Tyler Lowe
Minmatar
DROW Org
Sylph Alliance
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Posted - 2006.09.20 07:49:00 -
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 Originally by: Nahia Senne
i think that average player would stay with eve for much longer if lvl4's presented the bait for them to explore other parts of the eve universe.
most of the guys who have become rich thanks to high sec lvl4's are too scared. they never bring eve to its next level and then they just quit out of boredom after 7 months or so.
Fact is, people come and go in any game. People don't stay because they are exploring new star filled skies featuring more giant chunks of rock. People stay if they are going to stay because they find a community they enjoy spending time with more often than not.
Forcing pvp onto pve players simply doesn't work. It's never worked, not in any game I've played. I've seen it tried before, and while there is always the possibility such a move would work in the way you envision, I think it is highly improbable.
PVE players simply don't think like PvP players. The playstyle is different, the goals are different, and the game experience each seeks is entirely.... different. It's not fear. PVE players by and large, know very precisely what game experience they are after and it simply doesn't include the game experience you are after. You have to understand that forcing exposure to something that brings you great pleasure, will not be well recieved. Your vision of what the "next level" is may not be at all what another player thinks of. Maybe "the next level" for that player is a ship fitted with 100% Estimel's modules, or a 100% Domination fitted Marchariel.
Rewards should be higher in lowsec. PvP players, and those that expose themselves to the possibility of PvP need the additional income to replace losses.
CCP has this one right though. Nothing stops anyone from moving back and forth freely between the two zones, but other than for brief trips, the two types of players gravitate towards different areas, and the only place they seem to get in each other's hair is here.
PvPer's have probably read "I have to go into Empire.... I HATE Empire =(" in corp/alliance chat more times than they can count.
PVEr's have no doubt seen "Ugh! I have to travel through a .4 to get there =(" in their chats just as often.
Forcing either group of players to enter areas they do not wish to be in, other than for the briefest of times, is only going to bring about fewer pod pilots.
J.A.F.O.
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