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Zozoll Neblyn
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:19:16 -
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. If alpha state is not viewable, then soon killboards will lose their meaning. Just create an endless cascade of alphas and then gank them yourself.
The only way to tell real kills from fake kills will be to see how expensive the ships were.
Also if any of my alts is lacking in a skill on the alpha list, I'll probably unsub them for a month to train those skills for free. So there could be a sudden drop in subscriptions when this rolls out. |
Zozoll Neblyn
Ziggurat Forge
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:23:20 -
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You can train frigate skills, sure. But you can only train a few skills to level 5. So a frigate flying alpha is always less powerful than a well trained omega on the same ship. |
Zozoll Neblyn
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:27:21 -
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Alpha status could also be called "hapless victim" status, due to the insufficiency of their skills. So I think most of the attempts to abuse it will end up with the abuser getting victimized them self.
The only frightening possibility I've heard so far on this thread is logi-spamming. So they might want to remove remote repairers/shield boosters from the alpha list. |
Zozoll Neblyn
Ziggurat Forge
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Posted - 2016.08.31 17:29:01 -
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Roenok Baalnorn wrote:Zozoll Neblyn wrote:. If alpha state is not viewable, then soon killboards will lose their meaning. Just create an endless cascade of alphas and then gank them yourself.
The only way to tell real kills from fake kills will be to see how expensive the ships were.
Also if any of my alts is lacking in a skill on the alpha list, I'll probably unsub them for a month to train those skills for free. So there could be a sudden drop in subscriptions when this rolls out. Someone still cares about kill board stats in 2016? Wow that is so retro. 2008 called... they want their KB back.
They can't have it!!! I'm keeping it forever!!! |
Zozoll Neblyn
Ziggurat Forge
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Posted - 2016.09.02 04:50:14 -
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Roenok Baalnorn wrote:Zozoll Neblyn wrote:
You can train frigate skills, sure. But you can only train a few skills to level 5. So a frigate flying alpha is always less powerful than a well trained omega on the same ship.
Try 20 people with assault rifles against a thousand with bows and arrows... tell me how that works out for ya.
In Eve online?
Are we talking one or a few players spamming alts? Can we assume they won't break Eula by attempting to automate anything?
If you're towing a fleet of multibox Vexors behind you, then all it takes is one guy in an Oracle with long range lasers parked outside their drone range to make that get messy.
If it's a mining fleet, that will be exceptionally fun to blow up.
You don't try to wipe out the whole fleet, just kill a few, and then get out before they can coordinate. |
Zozoll Neblyn
Ziggurat Forge
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Posted - 2016.09.02 12:37:25 -
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I wonder what effect this will have on the balance between large and small alliances?
A small alliance can swarm alphas. But a big alliance can swarm even more alphas. ...
If alphas are used as system watchers in null, I can imagine finding 10 or 20 characters visible in every "empty" system I fly through. Making it impossible to know if a system has actually got gankers in it or not. |
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