
Astria Tiphareth
Caldari 24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2008.09.03 08:23:00 -
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Just as a thought to interject, I proposed a system of events to replace/augment missions where you'd have deadspace instant events appearing throughout EVE - so for example, you'd have an event like a freed slave escaping, with Amarr and Minmatar NPCs duking it out, it'd appear in local suddenly like a beacon, and then after about 10-20 minutes if no-one did anything, the side that usually won, would win. Alternatively people could attend the event and influence the outcome, gaining bounties/rewards/standing changes etc.
Where am I going with this? I proposed that not only could you have events like the above where you have set goals (free the slave, capture the slave, whatever) and whoever turns up is just participating in an instant mission, but you equally could have more quick PvP in high-sec from this.
Imagine a circumstance like above, when the moment you enter said area and shoot an Amarr ship, you're flagged as a valid target to anyone who enters and shoots a Minmatar ship. Done right, and thought would be needed on how to avoid exploits etc, you have quick PvP zones appearing throughout high-sec (don't really need them in low-sec or null-sec, but you could have them anyway for the fun factor) with opportunities for roleplaying, piracy, and just simple combat. It retains the freeform nature of EVE PvP (because it just isn't balanced enough to allow the kind of team vs team that happens in GuildWars) whilst offering smaller scale PvP. Remember these things happen quickly, you can't spend an hour going off and fitting, you have to go with what you're in right now - we might actually see the return of small roaming gangs in high-sec looking for fun, instead of cans to flip.
On the other two issues, absolutely, templates instead of having to go back into EFT just to find out what I usually fit for that given ship and scenario before buying would be great. As an aside, I've played GuildWars though I don't any longer, so I know exactly what you're referring to.
UI improvement requests are legion, and hopefully jump clones will now be improved in general thanks to yesterday's patch. ___ My views may not represent those of my corporation, which is why I never get invited to those diplomatic parties... Environmental Effects
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