Drizit
Amarr
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Posted - 2008.05.02 10:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Tarminic
If you want people to move to low-sec that means lowering the RISK. As much as you pirates might not like it, this leaves us with limited options:
1. Make it easier for carebears to avoid being ganked
2. Make it harder for pirates to gank carebears
3. Make it easier for anti-pirates to protect carebears from ganking
Nothing else will have a significant impact on low-sec population.
I have to agree with you. Lowsec is *supposed* to be a halfway move between highsec and 0.0 and the rewards are not nearly as good as 0.0 to reflect this. However, the risks are far greater in lowsec than in most 0.0 areas which means the risk/reward ratio is way out of balance. This is one of the primary reasons for the lack of enthusiasm for lowsec.
To the OP:
Moving highsec ice to lowsec will not cause players to move there, it just means less resources in highsec and more empty roid belts. Eventually, newer players will quit due to lack of isk to buy skillbooks and ships etc for their characters. If they are forced into lowsec and find that the rewards do not cover the loss of ships and stuff, they will quit even faster.
Some may prefer less players but since this is CCP's income, the patches, new shinies and server upgrades rely on this income to allow us to play a better game.
Instead of trying to find ways to FORCE people into lowsec, why not try to find ways of limiting the risk to entice them to go there willingly? Make it possible to actually earn an income in lowsec rather than losing isk faster than you can make it and it becomes a viable place to live.
It's time CCP understood that, although this is a MMO, there are still solo players. Those who prefer not to rely on others to keep them safe as there are more cowards in this game than there are real players. It wouldn't be the first time I have teamed up only to find my team mates bailed when it got too hot, leaving me to face a lowsec gate camp alone. I lost a ship and pod as well on one occasion but in highsec, I can't even pop and pod my teammates to say thankyou to them for it. Although I am in a corp and alliance, I will often go it alone because my trust in others has been severely crushed. |