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Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.07.23 18:50:28 -
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Lan Wang wrote:well there is that but they also stage from wormholes and judging by the defence of these things unless they allow capitals into highsec or remove the doomsday then seems wormholes will be best place for them, i guess time will tell, highsec doesnt need another mega money carebear activity
This seems like somewhat of a reskin to the activity highsec already has. It effectively adds nothing. Though it might actually detract from money making prospects as we won't be intimately familiar with the sites and thus able to optimize every encounter. |
Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
1554
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Posted - 2015.08.14 04:01:23 -
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Black Pedro wrote:It hasn't been announced but the writing is on the wall for the Sansha incurions in highsec. These Drifter ones are significantly harder and feature guaranteed ship loss so no one will run them if both co-exist. They will either have to pay significantly more than the Sansha incursions, which isn't going to happen as CCP thinks incursions already pay too much, or the Sansha ones will be removed from highsec/have their payouts slashed dramatically.
I think politically it would be easier for CCP to just move the Sansha ones to low and null, and make the Drifters highsec only so the whining from incursions runners can be countered with "but we replaced it with exciting new PvE like you have been asking for!".
It's a good solution. CCP can increase risk on highsec incursion runners with a mechanism they can tune as players figure the Drifters out to keep things challenging and less easy-mode farmable as the Sansha ones have been for many years now.
The writing is on the wall for a drifter incursion in Amarr space, but as it has existed on sisi the scope doesn't suggest a global highsec swap. Rather just the next phase of this storyline for now.
The feature is actually named "Defense of the Throne worlds" after all.
And from what has been said, no, it's not going to be any politically easier to swap the drifter incursions in. Not if player feedback is any part of that equation.
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Tyberius Franklin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
1554
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Posted - 2015.08.14 07:22:22 -
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Black Pedro wrote:Players will not have a choice - they are going to rage anout the loss of their easy ISK no matter what. There is a clear pattern in that almost all changes since CCP Seagull has been in charge have been to increase risk for players (to stimulate loss and the economy) so it makes sense that that train is about to arrive in highsec. IF that comes to pass sure, but that doesn't justify the claim of it being politically better. Fundamentally no one has a real choice in CCP's decisions, this is no different. I just responded to the statement you made suggesting drifter incursions would somehow make such a change more widely accepted. (That or misunderstood what "politically better" meant)
Black Pedro wrote:Unless this incursion turns out to be just a one-off that goes for a few weeks, they will replace Sansha in all of highsec. Players will just move out of Domain and ignore them otherwise. I expect though that CCP will want to make sure they are working, so probably both will co-exist for a bit (maybe they'll be in the Throne Worlds for a few weeks/months, and when they spread to all of highsec is when Sansha leaves), but I also wouldn't be surprised if the day this goes on Tranquility is the day after the last Sansha incursion took place in highsec. The first line here seems rather presumptuous. There isn't much reason to believe the events here couldn't be used elsewhere for further story developments or even coexist long term with some for of unique reward. As they are now they are tied to one empire and we really have no idea how things will play out. As it stands this prophecy itself isn't very convincing for any evidence presented in it's favor (of which there is none more than any other theory including single run event).
I'd love to know where the faith comes from for this theory. If it's just the stance you believe they have on incursions it should be noted the most recent thing they did to them was giving a buff.
As far as people moving out of Domain, there was no mandate to stay in any incursion constellation ever, why would that change now? |
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