Mary Mercer
King Wholesaling
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Posted - 2012.01.19 01:34:00 -
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CCP Omen wrote:Hello and a happy new year!
We are getting back to work and this is high time to evaluate how the Player Owned Customs Office feature worked out and potentially address any rough edges. Needless to say, we have been monitoring the developments for any major issues, and several defects were fixed during the past month. With this thread we want to collect your impressions and learn how you are using the feature and how you believe it has impacted EVE.
Here are a few questions if you need help to get started. Please remember that constructive feedback is more likely to lead anywhere.
1. Is there anything related to the Customs Office feature or PI taxes that you think is broken or terrible?
2. Do you think the amount of PvP engagements has changed in EVE as a result of this feature?
3. Do you think the feature has created new opportunities for small to mid-sized corporations?
4. Do you think PI has become more or less relevant in EVE?
5. Do you have any awesome story related to a Player Owned Customs Office?
Best regards
CCP Omen
1.... Give us some weapons. Nothing major, but we should be able to upgrade these so customers can be protected from single target frigs and crap while doing pi deliver and drops. Maybe a single gun or two capability with about the same strength as gate guns, perhaps a little better. Nothing serious just a single or double frig pirate deterrence. Can't make it over powered.. but yeah.. upgradable to something like that would be slick.
Also, not sure if it's fixed but it would not allow a tax rate of 0.0. Needs to be fixed if it hasn't.
2. Some people have used it as a contention area in FW, but in reality I don't think it's caused major pvp engagements to increase.
3. only by the good graces of the big guys.. Which is very sad actually. Any large alliance wants to come in and take over a pi office and it can. Since there is no on-going maintenance there is no reason not to just hord a ton of planets. Small alliances/corps are not going to shoot down the goons offices for fear of major retaliation (an example). If the offices required fuel (say monthly like a pos) even a very small amount it would mean that they have to be upkept and would further make large groups disinterested in owning massive amounts of them.
4. It's used in some TII production, and pos's.. interest change from the offices themselves I don't think will matter. PI has gone up in price quite a bit, but that was expected I guess.
5. Nope. I think they were implicated as a complete passive income type deal for larger groups. It's silly that they don't require monthly maintenance. One alliance could literally take over an entire constellation without ever visiting the planet again.... That's silly. |