mmmmmm can I try some of the home made maple syrup? It sounds delicious.

Two Step was one of the hardest-working and most effective members of CSM6. He is a serious candidate who should be on any non-bloc voters "short list" of viable candidates.

Two Step is /the/ wormhole candidate. He out-ranked most CSM6 mains in terms of effort.


ps: Get AHARM burn the Taggart Transdimensional hole to the ground, Objectivists are nauseating. If anyone can find and purge them, it's you guys.


pps: (i am completely serious, i hunger for their suffering)

As a WH resident you obviously already have my vote(s). But just for the sake of getting to know your views a bit better I'd like to pose some questions.

I think most (WH) people will agree that the WH mechanics as they are now are in a pretty good place, however, stagnation is death and at some point enhancements or changes will come. Besides POS improvements which we probably would all like, what do you feel would be a logical next step for wormholes in terms of new features or changes?


Secondly, W-space is interesting in that trough the C1-6 system it allows a place for any size corp to venture forth and stake their claim in the unknown without having to worry (too much) about getting their POS removed the very next day. Do you feel that this is right or that C1-3 holes are perhaps a little too safe from player interaction?

Thanks for running - I know a whole bunch of people voting for you (as am I).


I like it that smaller corps / groups get a place without cyno's, local and unpredictable travel. Never know who your going to meet in WH space!



What (if anything) could be improved in WH's?

Considering voteing for you, we do need a wormhole candidate of some kind. Are you going to push for a change in the self distruct mechanic?

Not being able to s/d within a pos shield would cause alot more fights. Also i think when you self distruct it should turn off all your active mods, its incredibly anoying to watch cap ships self distruct over and over again because you cant drain them of cap and dps them down within 2 minutes.

Two Step did an incredible amount of work and takes the CSM seriously. I absolutely endorse Two Step for CSM and strongly encourage you to give his candidacy a look.

Thanks for the fast anwers, let me clarify, as I posted in a hurry:
Last year there was some talk about "farms and fields" for null-sec, with a thread on "homesteading" - has anything happend with that, or has it fallen off the radar and, are there any plans/ideas towards the "farms and fields" ideas spreading to WH space?

Ahh, sorry I wasn't clearer. I meant specifically *not* the sov upgrade (I doubt sansha has sov in any empire space) but rather, how is the Wormhole generated for Sansha's? Specifically, is there a "wormhole generator" (not upgrade) that is going to be commonly availiable? I.E. - Wormhole/s on demand, so to speak?


Sorry I wasn't clearer!

No SD'ing in POS shields, and SD'ing still generates a killmail if aggressed pehaps?

While I will vote for you as my interest group representative (and one with proven track record, thanks for CSM6!), I'd hope to read more of your ideas about the non-wh part of EVE.

What do you consider important issues for CSM7 and for EVE in general, outside our wonderful unknown space?

Thanks for the reply!

Looks good, I agree on all things- except the hisec/lowsec part sounds unfamiliar to me. While my personal opinion is that lowsec is a victim of a false mental image and is not very dangerous at all, how would you balance those risk levels out?

Sure, it is vital that we have a Wormhole representative on the CSM but i won't vote for anyone unless i know their goal and opinions. I know it's not the job of the CSM to design the game but it would help my voting process if you could answer the following:

1. Why do you prefer wormhole space to known space?
2. Why do you feel it's important that residence of C1 wormholes are more easily evicted given the relatively low value of a c1 hole?
3. What's you opinion on a ship/mod that has the ability to hold a WH open past its life or mas allowance (not jumpable mass)?
4. How would you like to see T3 ships expand on? i.e. new ship types t3 mods etc.
5. What UI (D-scan. overview stats) improvements would you make?
6. Where do you stand on WIS/CQ? do you think it should be expanded on or left to die? if the former, how could it be implemented in WH space?
7. Finally, PVP aside, if you could make one change/addition to WH space content or mechanics, what would it be?

Rek

Thanks for the swift reply, i will give your blog a read.

For the most we seem to hold the save views on WH and i like your idea of randomising sleeper triggers. This coupled with the idea that sleepers could start to roam WH space (camp WH's attack POS's) would make things more exiting.

However i'm surprised that you haven't given much thought to new T3 ships and their roles... personally i think a T3 industrial ship would be an awesome addition and help to get more industrialists out of HS.

