Kagehisa Shintaro
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Posted - 2014.11.22 16:58:36 -
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Sera Kor-Azor wrote:
-API checks in high sec could be made on characters automatically.
It might cost a 'significant' fee to run an API check, such as 10 million ISK per person. It might also be connected with faction standings, so you would have to prove your loyalty to the state first. A corporation should be able to access in game whatever files might exist on you through the Ministry of Internal Order, State Police, CONCORD and so on. I can run a Police background check on someone I want to hire in the real world, so why not EVE?
Don't like it? Get another account. API bypassed, hurdle overcome.
-State charter:
-Strictly high sec corporations could apply for a 'State charter', a 'license' to operate within that Faction. A state charter could come with certain conditions, such as an assessment to ensure that the corporation has at least 5 billion in assets. High standings within that faction with the ability to run level 4 missions may also be a requirement. Why would the Amarrians want the Minmatar mining in their space, and vice versa?
A state charter would be nothing more than a 'seal of approval', a badge for a corporation rather than a character. This would make it easier for newbies to pick an appropriate high sec corporation where they can grow and learn the game mechanics while they sort through the huge amount of possibilities available and the training they need to get there.
Remember, according to EVE's prime fiction all four of the factions are essentially security and surveillance states. Cameras everywhere, wiretaps everywhere, government officials scrutinizing your financial transactions. As capsuleers, we have a lot more freedom than the baseliners, but part of that freedom involves having the ability to get the heck out of high sec, and move into an area with lower levels of security. That is what the Frontier is all about.
This doesn't mean we are removing the sandbox, just taking the actual lore and prime fiction into consideration instead of merely focusing on game mechanics. After all, what parent would leave their toddler unattended in a sandbox?
How would automatic API checking work? I mean, the things I check for in an API might be slightly different to what you check for? Or is it just more a matter of an API accompanying a Corp Application?
State Charter is an interesting idea for High Sec corporations, one I think is worth discussing.
But back to the topic at hand, AWOXing..... I've been in High Sec, Low Sec, Null Sec and now back to High Sec. I think it's vital I vet anyone applying to my Corp to watch for things like AWOXing, which lets face it, doesn't just show up on API.
I think it fits in with game lore nicely, a Corporation would handle internal security matters internally... infact, I would like to see this extended to High Sec Alliances, cos surely an Alliance of Corporations would have their own Security too.
I think it's important that New Players learn early on about the dangers of life in space, while they are in a position to recover from the loss relatively quickly. I think you will find that if a new player is AWOXed, corp mates will usually help recoup losses, if not the Corp reimburse them.
In those cases where the AWOX has cost billions, well, wouldn't it have been better than the victim learn earlier about the dangers of carrying too much or blinging a ship too much?
The NPE should be extended to show people how Low Sec operates and how life in space, even in High Sec, can be dangerous.
I "AWOX" myself all the time, my Freighter never goes anywhere without a Rapier hitting it off each gate, it's the only way I know to enjoy a part of the game I like (being Freighter Pilot) without incurring losses (cos not ever ganker looks for 1b+ Freighters). The webbing trick might be an exploit, but as long as speed fit Machariels can bounce ships as ridiculously as they can I'll exploit that every chance I get.
I don't think removal of AWOXing will ruin Eve, but I know it is pushing out one style of play. The dedicated Spy/Infiltrator/AWOXer, which will spend time infiltrating a corp looking for that big kill. If you want to improve the "community" feel of the game and the overall NPE, concentrate on gankers more than AWOXers. (that said, I'm not against ganking per se, I've enjoyed doing it myself - just it is a bit more of a grief for New Players than AWOXing I think ---- if you ask all those people who answered exit surveys again after explaining that ganking and AWOXing are not the same thing, you might get different answers --- and while we are on the subject of exit surveys, how many closed alt accounts were closed due to cloaky camping? - but hey, that's low and null only right? they can take care of themselves)
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