Cmdr Baxter
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.09.15 15:42:00 -
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 Originally by: Gonada
so, think many can agree that macro miners are a problem.
most of it stems from being unable to do anything about it due to them being in noobcorps.
so why cant you have a 30 day grace period upon starting a subscription, then get auto-ejected from the noob corp, into a wardeccable sector corp: ex: gallent unaligned, caldari unaligned, ect ect.
or, have it so you have to gain sufficient faction with the unwardeccable corps, just like clones (8.0) in order to join them?
either way the problem with macro miners is getting rediculus.
discuss.
I agree, insofar as the concerns of macro-miners being a "problem." But that's as far as I agree with the OP.
There have now been a number of debates involving the extent to which macro-miners affect the EVE economy: I personally hold to the position that while they may have a slight (emphasis on slight) affect on prices, in general the market will always rebalance. This, therefore, meets the general statement of supply and demand being in action.
Quite frankly, I fail to see why there are so many problems with this. As far as I know, mineral prices have been on the rise as of late, especially in the Citadel and Lonetrek regions, and this is with macro-miners operating 23/7. If anything, I would think that miners would be happy for the rising prices, and that manufacturers would be pleased with a greater supply of minerals being available.
Now, in regards to the rest of the suggestions by the OP.
EVE is a game that involves a certain degree of risk, and it has a steep learning curve: that much I will grant to you. However, forcing a new player to actively pursue a line of training, or worrying them with the knowledge of their being removed from a corporation and exposed to even more risks/hazards, even in the supposedly-more-secure high-security space, is going to be seen as a detriment to the game.
EVE prides itself on open-ended gameplay, as well as the knowledge that pilots are free to, as the game trailer states, "choose their own destiny." Forcing a new player to take an action that they may not necessarily agree with will, in the long run, go against the very spirit upon which this game is based.
Suggestion: CCP should create a stickied thread, just for *****ing about macro-miners. I know that I, and so many others, are by now growing tired of a new thread every week griping about the presence of macro-miners in the game. (Plus it means that the moderators don't have to police the forums for trolls/flamebaits regarding macroers: everything will be in one convenient location.)
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