It saddens me that we don't appear to have anyone on the CSM who is pro WiS because it was the thing that got me interested in EVE and if you look back on its development, you'll note that we were told about gameplay features but sadly CCP didn't deliver. IMO, we need to have some new features instead of just polishing and nerfing/buffing existing things.

That said, you have my vote(s) and i'll tell my friends to do the same.

Good luck

confirming i will use all my accounts to vote for Two step, as will my corp. If you live in wormhole space, there are no other options to vote for

how about SD jam modules? usually you know in what kinda fight people will attempt an SD. and i can see some ships that would have a mid slot free'd easily for such a module

I have a few Industrial issues related to wormholes. I know it's not you're expertise, but I'd like to know your opinion.

-POS refineries; these are horrible. They take too much POS grid and cpu and have a bad output (and they also take forever to reprocess minerals). My corporation lives in a C2 wormhole and we like to do different things depending on the day. Mining might not be the most appealing occupation, but it's relaxing and it helps us provide minerals for our assembly arrays. The problem is that we have to haul everything outside and then back in. Would you change the Refinery arrays?

-Transport ships; Transport Ships and Iteron V are the optimal option for transporting goods in and out of wormholes (the orca tends to collapse wormhole) - the size of regular ship is somewhat limited though. Would you be opposed to the creation of a Transport ship that has more cargo?

-Ice Gravimetrics; You've answered this to me before by stating CCP's opinion on this, but I'd like to know if you'd like to see Ice Gravimetrics inside wormholes - or do you agree with CCP that Ice is necessary to make us leave our wormholes now and then?

+ 1 like for someone who clearly cares about the game for all and not their own interests. Not enough of you around.

Quick couple of questions that spring to mind that I would like your opinion on:

With regards to your discussion on wh-stabilisers on your blog. I agree with you that wormhole systems are entirely possible to invade and are by no means safe, particularly with pre-inserting dreadnoughts into C5&6 wormholes. However for C4 and under, the only realistic method of taking out well defended systems is to bring in a huge blob of battleships or drakes. As with all w-space combat, keeping fleets under the number of around 20-30 pilots is ideal. Do you have any proposals to make things less safe for corps who have good populations, numerous POS and capitals in lower class systems? I heard somewhere the idea of having T3 battleships that are able to use siege mods, or removing the ability to anchor capital building arrays in C1-4?

I really like your idea of C4+C5 wh's having dual statics, and would like to expand on that by asking if you think C1's and C3's should also?

Please get CCP to allow us to change clones in WH space. If you have a rorqual in system you should be able to fly up to it and swap to a different clone.

That's good to hear. I read you blog btw... Good stuff. i agree with everything you said. The last thing we need is big alliances controlling WH's. I would have quit this game a long time ago if it wasn't for WH space

Posting in the hope for a candidacy view on the following: Bounty Hunting

This is something that concerns me, and please correct me if I have got this wrong, given what I know of the AHARM story in Nova with Rook's and King's has come from friends within RnK and the Clarion Call video's the facts I have may be totally wrong or biased, but your alliance knowingly took advantage of an exploit in the game mechanics to make yourselves virtually untouchable.

As I said, assuming the information I have been given is correct and the story is as i've been told, why should I vote for you, you as well as the other members of AHARM stood by and actively exploited a flaw in the game mechanics, my issue is why would I want to vote for a candidate that actively stands by and encourages exploiting bugs, instead of owning up and telling CCP of these issues.

As I said if any of the information I have about the story is false and I have misunderstood AHARM's side of the story then please feel free to correct me and show me proof that I have misunderstood, as a newbie to wormholes and yet loving it on my alts, I would love to see a representative on the CSM to ensure wormholes receive love, I just don't want that person to be someone who knowingly partakes in exploiting the game.

note: I do not intend to start any kind of argument nor any kind of fighting on this thread, it is a valid concern of mine I would like answered so please do not take it as attempting to provoke a fight.

A few months ago I was all set to vote for Mittens again, but I joined a worm hole corp and found my place in Eve. All the fun of null sec but without all the political baggage and BS that comes with it, along with a lot of fun small scale PVP. I probably would have voted for His Goonness anyway but then someone on the CSM mentioned some sort of new ship or modual that could hold a worm hole open long after it would normally collapse to allow more ships to come through. The blob would be coming to W-space.

