Xavier Arron
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Posted - 2004.02.13 14:56:00 -
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Edited by: Xavier Arron on 13/02/2004 15:03:55
Yeah Accountability in this game is a real problem. You can have all the fun of pi$$ing people off with little, if in fact NO comeback.
I think alts are the biggest problem because most people donĘt use them as they were intended - to allow you to play a different aspect / role within the game.
Prime example is pvp alts. Peeps how have alts just for pvp. Ok so nothing wrong with that, I hear you say sure. But peeps donĘt take that character from new and build a whole new life for themselves in eve, they just trade isk/ ships/ equipment from there other character.
Add on to that the really annoying habit of many to carry out hit, run and LOG!! attacks on your corp and it gets really annoying.
Why? - because you have no come back, no revenge. Here you have some guys alt in an alt corp of 1 or maybe 2. He doesnĘt have to mine, doesnĘt have to trade, and doesnĘt even have to play all day as that character.
Starting a corp war is pointless as the guy has -5.5 sec rating anyhow, and there is only him and his m8 in corp. We canĘt hunt him down because he randomly logs, attacks ships then warps off and logs again.
So we tighten up security which is boring for the peeps on defence because for 95% of the time nothing is happening. And when we do destroy his ship, his replaces it next day because he has full insurance and is financed by his other character.
We canĘt afford to FULLY insure all our ships, and we canĘt protect the whole corp 24/7.
This is just one of many problems with alts. Not to mention corp thieves.
Now if I found out who their real chars were and done it to them, I'm sure it wouldnĘt be so funny.
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Going back to your suggestions, I like the idea of being able to scoop pods, to capture people and the idea of prison terms, and fines. I think scooping pods could be open to exploits (could trap people in your ship for days) but IĘm sure some system could be invented.
Perhaps 4hrs prison for destroying a ship and 24hrs for a pod kill. Every Character should have a criminal record, so that notorious criminals that are caught are prosecuted for all charges against them.
So 4 pod kills = 4 days prison (lol - maybe too long a sentence)
Would keep pirates out of empire, and make bounty hunting more fun :) (Pirates could end up paying bounty hunters to let them go :)
Or pay a concord fine for each offence, to get early release. There is much scope for new and interesting ideas on this, and many of the points you have raised above I believe are valid.
We would have to give pirates more reward for their risk. So perhaps a way for them to steal ALL cargo from ships by cutting through the ships hull or something and more content, structures for them to use out in 0.0.
My other suggestion would be to have an activation time between alts, so to activate an alt takes say 24hrs. During this time you could still play with the currently selected character etc...
My 2 isks worth.
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