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Posted - 2006.11.08 14:59:00 -
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 Originally by: Dred'Pirate Jesus
The HP increase isnt so much for fleet battles as it is for nerfing solo piracy in low sec.. Which in my opinion was waaaay to easy to do.. Just look at the vast expanse of empty systems and belts to verify that.. When I'm in low sec there are usually a few players in pos's and a few more at a station and even then thats kinda rare.. As soon as I make the first jump to a high sec system the local is overflowing with players.. This is an attempt to draw more players into the unused regions by at least giving them a chance to evade sniper camps and solo gankers.. I hear pirates whine all the time about the lack of targets and waa waa waaa dont nerf piracy even more but lets face it guys.. THE CURRENT GAME MECHANICS MAKE IT FAAAAAR TO EASY TO PIRATE AND AS A RESULT YOU RAN EVERYONE OFF! No carebear or even a decently skilled player has a chance in hell of making a living in low sec without the constant chance of getting pwnd by a random solo pirate.. Well risk vs reward you say and I agree but TBH its just not worth the average players time to grind in high sec to get a nice ship and fittings and then as soon as they get into low sec or shortly after..
*POP*
I'm liking the changes I see so far as they force everyone to group up to have any chance of killing even a relatively new player.. Eve is supposed to be brutal you say.. Well yes it is but not so much so as to have no chance at all in a 1 vs 1.. Warp to 0km if implimented should hopefully draw more players into low sec with the promise of safer travel.. The HP boost should even out the playing field so that people wont die within seconds after being attacked.. So if this will allow more people into the unused regions then target selection goes up and with the increased chance of escaping more people will stay.. Eventually pirates will figure out new ways of ganking and thats all and well.. But for cripes sake at least let the lake get restocked before you try to fish it out again.. 
The reason why no normal people use low sec space, is that there is no things to do in there, Its not worth mining in there as there is 2k farmers and macro miners in high sec, lowering the price on ore even more.
Those low sec systems were there is lv 4 againts, are very used systems. And the chance to get shot down by rats is bigger then by pirates.
Its not that much a nerf to solo piracy, as you now can use a tier2 bc, tank the sentrys and catch all haulsers jumping into you.
The only thing that can hurt you if you go into low sec whit a bs of your own, is 2 or 3 battleships on the gate when you jump into a system. If you dont want to die to that, fit an mwd and go back for the gate.
Iv lost more ships to concord then to low sec pirates, so its not that risky as you say.
"they force everyone to group up to have any chance of killing even a relatively new player.. "
There is a word for that thing, its called ganking, and yes it will be used even more, Its not fun at all but thats were pvp will go. Longer fights ?
Why go kill smtg alone when your target now will have 10 minutes to call in every player in a radius of 5 jumps away? No it will be some nber gank squads that will nuke solo targets in 20 secs and get the hell out.
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