Lord WarATron
Amarr
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.09.12 08:34:00 -
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If they were going to release Jove, they could still keep it balanced. Its all about cost. If a Jovian frig costs as much as a Amarr Battleship, or a Jovian BS costs as much as a Dreadnaught to make, then that does not obsolete non-jove ships at all.
Of course, the real reason about TomB is that he is livin proof that this game is turning into caldari online 
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Lord WarATron
Amarr
Black Nova Corp
Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2007.09.12 11:54:00 -
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Edited by: Lord WarATron on 12/09/2007 11:59:34
 Originally by: Grawshellar
Originally by: MOS DEF
That's simply not true and very badly thought through.
To many players in eve isk is not important. If a jove frigate costs 300 mill but is as strong as a hac while being fast and agile like a frigate with a small sig radius it is simply a pwnmobile and people with isk wouldn't fly anything else.
You cannot balance the game with isk. There is way too many people with tens of billions.
Yeah that was the problem with nano ships a while back, faction MWD, High Grade snakes, and rigs made virtually unkillable machines of death. People without the cash to field a similar setup couldn't do anything.
I dont think the issue is isk. I mean, a t2 fitted HAC vs t1 fitted cruiser would seem unfair, but the t1 fitted cruiser has lost almost no isk after insurence, whereas the t2 fitted hac would lose far far more if he died. Assuming both players have equal skillpoints and playing ability, The only key point is one player payed more isk for a better ship.
The problem with nano ships being unkillable was game mechanics rather than isk itself. Nanoships were almost unheard of prior to the introduction of rig slots, and various i-stab boosts etc etc.
As long as the game mechanics are thought out, paying more isk for something slightly better is what drives the market. All ships are a explosion waiting to happen and if game mechanics makes something incinvible, then the game mechanics need to be looked at - not the isk flow.
For example, faction battleships outclass current battleships, e.g Navy Apoc outclasses Apoc etc. People with isk can always fly faction stuff, but there comes a point where that extra slot is not worth the extra 600mil+ to buy one. The only thing stopping myself pvping in a full cormack or estamal fit 24/7 is the sheer cost. If the cost of building a Jove ship is extremly high, for slightly increased benifits, then it is the same as the guy who officer fits his pvp bhalagorn to get an edge.
Then again, Jove use lasers so they are not exactly going to be the solo pwnmobiles
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