Turin
Caldari
Eternity INC.
Mercenary Coalition
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Posted - 2007.10.26 23:23:00 -
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 Originally by: Drizit
I agree that local should show only how many are in the local system and not who they are. The same as 'show pilots'
in the map, it indicates only how busy a system is.
If I drive into your town, does a big balloon go up with my name on it so everyone knows I am there? Then why should it do so in the game?
I worked in a gatehouse and sensors at the gates calculated how many people were on site but not who they were. In an evacuation, I needed only to count heads to make sure everyone was out.
This system should be in place in local so that activities like Covops are doing exactly what they are supposed to do. Having my name splashed across local takes the Covert out of Covert ops. It won't be a game breaker except for those who are too lazy to use a scanner. No more 'dock when a hostile enters local' so PVP combat actually happens. Players will adapt the same as they did with WTZ.
It won't be all good for pirates either. They won't know if it's new prey entering or bounty hunters coming to gank them. War decced station huggers won't know if they should zoom off to the safety of the station because it's a hostile or stay in the belt cos it's a neutral.
Well, quiting RL ftl. You have to think there might be some advances in scanning technology in the next 2000 years that might allow for better scanning then is currently used today. :P
Removing local IMO, will move all industry and money making out of 0.0 This would be bad for the game. Youd have a few brave souls who would do it, but in general, you would have a hiatus to empire to run missions and so forth. Removing local creates far to much of a risk to the miner / NPC'er to make it worth thier time. I certainly wouldnt mine in 0.0 with no local. So you wouldnt get to gank me anyways.
Removing local pretty much only benefits IMO, the hunters. I see it as nothing more than people whining to have a game mechanic changed in order to suit their playstyle better, and that is their only concern. They have no care that their are other playstyles in game, that would suffer dramaticley if a change like this ever went through.
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