Having PvP experience in lowsec and highsec, I am curious on your views on the current game design philosophy of risk vs. reward and the relative profitability of the various spaces.

Decisions by CCP over the years have lead to the strange situation that while many people enjoy PvP in low/WH/null space, they return to highsec to make the ISK to support these habits. This is because the reward of operating in highsec is far too high for the almost complete absence of risk, forcing people who may prefer to live and generate ISK in the more risky spaces to return to highsec to make an income as it is more efficient and thus the only rational choice. Counter-productively, this depopulates these non-highsec spaces and reduces the chances of meaningful PvP.

Comments from members of the current CSM imply that they, and perhaps CCP, are fine with this design. Do you agree that highsec should be where the majority of PvE and other income-generating activities takes place? If not, do you have any concrete suggestions on what could be done to encourage players to spend more time earning ISK outside of highsec? Do you think the better approach would be to reduce highsec rewards, or to increase highsec risk?

I agree that every part of Eve should be able to support the people living there in some way.

However, I am a little confused with the rest. You think PvE should be equally rewarding in all types of space, by "changing rewards and the entire way you do the missions". If that was the case, why would anyone leave the safest region of space (highsec) if they are only going to get the same reward if they moved to a more dangerous space?

Shouldn't more risky space have more rewarding PvE payouts? Otherwise, why would I risk my ships there for PvE?

Joke question: will you be stealing CSM ships to sell to anti-CSM teams during a tournament? If so, can I get a good deal on said ships?

Serious questions:

As you were, sadly, not in the initial 14 delegates properly elected and came into your current CSM 9 seat due to CSM 9 members stepping down, what do you feel are the best examples of the work you've done during your, currently, brief time as a delegate?

What do you feel CSM 9 has failed at as a group in serving their role this past year?

What do you feel was your biggest failure as a CSM 9 delegate during your time on council?

Can you please link CCP members this song in the CSM 9 channel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05-c-iy-WnY

What is your view on competitive pvp in eve? (AT, Neo, some kind of dojo)
Where do you see Eve in a year, regarding competitive gameplay.

Thank you for your earlier response.

What is your position on fighter assignment? For example a Nyx assigns fighters from the edge of a POS to a T1 frigate which is somewhere else in the system.

with kind regards
l0rd carlos

Gorski, you did some solo pvp streaming right? and when u streamed u put a small cyno icon to help avoid stream sniping?

CCP tried to make more ppl stream, even creating a new ingame twitch support. But it didn't work. The number of streamers stays very small. Compared to other MMOs Eve is one of the weakest in pvp streaming.

I know a few ppl that are very good at pvp and would like to stream, but gave up on it. the reasons are that Eve is already so hard to find good fights in, solo, duo, trio or small gangs, becoz u always find blobs more than anything. Then to add on top of that the risk of getting stream sniped is just too much hassle. They tell me it feels like they are working for CCP when they stream. Can u relate to that statement?

What do u think, if anything? can be done to make eve more streaming friendly? or is eve just really unrepairable bad for pvp streaming?

Hello Gorski,

It's been awhile! I wanted to find out when you wanted to schedule your CSMX interview?

So if you get re elected to the csm, what will you advocate for ways to introduce new players to solo and small gang pvp earlier? What would you change if any thing in regards to the way ships are balanced for small gang or solo pvp vs blob warfare?

So as previously pointed out, you only attended 5 CSM meetings during the Winter Summit. Care to explain why we should vote for someone who doesn't attend?

Not to detract from the discussion of your involvement with the CSM's role at the summit meetings but I had a question for you Gorski.

As someone who has played the game with a wide variety of player groups, what are your thoughts on the New Player Experience in EVE in general? You are currently in RVB which is, to some, a solid starting area to learn the basics of how PVP works in EVE. What do you think can be improved upon and adjusted to better incentivize new players into venturing down the path of PVP and eventually subscribing?

