Egil Kolsto
Caldari
Collwood Collective
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Posted - 2007.02.22 18:58:00 -
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I am slightly worried reading these changes to the level 4 missions and to the bounties. Why do we fly our carebear ship? Why do we pimp our already nice CNR with officer modules and faction resists?
It is our chosen path. I pay my monthly fee so that I can fly my CNR around in space, shoot some ships and enjoy myself. If I feel so inclined I'll ask in local for anyone running salvaging and let them come loot/salvage to their hearts content.
I truly fail to see how me and my fellow mission runners having a pimp mobile we mission run in unbalance the game? Who cares if I can finish Gurista EA in less than 1 hr or if it takes me 2 hrs? The difference is the time I spend in-game and that means more missions I can afford to say yes to. Not all of us play this game for hours at end every day, I take 1-2 missions and enjoy them.
If the idea is to take officer and faction items out of the game, by forcing them to be blown up in pvp encounters then just remove all faction items from the game and be done with it. Dumb down the game to Tech 1 and Tech 2 items only. I'd like to see how many pirates/ hard-core PVP'ers fly around in ships worth 2-6B. Show me all the fleet engagements the Corvus' have been in! The roleplay reason to limit faction/officer items are one thing, crippling anyone not falling in line with the broken pvp part of the game is another.
Coming from a former background of high-level raiding in EQ, I find it pathetic that the game mechanics can't handle true Epic fleet-battles. So I read about them, enjoy my mission or two of the day, assuming I can even get that in and slowly continue to pimp my ride. Now you are suggesting that the challenging or rather more challenging missions are being taken away and that the PvE aspect is going to be dumbed down?
No offense intended, this is your game and all, I just pay to play as long as I enjoy it. Adding level 5 agents in low-sec, sure. Level 6 agent for capital ship in low-sec and 0.0, sure. Why you have to mess with the level 4 missions, I really fail to understand. And don't use the whole Isk generated argument, that is hiding behind an easy way to attack us "carebears." My buddy is ratting in 0.0 with a MINIMAL risk Raven and make almost twice the Isk I can pull out running missions in my quite pimped CNR.
I will try to grind missions harder to see if I can get another CNR before the nerf, probably if you go through with this, it will be a nice farewell present to someone.
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