Hello spacefriends,
The ministry of truth (conveniently located on the web at
evedarklord.blogspot.ca) is again called upon to keep you the valued members of crime & punishment aware of the tides of nerfdom sweeping towards the beacheads of content-creation you have worked hard to establish.
Recently
in a reddit post, CCP Fozzie confirmed his intention to break faith with the basic principles of 'risk vs reward' that are central to the EvE ethos. How so? Well in short, he supports the notion of creating 'social corporations' or 'corporation lite' abominations.
What's the problem? Well, the likes of CSM Mike Asariah have poured honeyed-potions of increased player retention and the benefits of providing corp-like features to players in NPC corps,
while avoiding the fact it also means said players are ultimately getting corporation features 'for free' while remaining immune to war declarations. Proponents of this abomination then try to rationalize their crimes against risk-vs-reward, by downplaying the potency of the features they will give them, saying 'its only bookmarks', or 'its only shared calendars' -- all while refusing to define what increased risks they *are* willing to accept in trade for receiving more, while risking nothing.
Is that EvE?
tldr;
I anticipate the impact of social corporations to be two-fold. First, players hiding out in perpetuity in NPC corporations today will now be able to rake in their candied ISK from incursions while also getting corporation features and being immune to wardec. In short, having their cake and eating it too.
Secondly, players in full corporations today who are frustrated with wardec mechanics, will be
more inclined to drop their corporation memberships, and simply re-form as a social-corporation while hiding out in NPC corporations, again enjoying corp features without fear of wardec
and the added benefit of not even having to re-roll a corp now when a dec does land.
While I support a
broad-sweeping plan that includes big changes to hisec to increase player retention, I have not, and will not -- ever support nerfs in a vacuum that only offer the nerf, never the stick.
Ultimately, I just report, I am but one other (bored) dude on the internet. You however must decide what EvE is and will become, while the clock is clearly ticking on making your voices heard on several fronts.
F