlord" over hundreds of systems at a time. Make all sov structures destroyable with no reinforcement timers. Eliminate jump bridges. Limit titan bridging volume and require a *long* re-cycle time before next bridge. Make sov costs increase exponentially a) the farther you get from home system, b) the more systems you already own and c) the less player activity is happening in system. You want to "own" a system? You have to be in it and using it.
That would force the big doughnuts to actively police and defend their "empire" thus would shrink them, radically, and open up all sorts of gameplay for smaller, more agile groups. A lot of folks (especially newer players and smaller corps) might make a genuine try at null if they knew it wasn't a guaranteed curb-stomp.
Scatter more pockets of low and NPC null throughout the regions.
Yeah, I know. No more huge TIDI slideshow battles for nerd-friendly press to report. But those have pretty much stopped, last one I can recall was months and months ago. But a healthier game and an improved retention rate for new subscriptions maybe? Grow subscription base = grow revenue = more resources for game development = yay! |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
101
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Posted - 2014.06.27 09:22:00 -
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I Love Boobies wrote:
I play the game for fun and relaxation, not to be told by some asswipe what to do 24/7. If I wanted that, I'd get married.
So true!
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.27 11:05:00 -
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That is definitely what life in Providence as a Provibloc alliance member was like when I was there :-) |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.27 11:51:00 -
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Infrequent wrote:
As a fellow ex-provi member, there's no better video which represents day to day pvp down there.
I wanted some sort of submarine diving klaxon for those intel channels. Loved to watch shiny PVE ships panic-docking four jumps away from a reported roaming frigate gang.
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.28 12:08:00 -
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Jawls Rohn wrote:Currently live in NPC Null. I like it there.
Wouldn't want to move to Sov Null as I'm not a fan of the station mechanics. I like being able to dock in any station I choose (couldn't do Provi as wouldn't live by NRDS).
Also like the easy route I've got back to hisec for buying ships etc, so I'm not wholly beholden on local markets or corp level logistics.
I am in the same boat. The negative is NPC null being crap as far as ISK earning. The positives are freedom to play as casually/occasionally as I like is no need to pay homage/rent so a bunch of wannabe internet space tyrants.
There's actually plenty of PVP opportunities in Provi even when you abide by NRDS. Just roam the pipes with the KOS checker open in another window and listen to intel channels. Usually plenty of folks to shoot at if that's your thing. |
Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.28 17:39:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:
A guy with a tengu and acnhoring lvl 1 (so they can anchor a can) can (if he's willing to make 3-4 trips to empire every 6 weeks or so in a cargo expanded covert/nullified fit) can set up shop in null and pve his ass to riches for a long time. Solo..... Casually.... Long in when you want, log off when you want.
How many people do that, out of 400+k accounts in EVE? Maybe a handful.
A guy with a Tengu, eh? That's somebody who has spent 1 year + of sub money skilling up to be able to fly that (properly, not just sit in it) just so they can get killed periodically while attempting to run the perpetual gate camps, blockades and roams that define the periphery of null. Guys with Tengus get killed *all the time* in my neighbourhood in null.
That is why so few do that. Because it is neither scalable nor sustainable.
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.06.29 07:03:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:
And wtf, a year to use a tengu proplery, someone can't use EVEMON lol.
And wtf, someone can't differentiate between a minimal skillset for a hull and mastering the skillset for that hull lol.
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Bael Malefic
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
102
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Posted - 2014.06.30 09:07:00 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:Bael Malefic wrote:Jenn aSide wrote:
And wtf, a year to use a tengu proplery, someone can't use EVEMON lol.
And wtf, someone can't differentiate between a minimal skillset for a hull and mastering the skillset for that hull lol. I've been playing 7 years on my oldest characters (I have 4 accounts now), I don't have 'mastery' of any ship and I'm doing just fine. Are you telling me that you sit around and do nothing till you have 'mastery' of something? If so, that's crazy. I would never suggest that null (or any other section of New Eden) is for everyone or that anyone 'needs' to do anything. I am, however, continually surprised by all the excuse making and chest thumping people do. We get it, you high sec, low sec and wormhole guys think you're better than 'gewns' and co because you press F1 AND F2 when you pvp in a video game lol. In fact, I'm sure telling some female in a night club about your prowess in a video game's low security space is sure to lead to intercourse  When a buddy asked me why I didn't live in a wormhole like he did, I said "wormholes are great because they are tough, not really my style though" and was done with. I didn't make some silly excuse about how it takes more than 12 months to fly a tengu.....
You really don't get it, but you obviously like to think you have some special insight so here goes:
Your "take a tengu to null" is neither sustainable nor scalable and is not a realistic option for most players. You have failed to disprove, or even challenge, that simple statement. "Mastery" in this context means being able to operate that ship competently and not just be fodder for the first ganker, roamer or camper you come across. Like I said, I see a lot of them get popped where I fly.
And your assumptions about what me or anyone else may or may not do outside a videogame are, well, lame. Hell, you aren't even right about your assumptions about my in-game behaviour. But carry on with the smug. You're obviously a Real Forum Warrior.
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