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Posted - 2007.06.08 09:47:00 -
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Bob bob, I'm sick of Bob. 
While I personally have nothing against Bob peeps or the fact that they are playing the game the way that it was ment to be played. What I do have a serious bit** about is there isn't a counter to this gimp, either via game mechanics or in the player based.
The cold, hard fact is, it's insanely easy to beat Bob. ASCN was proof. Members (i.e. Slaves) of Bob SIMPLY need to refuse to pay the stupid fees they are paying, drop from the alliance (duh) and turn on Bob/don't show up for the fights. Gee - that's rocket science.
The REAL fun to Eve was and would again be the MUCH smaller alliances controlling MUCH smaller sections of 0.0 per where we once again roam in our smaller 0.0 gangs/fleets beating the hell outta each other, energizing the overall Eve economy again. Having allainces of 1/7 of the online community is simply dumb.
Here's a sample:
1. Join an 0.0 alliance
2. Bob sends their scout command ship / inty gangs into your space, you know what's coming soon
3. Bob war dec's your alliance soon after
4. Back to empire with you (pain in the ass)
5. Find a new 0.0 home, move your **** again
6. Couple months later.. wash, rinse, repeat
Ooo - now that's fun!
No - that's just stupid. Moving Eve back to realistic fights where alliances actually make sense due to size contraints so that 0.0 contests now become more realistic and unpredictable - now THAT's a helluva lot more interesting.
I HIGHLY doubt CCP "hoped" for what is going on now.
In response to some of the "so and so can beat BoB" or "if you don't like it, join Bob" (or join abc alliance) - that's an old "I have no good response, so I'll just say this". You've ignored the point. Last I checked, the application for Eve Online didn't have a few check boxes like "For more online freedom, select your alliance: [ ] Bob [ ] Concord". The online world is about enjoyment. Eve was about the non-constrained freedom (i.e. be a pirate, corporate thief, etc).
Again, I'm simply convinced that CCP simply didn't anticipate the current situation that is really hurting overall freedoms. That is, the situation where corps en-mass have no choice by to "give in" to the major alliance - a self-propogating problem, easily resolved (re-read the above for the resolution).
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