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Ranger Corp
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Posted - 2012.04.09 21:25:00 -
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Veshta Yoshida wrote:Where to start ..
Because he thought that Gold AmmoGäó would be an awesome feature to add to Nex .. until winds changed and swept his opinion along with it (Populism)
Because he thought that FW would be better if high-sec navies were removed .. affecting primarily noobs who pushed the end-of-tutorial button and having no impact on FW as a whole (Ignorance)
Because he thinks that making datacores an FW item will act as an auto-balancer for the militias .. ignoring the fact that Eve is highly FoTM/FoTY oriented and that the datacore intensive T2 items are semi-rarely used (Stupidity)
Because he believes that introducing null mechanics to lowsec/FW will somehow help .. ignoring the fact that a lot of the mechanics work in null due to numbers, bubbles et al. and that null itself has been fed up with many of the things he wants to use as solutions (EHP grinds, really!?!)
Because he has yet to deliver the promised blog detailing their thought processes, design goals and so forth in regards to FW .. the promise was made on his behalf as a Hail Mary move after CCP stood the FW round table up at last years FF
Not a big fan his as you can probably hear[:)
Here is hoping that they manage to make null worth it again so I can justify keeping the client patched, because the quite frankly random changes they want to introduce as fixes to FW are like giving CPR to a carcass on beach.
Come on now, tell us how you really feel. 
I'll leave the rest of it alone for now, but I will point out the obvious on a couple of points you raised.
The shift in Data Core aquisition affects me strongly, as one of my main sources of income is T2 invention/production and I have a healthy supply of Research Agents slaving away to try and meet my needs.
Of course, they fall short, and Data Cores often have to be purchased from the markets. Thats rather the point actually.
Right now, nobody really cares what happens in FW, but I can tell you this... if it becomes the main source for Data Cores I (and many others) will care a great deal. It would absolutely be in my best interests to install an alt (or perhaps even my main) in FW. If the largest rewards came from active participation and destruction of players from the opposing faction then that would be my focus.
Truthfully, it would be my focus anyway. I have always been primarily involved on the PVP side of things deep in Null, but for others who have only dabbled in PVP before it would be a strong motivation to give it a try. Greed can be a powerful motivator.
You can also believe that if the supply of T2 vessels becomes compromised (for certain racial ships) as a result, there will be considerable interest from the larger PVP (Null Sec) community as well.
It is this type of motivation of players outside the current FW community that they are trying to inspire, to make FW stronger and healthier than ever before.... to make it actually matter to the community at large for a change.
This also trickles over into your other point about Null sec mechanics not working due to numbers. CCP can't plan for the FW player base to stay as small as it is. If that were the case they wouldn't bother iterating on it at all. They are actively working to make that number grow significantly, and must plan accordingly. Anything else would be irresponsible and short sighted.
A simplified form of Null Sec mechanics (while not perfect) would certain work far better than the current system... and has the advantage of extensive play testing. It also makes sense to familiarize players with the mechanics involved as many will likely move on from FW to Null eventually.
Of course, when those mechanics are looked at again in Null any changes would likely also find their way over to FW as they are related. Meaning FW is much more likely to be iterated on promptly than it would be if it were simply a small closed independant system.
I know change can be scary, but sometimes you need to look at the bigger picture my friend.
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