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Posted - 2012.03.31 16:31:00 -
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Consider this :
Eve is supposed to be a sandbox where we can pretty much what we want as long as it doesn't break the rules. I am not going to discuss the rules in themselves.
Now, as a part of the Eve universe, there is the entity of CONCORD.
CONCORD represents the justice system of Eve in a way, and by its side the various imperial/republic/navy fleets of the 4 races.
If CCP is going to play this sandbox universe as it should, then they have to use CONCORD as it should be used by an envirnment which is constantly evolving.
My point is this :
1 - Goons decide to burn Jita. They announce it publicly, we have knowledge of numbers of ships, in the thousands, that they are planning to bring to Jita.
2 - CONCORD is a part of the Eve universe, and if in reality this was a sandbox, CONCORD would also evolve with the information and knowledge of the universe.
3 - CONCORD could possibly reinforce its presence in Jita as a response to the global knowledge that the Goonswarm alliance is planning to strike at the heart of the Empire.
I mean, this is not against Goonswarm. But there seems to be the following debate :
- Either CCP allows Goonswarm to burn Jita to the ground and thousands of people will be pissed off because they lost huge amounts of assets, ships, isk etc.
- Either CCP stops Goonswarm from doing this and thousands of people will be pissed off for violation of the sandbox concept.
As far as I am concerned, there are many other options for CCP to deal with this. One of them is what I was talking about.
The Empire is under the jurisdiction of CONCORD and the various states in it (Caldari in this case).
- Why would the Caldari State and CONCORD not decide to bring Jita up to a 1.0 security system ?
- Why would CONCORD not decide to bring in thousands of their ships into Jita for the duration of the event ?
Why would CONCORD not issue a global terrorism flag on Goonswarm for the duration of the event, making all of their members criminals flagged on a 24/7 GCC ?
I mean, the decision to strike at the heart of the Empire, to strike at the heart of the trading system of the Empire, that decision is taken consciously by the leaders of Goonswarm, and ALL of the alliance is accepting it and supporting it. So if CONCORD and the Caldari State consider that the whole alliance represents a global security concern for them, the decision to flag the whole alliance on a temporary GCC isn't going against the sandbox.
This just means that Goonswarm will have to adapt. They will still be able to re-group in low sec, on the outside of the Caldari State, etc. And from there they will have to figure out how to make it to Jita as fast as possible, to strike as hard as possible. But it shouldn't be possible to any member of Goonswarm to have Orcas posted in safe spots in Jita for example, or anywhere in the Caldari State systems as far as I am concerned.
And this is not CCP making it harder on the Goons, this is the Goons making it harder on themselves. But if this is a sandbox, and things have to be a bit realistic, then once an announcement has been made that a whole alliance will engage in terrorism, if it's left ignored then there is no realism at all.
And again, I'm not saying this to **** of the Goons. I actually find it funny that they attempt this, and I will watch with great interest. I just don't think that CCP should forbid it just as much as they shouldn't ignore it and let Jita burn so easily.
CONCORD is there for a reason. |