Cipher7
Net 7
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Posted - 2007.01.29 08:44:00 -
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Eve would lose the epic feeling IMO.
If you think about it, we already have multiple servers, each node is its own server.
You jump from Jita to somewhere else, boom you're on another server.
The way to fix the lag is twofold :
1) Delivery system to let you buy items from anywhere in the region, so you don't have to all go to bloody Jita to sell your loot.
2) Detach agents from systems. Let people do missions in any part of the universe rather than all congregating in Amamake to use the agents there. If you want to go to a .1 system in the arse end of nowhere and do missions ad infinitum level 1-4, that's fine by me. That would make missions be the same as ratting and mining, every system has roids, every system has rats, not every system has agents. Remove agent names. Have a generic button like "repair shop" or "insurance" called "Local Agents." You push that and choose which faction local agent you want to talk to, and what type of mission (courier, kill, mining, research) you wish to perform, then the agent generates the mission and calculates appropriate rewards based on the sec level of the system you are in, and the systems you need to pass through to do the mission. Like if you have to do a level 1 courier mission that passes through a 0.0 chokepoint, that should pay 500k minimum to encourage new players to follow their greed.
We need to find ways to entice people out of empire.
Empire = New player area + recovery area not permanent operating area.
I think Empire dwellers in NPC corps should pay high taxes to discourage them from sitting in highsec safe and secure.
First, INCREASE all highsec mission rewards by %40.
Then, made all NPC corps charge a %40 tax.
So mission runners of today would be making the exact same rewards in NPC corps, but there would be a %40 incentive to join a player corp and make yourself available for PVP.
Combined with shipping, players could buy a t1 frigate from the other side of the universe, outfit it with mods, and be able to fight from their corp HQ without having to deal with highsec ganks from their PVP rivals or the monotony of using hauler alts.
This will make people more willing to fight.
Its all about using the proper carrot and stick.
There is no need for sharding, it is totally un-necessary.
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