*sigh*

So now all three of my active accounts will be voting for you Two Step, and I'll be actively campaigning for you in my alliance (and it looks like Rek Seven will be as well).

If the blob comes to W-space I'll sell all my characters and look for another game...

Now for a humble suggestion: CCP has been talking about re-writing POS code. I'd like to be able to dock in a POS and see the same kind of environment that I see in a station (See all my ships and mods and be able to change fittings, maybe even have a jump clone in there). I know that CCP didn't intend for W-space to be colonized, but the simple fact remains that a lot of people live in it. The current POS mechanics make even the most mundane tasks a total PITA and it's long overdue for an overhaul.

Good luck with your run for CSM and if you see me in W-space don't hesitate to shoot me in the face -I know I won't think twice about cycling my guns

Fly it like you stole it

In the light of POS changes and wormhole space I'd love to see your opinion

on the following game suggestion: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=433522#post433522

How would you protect the obvious and overwhelming purity of WH pvp?

For example, what do you think should happen to WH corps who use exploits, especially when they have been told by CCP that they are exploits?

Kicked from the game, or their members banned from running for CSM perhaps?

GZ

I hope I didn't miss these elsewhere in the thread, but I have three questions for you:

1) How do you feel about time dilation and the potential impact it has on CCP in regards to demotivating them in upgrading server hardware?

2) PLEX/GTC prices are too damn high. How will you leverage your influence on the CSM to bring down the price of game time paid with isk?

3) How should CCP reward veterans for their longevity in playing this game instead of punishing them via "end-game" nerfs?

Thanks for answering and good luck in your campaign!

there has not been sufficient discussion re: homemade maple syrup

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my question and for taking it in the manner it was intended, your blog definitely clears things up, I was aware that AHARM had made some attempt to tell CCP but worded it in such a way that they didn't directly imply it was an exploit, yourself having admitted that the way CCP was informed by AHARM could have been done alot more clearly, and being your absence from the game I am comfortable in considering you a legitimate candidate I may vote for, now to get around to reading some more about what your aims as a CSM representatives are before I make my final decision, and maybe one day will meet you in W-Space, as TBH I love this place, I've not enjoyed eve anywhere near as much in K-Space.

Also smaller RF timers. does not seem fair that a small holding pos has 1d17h timer

small 12h med 24h large the usuall

How would you feel about increasing the amount of w-space systems and make the sleepers more temperment (randomly warping off/on, sieging a pos, actually neuting triage carriers/logi and dogpiling one ship)

Can you state here your views on incursions and if you are willing to defend them as part of CSM 7 against efforts of major nerfing in the future?

Two-step, I no longer live in W-Space, but I wholeheartedly agree that it is one of the most fun, well balanced and challenging parts of EVE. Although I'm wary of the already discussed transgressions of your corp, I believe that W-Space absolutely needs representation in the CSM and that you are the best of the candidates that are running on this platform. Having read some of your blog and followed some discussions here, I do believe your heart is in the right space (see what I did there?) and that we share a number of important ideologies. You will have my vote.



I think a relatively simple fix (and I think this should be applied to all PvE...) is to remove bounty payouts from re-spawning ships. Re-spawns are obviously designed to reset the site should someone fail to finish it, however given that the most lucrative part of most PvE plexes/missions/etc is in the last room and in drops associated with the last rat(s), the incentive is already there to finish the site. I could write an essay on this, but I find Walls of Text seem to scare a lot of people off giving their 2c.

tl;dr I haven't heard any compelling arguments against removing bounties from re-spawned rats.

On another note, I agree wholeheartedly on the randomization of ALL PvE encounters, preferably to an increasing extent relative to the difficulty of the encounter. I find it somewhat suspicious and a little bit crap that this isn't already in place. Similar to the above, I have heard no compelling arguments as to why this is not a good idea.

Hmm ... no clue about wormholes yet (but soonTM). However a friend of mine was in AHARM for a time, he nejoyed the stay.

I guess this was already talked over and it's an old thing, but my favourite EVE video is the R&K one against AHARM. Particularly the tracking exploit. Have you learned anything from the incident or what is your current view on similar exploit uses ?

a wise decision also on what you said early with a "static wormhole, do you mean a wormhole that never despawns maybe it changes where it leads every DT if its not a k162 on the inside it would change where it would spawn on the other side or do you mean to make it stay in the spot connecting two systems together forever?

no two step i mean literally static as in you dont have to scan that wh down if you have scanned it down before. at least thats what i understood from your post a few pages ago about class 7s and the like.