One point of contention I have with the tutorials is that it does a very poor job introducing and preparing players for the concept of permanent loss when undocked and attacked by other players (or when their ship is destroyed by NPCs). There is also the problem regularly stated that a new player "has no clue what there is to do" when starting out and simply runs missions and so forth as commented on by CCP Rise at EVE Vegas. It could be said this is because the "sandbox gameplay" doesn't open up for the player until several hours into the game and beginners tutorial is completed. Your thoughts?

Corps aside, this game is divided by user interest. Regardless of greater organization we all have out niches that really make eve worth logging into.

CSM's while having their focuses are in the CSM to make the audiences of their respective interested heard. Regardless of content it is your job to make those meetings. You are a voice for people in this game, they voted for you and they stand behind their actions (I myself am one of them). Unfortunately you will be losing my vote this coming election. It is you job to make those meetings and put in your perspective. That is why you are on the CSM. Not only do you now argue that your actions are justified, you brag and push off questions regarding your lack of commitment.

Continually, why would you assume that WH's are not perfect places for small gang PVP?

You should be ashamed of yourself. I am ashamed that I voted for you.

In this Capstable Podcast discussion the topic of having the CSM 10 candidates personal information remain private came up after CCP announced that will be the policy. Do you agree with Marc Scaurus in that perhaps your personal information should be put out there in order to run for CSM despite the current climate of people within gaming (in general) investigating your personal life, contacting your family and so forth or do you feel this shift in policy is better for those on the CSM to prevent them from harassment?

Recently we spoke about some of the more upsetting conspiracy theories in EvE Online. I asked you if you in all honesty put any validity in the claim that I secretly/magical/etc went to Iceland to vandalize my own name on the EvE Monument. You told me that you did believe this. While I found this unsettling it's your right to believe what you want. My questions are based on the subject of belief and how this affects your function as a delegate.


As a candidate for CSM 10 how would you go about reconciling the beliefs you have in a context where they conflict with CCP?
As a CSM delegate would you be willing to concede certain stances if those stances were seen by others to be a distraction?

Not sure why you had to mail me the answer and couldn't just reply to me on the thread, its a pretty straight forward reply by you.

Do think rookieships should be player built because ships should not spawn out of thin air,
and handing out free ships is a form of capsuleer wellfare ?

Gorski,

You mention (as do many others) FW as a good way to get into Solo/Small gang for new players. While I agree that FW is a quick way into Solo/Small gang, the downside of absolutely demolished faction standings is rarely brought up.

Would you be open to a Tags4Standings idea to at least help people get back to zero faction standings? If so, would you voice your support for it to the other CSM reps and CCP?

FW is in a much better place now than it has been in a long time due to the changes to plex rat respawns & blocking cloaks within range of the capture point. Standings repair is probably the next greatest hurdle that needs to be addressed imo (followed by LP taxation, though CCP said that would be quite a bit of work, it would be cool if they could work it into the corp rework over the next few release cycles, and of course Mission Payouts for something that can be done in a stealth bomber).

What are your thoughts on the current state of:

Capital class warfare - good place or in need of some work? What are the areas that you think could use some work?

Anchored Interdiction bubble spam - What are your thoughts on this? Working as intended? Or cowardly abuse of game mechanic? Would you suggest changes to this either in the form of anchor distance restrictions, material input adjustments or something entirely different?

Sov resources - do you see a need for changes in the distribution of resources in sov null? If so, what changes might you suggest?

Local channel as Intel - problem or non-issue? What are your thoughts on intel gathering currently in sov null and do you think it's in need of a change? If so, what change(s) might you suggest?

Thanks for your time and good luck.

Nice interview +1

Gorksi, what about Off Grid Boosting? Some other players in here asked you about this but you seemed to avoid the topic. OBG is the reason for most of my accounts being inactive and i know many pilots who feel the same way. Isn't it finally time for a change in that regard?

Edit: You stated that you want new players to get out there and solo (agreed) but running a second account to carry around one of these ridiculous link boats to be competitive is kind of really discouraging, don't you think?

solo pvp? I thought you used links

soooo.... what about ogb?

pretty weak. no reduction in effectiveness, no range specifics other than 'on-grid'.