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thatguyinpc
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Posted - 2006.09.05 02:12:00 -
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Edited by: thatguyinpc on 05/09/2006 02:14:17
Hmmm.... Centralized Kill Boards.... Tamper Proof... 
Could be used as a new tool for Bounty Hunters / Antipirates to track & hunt their prey?  
Maybe cross refrence it so you can quickly look up players by name... IE: New face in the system, high sec status, but is acting suspicious... Look him up on the killboards, yep he's killed a lot of barges in his day, think I'll stay in my SS. 
Might not be all bad after all...
Guy
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thatguyinpc
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Posted - 2006.09.05 02:39:00 -
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Edited by: thatguyinpc on 05/09/2006 02:40:04
Here's another thought...
New applicant to my corp... Lets take a look at his previous corps... Hmm been in a few other corps, but on the kill boards it looks like his former corp mates have been killing him and vice-versa... may be a corp thief?... better hold off on this application till I can speak with some former CEOs...
Yes cross refrencing will be good!!! Even adds a little to the risk/reward factor...
Guy
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thatguyinpc
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Posted - 2006.09.05 02:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Maximillian Pele
We already have the killboard competition crowd.
Why have a universal killboard? What organisation in EvE collects all this data? Why provide every player with a intelligence tool that allows you to look at other players setups and gangs? Why should I in Lonetrek be able to see what is going on deep in 0.0 just by searching a killboard?
If people want to run corp/alliance/personal killboards then go for it. But the onus on keeping those killboards accurate isn't CCP's.
Informational warfare is an important part of EvE. A universal killboard would just become a kind of galaxy wide local chat channel.
Denying your opponents accurate intel or feeding them false intel is part and parcel of EvE's PvP.
It's more risk/reward. It would also address the broken Security Status ranking system.
Guy
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thatguyinpc
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Posted - 2006.09.05 04:45:00 -
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My opinion is that the kill mail race is already well under way and unless kill mails are abolished will continue till the last day the server is running. That being the case lets make it tamper proof also.
The primary reason that I would like to see a CCP kill board is to level the playing field between pirates and anti-pirates / bounty hunters. IÆm of the opinion that piracy has very little risk involved, in fact piracy is the risk most everyone else has to deal with. If it werenÆt so profitable (or at least seemingly fun) it wouldnÆt be so rampant.
Please understand I donÆt want piracy removed, I just see this as another potential tool to encourage PVP between those who desire it the most.
Pirates have had it good for a long time, they smarter ones on these boards know how to manipulate opinion to keep Anti-pirates and care bears at odds. How do you ask? Because every action suggested or even taken to help ensure care bear safety almost always benefits the pirates even more.
So lets add some tools back for the PVPrs who want to fight other PVP equipped ships. Not just continue to make it easy for PVP ships to engage PVE layouts. Lets add some risk to piracy, theyÆve had it far to good, for far to long.
It also seems to me that this is a tool that can be deployed without major modification to the game itself and with only minimal involvement from the Dev team, or at least the oneÆs that have to work the hardest on the code itselfà. But then again what do I know? If it werenÆt for point and click IÆd be lost. Maybe someone else can address how hard it would be to implement.
Guy
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