Two Step what do you think about easier way to tag targets? Like a keyboard shortcut?

there has not been sufficient discussion re: homemade maple syrup

Two Step, more than any other member of CSM5 or CSM6, demonstrates the fundamental correctness of Mynxee's goal of making the so-called "alternate" members of the CSM part of the process. Barely elected to CSM6 at all and dismissed as a wormhole specialty candidate, Two Step showed that he didn't really know or care what the word "alternate" meant. He simply did the work. More than any other single member of CSM6, he has been visible to the EVE Online player base in a variety of places, and has shown interest in multiple play-styles, not just his own. Two Step still represents an important segment of the EVE player base, but I'd now argue that it's larger than simply wormhole dwellers... it's every EVE player that has no interest in sovereignty-based play and super-cap blobs. Two Step deserves a full seat at the table in CSM7, and will be a terrific balance against these powerful forces. Two Step not only has my endorsement, he'll be receiving at least one of my votes.

Have you thought about marketing authentic "Two step" brand maple syrup for the rest of us?

Some friends of mine and I are just moving into wormholes, but personally I'm also after a serious ******* industry iteration.

What are your thoughts on that?

As you can see I'm harassing the **** out of Seleene on the same issues, but I will either split my votes or give them to one of the two of you as I find you both to be the most worthy of the CSM candidates presently.

So be specific ;)

(Not that I don't want all sectors of eve iterated upon, but WH and indy need some serious attention now).

I believe that the mechanics surrounding wspace are some of the best features within the game.

Probably the biggest issue we have to deal with is internal security as it relates to POS use.

What are your ideas with regards to POS access, specifically with regards to the Ship Maintenance Arrays?

I think a nice solution would be to have a 'dock for self/dock for corp' choice when using the SMA would be fantastic. Configure Starbase Equip could override or change the mask on a given item.

At a minimum a logging SMA would be great.

Question: Invisible deadspace signatures that decloak you next to a wormhole - cool feature or complete BS?

Mr. Two Step As one of the many persons who is looking forward to and wants Dust514 to be as great as EVE I would like to know your stance on Dust514, it's link to EVE, and how you would support it in the CSM if infact you are in favor of it. While I myself am not known or an importnat person, I do speak with a large secetion of the Dust514 EVE fan base. We are looking for someone to support us in CSM7.

Any thoughts on contract improvements? Especially a possibility to have in game merc contracts?

It wouldn't be on you to come up with original ideas, if I was less cynical about mining and industry I'd want to hear from a CSM candidate that they would be pestering the people responsible for industry game development, that they had got those developer's names and were trying to work out what the problem was.

Does Seleene do the out-of-hours gladhanding & drinks mittens talks about specifically with the people who made asteroid belts what they are today? Does any CSM candidate want to do that with the specific intent of applying pressure to make it gameplay rather than drudgery for insomniacs/botters?

What do you think about the ability to fit 2 T2 scanning rigs on Cov Ops?

I've been thinking about the POS iteration and how to make the transition work. CCP mentioned that the code behind the POS is a mess and fixing it would be dangerous. I'd expect that if they tried to make extensive changes to the current POS system, it would causes tons of problems, bugs - the universe would burn.

I'm mostly musing here, but if CCP intends to work on a new POS, they should build a completely new system. Instead of trying to transform the current POS, they should leave the old Towers as it is, but change the unanchored tower items into the new towers system. Current active towers would remain the same until the player decided to change it.
I'm mostly afraid that if CCP did an automatic transfer from old to new tower of all the currently active towers, guns, items and ships might go missing - maybe some towers would malfunction for a while and create havoc. Letting players upgrade by themselves avoids a lot of potential trouble.

Other potentiel problems;
-What happens if a player has 'private' ships (If personal ship hangar becomes reality) inside a POS and get kicked. Same question for items.
-Should the new POS become like station where you dock in - what would happen to POS shields?
-What would differentiate a station and a POS? Is it important for them to be different?

Anyhow, just rambling!

Two Step has proven to be very involved, open to reason and a driving force for important stuff (like corp BM's).

I've listened with great interest to the 1h Q&A interview you did with Talocan United.

You have my votes and many of the Transmission Lost votes.

