Cygnet Lythanea
World Welfare Works Association
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Posted - 2011.11.30 22:47:00 -
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Ingvar Angst wrote:
You seem to fail to realize that this will reduce PvP. People will (and currently are already) give up their PI in lowsec... the risk/reward is no longer worth it. That means less people traveling into low. So as you fly around low looking at those planets with no customs offices (you blew them up and got no killmails) and no PCOs (wasn't worth losing more than one, so people stopped putting them up), think about this day and the dreams you had that were never realized.
^ This.
There's not enough profit in it to make it worth the risk. and if there were, we'd see a return to the bad old days of 200m isk cargo expander IIs.
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Cygnet Lythanea
World Welfare Works Association
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Posted - 2011.12.01 15:54:00 -
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Ranger 1 wrote:
Shooting down CO's is certainly doable, if mind numbingly boring, for those that have built up their ships in their home WH. For others wishing to come in and shoot a player owned one into reinforced... and then shoot it again when it comes out of reinforced... with the limited resources they can bring with them it's a much uglier proposition.
Not that it can't be done, thankfully, but it won't be undertaken lightly. It is much easier, if no less boring, to take one down in Null and Low sec. However, taking the time and dedicated effort to blow up any large structure like a POCO or POS is not something one does for "fun" in EVE. Not without a specific reason to do so. Not even a POCO or small POS.
As to the rest, I'll be surprised if more than a few Low Sec pirate organizations don't put up their own on really good planets. If they do they get:
Income from taxes.
Notified whenever you use it, which helps them to determine your PI pickup habits, which helps them in gank attempts.
It's like dangling bait on a hook. And if you don't think people will take that bait, just check out how many people fall for simple scams in local every single day. Except in this case, the PI guy actually has a good chance to profit off of the POCO being in place as long has they take steps to not become predictable.
R1, it's sounds like you've been away from the zoo that is lowsec too long. I've lost two med POS out there in the last three months to people who did it because they were bored. I'm willing to bet that POCOs become just another target for greifing.
The real problem is the perception of vulnerability over it's reality. If carebears in high sec perceive the POCO as a undefendable floating target that costs hundreds of millions of isk, they're not going to take a risk and buy one.
The problem with the bait thing is that word will get around that it's a trap within about five min on any of the pirate watch channels. This means that people would pack it in and go elsewhere fast, meaning they they spent 100-200m on a bait that is only good for a day or two. |