Astria Tiphareth
Caldari
24th Imperial Crusade
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Posted - 2008.08.30 11:31:00 -
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Despite my intense dislike of Malcanis' style of posting, not least the sweeping generalisations, I really like this idea.
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That said, in the spirit of forum PvP I would like to think I've claimed as my role the 'live and let live' approach as a new upstart in the forums, so go back to being obnoxious and unpleasant Malcanis, I can't cope with this new pleasant approach!  I can no longer lump you in with Ki An and co! How can the bitter vets suddenly be pleasant, I ask you, that's our new player role smashed...
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Ok, time to be serious, and actually I never did most of the above, it just felt too good to delete in some sort of cathartic way
I have always thought of empire as a breeding ground, a place to grow, to retreat back to when things get hard, and the real EVE is out there in 0.0. Unfortunately as you say, it becomes quite difficult to separate 0.0 when there's this great deal in empire.
I see only one way of achieving this, and this is something CCP touched on a long time ago. Open the New Eden gate. A new vast tract of empty space, 0.0 space, entirely separate and clamped off from the current EVE down to a single (or maybe we can get clever and have someone build two) gate. On top of that, not only is this space separate, but the currency is as well. That way, you can't fund this new experience from empire alts. Instead, any money transfers, well you're going to have at least go fly through the supergate and then transfer it, after duly having your passport stamped by CONCORD and gone through currency exchange where that blonde behind the till just took 5% commission... Yes it'd get gatecamped to hell, these one or two transit points, and that's a good thing. I'd even suggest NPC pirates turn up in force if real pirates aren't busy blowing stuff up with abandon. Making going through these gates a difficult task, but not impossible.
Ironically, at first glance, this is just sharding the server under a new name, but no it isn't. It does separate the market, it does separate the players, but not entirely. I can see groups disappearing into the gates and then months later new and vastly powerful alliances issuing from the superportal in an oh-so-Stargate-esque manner, giving the current 0.0 players a headache and dramatically changing the balance of power. I see new super-alliance power-blocks determining the fate of entire galaxies, I see in short what EVE should be all about.
EVE has grown to the point where the bigger blocks find themselves cramped, where empire is inextricably linked to 0.0. Vets yearn for the old days where space was bigger, there were fewer people about, well a vast new area of space gives it to them. I for one am not ready for that vision, but by god I will be.
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