Originally by: agent apple

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I believe I can safely speak for many of us when I say,

Dear Devs, Go Back to WOW

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Originally by: Eternal Error

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Supported, but I think maybe a bit drastic. Make L4s scattered across low sec and 0.0. PERHAPS have a few VERY low quality L4 agents in hi sec, but preferably not. I believe that L3 missions staying in hi sec would be fine.

Regarding roids/ores, something needs to be done with the market. The low end ores (veldspar) are stupidly profitable in comparison to lowsec ones.

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The mechanics of low sec aren't fun for the majority of EvE players. Some improvement is being made, but the ease with which missioners are spotted, probed out and disrupted is simply absurd. The mechanics of low sec favor light, roving gangs ganking solitary pilots - and missioners persisting in single systems are perfect targets.

Without changing those mechanics, any forcible move of players to low sec would only result in a massive loss of the EvE player base. It's a far better idea to change the nature of low sec such that mission runners and miners can do their things with a reasonable chance of survival. You'll get more coming in on their own that way.

Example changes that could draw missioners out of high sec:
Local Chat Changes (missioners suppress their Local Chat listing via rigs)
Lockable Acceleration Gates (more time to see mission-crashers on scanner)

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Originally by: Nekopyat

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While I actually agree with the idea, not sure I agree with all of the tone. In fact, I'm not even sure it would be a good idea in general.

If you move L4 missions to low and null sec, some people will keep making cash (notably null sec alliances like the goons), but most people who currently run L4 missions will simply stop.

As long as death effects how quickly you gain SP (since death destroys implants and implants are a huge factor in SP gain) you will have many people unwilling to risk going into low or null sec. This is esp true of casual players that don't have the ISK to replace even the moderately priced implants on a frequent basis.

Sure one can grind an evening of L4 missions to pay for a new set of +4 implants, but when you can only run a few L3s per week? Then you start talking about a month or more of grinding to either set a set asside (in which case you have to stop PvP till you can afford another) or you have the reduced SP gain, which esp for a new player is a big deal since they are already scrambling to get their skills in line so they can access game content.

Moving the good stuff out of high-sec would be a great idea, but as long as SP and death are coupled like they are now you are going to have people who just can't be convinced the risk is worth it since they don't play enough for the reward to offset the fixed-price risk they face.

Now, if they were decoupled (say, reduce jump-clone cooldown to an hour or something, or removable learning implants) then yay L4 missions in low sec!

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