I do have a question, there has been some talk about having a kind of docking mechanism in w-space. I fully support having a few more functions like swapping T3 subsystems and switching clones. Docking like in k-space would remove you from d-scan and hide your presence though. That would change the pvp dynamics a lot, as you would never know if an enemy fleet is hiding docked up. What is your view on this? Would that be a welcome change of rules or should docking be different from k-space and leave you on d-scan?

Any chance to not loose skill points when you loose a T3 ship? Many people think it is a dumb feature.

Also what do you think about faction tower situation where you cant get any new ones?

While we're asking random questions, what are the clone vat bays on a rorqual for if not a quick route back your w-space home from your empire clone station?

Surely it would work once before you have to fly another clone in? The tactic isn't useless, and I think a counter should be attainable with enough effort.

Hi, would you please expand you CSM program ? I mean not just the general direction \ examples you give in blog and start post for this topic. I mean like a definite set of ideas you will push in CSM. Will provide help in eng-rus translation, if needed.

For the love of god don't re-elect this exploiting douchebag.

At least Alex has some craftiness and charisma. This guy has vinegar and plastic.

You got my vote mate! Continue your great representation of us wormhole people!

Two step you are the only honorable dude from the previous CSM. The rest were garbage except that Russian dude and that is only because he probably is unbalanced and stuff.

Two Step, I just want you to know that I just Eve-mailed my corpmates to try and get you more votes. I've never spoken with them about the CSM, so I really don't know if they care enough to take the time, but hopefully I was persuasive enough.

Just wondering, Two Step, why is your portrait so scary? It looks like one nasty man.

I agree

Hello Everyone, Kilikas of Hard Knocks fame here to stir up support for two step.
Proof of two step love:
twitter.com/two_step_eve/status/177971533300502529
twitter.com/two_step_eve/status/177974614515912704

I have revised my voluntarily drawn campaign poster to be safe for work so feel free to print it out and post around the neighborhood. while wearing your Joshua Goldschag face masks and carrying around your twostepfuhcsm posters.

Take a gander and vote twostep for csm SIETE (THAT IS SPANIARD FOR SEVEN LOL!)
http://i.imgur.com/xqfqH.png


If your name is two step, hey i heard your girlfriend was in our public channel today. i'm sorry i missed her. hopefully she'll be back cause i gots to schedule dat knife fight

As a wormhole player I am thinking of voting for you. However, I wonder if I might ask you to explain your ideas on local chat, as that table comparison thing suggests you are not in favour of changing it.

We're moving to a C5, Two Step. Don't kill us :D

I have a question regarding your latest blog post (the one about the economy and inflation).

Do you think the inflation as it is is sustainable?

Do you favour any solution in particular?

Incursion is a big isk creator, but it isn't alone. Bounties and sleeper blue books create a serious chunk of isk. After seeing the numbers presented in your blog, I'm starting to think that nerfing Incursion income in high sec wouldn't be enough. Especially with the change coming to Rogue Drones, even more isk will be created and the Incursion nerf by itself will not have any effect.

I don't want to see wormhole income nerfed considering the challenge involved with living there, but what if Blue books were transformed into a commodity that was used for a manufacturing process of some sort? This would be a creative way of removing the isk creation, but it would leave that part of wormhole income at the mercy of the EVE market.

Any thoughts on this?

I should add. I think EVE needs more ship battles. When people lose ships and buy new one, it makes the economy go round. I think the best solution to solve some of the inflation would be to create more opportunity for fights where people lose ship.

Edit again:

There's plenty of potential solutions, of course. I thought of these after posting. It's also possible to increases the isk sinks - you just need something that people want to spend isk on.

This was something proposed at the last fanfest; dynamic agents. The more an agent is used, the less it rewards. This motivates people to migrate and seek less populated areas.
Dynamic rewards could also affect null sec; the more a system is used, the less it produces. This would force people to move around. Or instead, perhaps something like wormholes where there's an equal number of site across a region - when one is done in system X, it spawns elsewhere, it becomes a hunting game where you have to move to different system to catch the respawning sites. It also prevents people from jsut staying in their own risk-free isolated systems.

I hope this was fan art and not a commissioned piece.

Two Step, any comment on why your fellow delegates backstabbed you in the internal elections, completely ignoring the popular vote count? What will it mean for your work on the CSM?

Any notion that this may have been an amiable agreement seems off the table since you ran for both chairman and vice chairman and also voted for yourself.