Dec-shields under the proposed changes are going away. Assuming this article is a response to that, the omission is entirely relevant.

Calling him factually wrong would be like stating it never happens. If no one had alts then perhaps this could be considered valid, but the idea that no one has ever thought of having their means to continue business as usual in a different corp from the one they are using to declare war for whatever reason is laughable.

This again goes back to target selection. Knowing your opponents numbers and activity provides an invaluable potential resource for an attacker who also has the initiative. It allows you to ensure you have all reasonable advantages. Why would someone who is trying to accomplish anything other than getting blown up want to undock to that?

And what about "one little problem" that attackers are in 99% alts in alt corp that don't need to play at all on that alts to play EVE and defenders don't have that privilege so they actually cant play at all???

I get a wardec. I look up my opponent. I see characters significantly older than mine who are very PvP active. My chances of doing serious damage with my character/players skills and numbers available are slim.

Most <> All. I'm not even arguing that "most" is an entirely accurate word in this case. But dismissing the argument and saying it's factually wrong is like stating it isn't reasonably prevalent or worth considering.

The main issue is that it's hilariously biased in favour of the aggressor, who can prepare for the war and will always pick weak or industrial targets.

As most empire wardecs are initiated by small shell corps full of PvP alts, the attacking players won't mind logging out for a few days if the war backfires.

Knowing you are up against a superior force doesn't suddenly put you on equal terms. Shelling out isk for defense doesn't guarantee success, and it certainly doesn't mean you can go around acting as normal with no issues. Fighting back doesn't guarantee a favorable outcome. There is no such thing as winning simply by disallowing weakness.

That's not war, that's stealing purses from old ladies and lollipops from babies. This moral argument of weeding out the weak is a just an attempt to justify greifing carebears.

If one wants to help "weakling" newbies, go recruit some instead of trying to justify teaching them a lesson with the big epeen gun.

War in Eve should be fun, not dreaded. Creating clear goals for both sides will help in this regard.

Even though they already do, frequently.

Just sayin.

Where the hell are you mining in highsec?

CCP - Your board sucks. It reeks of having lost control of your technology. Not a comforting feeling.

War should be the province of player sov. Since sov is only holdable in 0.0, it can only occur in 0.0. (Try counting how many "problems" this present system has which that would solve.) Hi and Lo sec already have existing sov. Only Minmatar, Amarr, Caldari and Gallente can declare war in their specific zones. Their wars are on their borders, ipso facto.

This would solve the abuses of the War Dec, removing it from the reach of griefer corps. It would remove the absurdity of thinking you can declare and operate a war in someone else's sovereign domain...what is CONCORD being paid for but to maintain order?

Further, it would provide the much needed incentive to move players from hi to null sec as a matter of player development and maturation. It would return the goal of "being good enough to play in null sec." This in turn would open the flood gates for null sec recruitment, thus making competitive the obtaining of new players. Not to mention...though I will....provide an incentive for the better players, to turn their attention to newer players...give a reason to help them develop. Null sec's warrior draft system.

This would create meaning to the phrase, "If you want to play (EVE) with the big dogs, you have to get off the porch." The "endgame content" would become more significant to the newer players. It would even give the older players another dimension to the game that would require organization and planning. He who doesn't recruit from the welling ranks becomes outnumbered. It would also make it rather risky to try to settle with a handful of people "you know you can trust" and make people start running a few risks...you know - the ones that like to pretend they're doing that already.

Look at the map. Empire is tiny compared to null. The game should be played out there. The rules should be made out there. Hi and lo should be boring. "Nothing ever happens in hi or lo," is how you get people out of there into the real space.

May the whining begin.