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[Proposal] WIS+LowSec+ISK= 'buying up' Sec Status

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Mikaila Penshar
SISTAHs of EVE
#1 - 2012-09-19 18:43:50 UTC
just replied in 'what happens in lowsec...' proposal, but thought it might be good enough for it's own proposal too so here - kick this around:

It's LOWsec, right? Why not just implement a way to 'buy up' your sec status? Interstellar Credits greasing the filthiest of palms in some seedy spacestation bar should be enough to get your sec status right with the law. It's a simple mechanic they could implement and even tie in with some walking in stations (to get that bull**!t looking like it's half worth it to have in the game, and not just a forgotten remnant of the failure of Incarna). Come ON already CCP- make LowSec the coolest place ingame and it will change the whole landscape (spacescape?) of play.
Bunyip
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-09-19 18:56:19 UTC
This would be a high-sec ganker's wet dream. If you do the crime, you should not feel bad about the punishment you cause yourself.

Not supported.
Mikaila Penshar
SISTAHs of EVE
#3 - 2012-09-19 19:00:44 UTC
I never said it'd be cheap- but you can't disregard the potential to invigorate the game in many ways through this.
betoli
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-09-19 19:42:23 UTC
Mikaila Penshar wrote:
just replied in 'what happens in lowsec...' proposal, but thought it might be good enough for it's own proposal too so here - kick this around:



ffs F&I is the place to debate half baked ideas. This is for well thought through widely supported ideas.


Mikaila Penshar
SISTAHs of EVE
#5 - 2012-09-19 21:54:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Mikaila Penshar
betoli wrote:
Mikaila Penshar wrote:
just replied in 'what happens in lowsec...' proposal, but thought it might be good enough for it's own proposal too so here - kick this around:



ffs F&I is the place to debate half baked ideas. This is for well thought through widely supported ideas.



Pardon my Noobishness to the trollhall and all y'all... but this is hardly half baked. The concept of using currency to pay for legal indiscretions is as old as money itself. How do you think society was built? ..on good intentions and sweet candy kisses? (am I doing it right yet?)

Point of this is to use ISK to pay for your sec status as opposed to Time, via grinding up your sec through missions/ratting/etc.
I believe giving greater access to high sec and less issue with regard to security status to casual PVPers coming FROM high sec to low sec, through easing the burden of sec status improvement, can only be a GOOD THING for all in game.

Wherein do you see half baked? The WiS aspect was a fluffy little add on, granted, but the essential point of ISK for Sec Status increase is a valid idea that is here NOW to gain the wide support is deserves. So get to it and +1 this thang yo
betoli
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-09-20 01:37:27 UTC
Mikaila Penshar wrote:
betoli wrote:
Mikaila Penshar wrote:
just replied in 'what happens in lowsec...' proposal, but thought it might be good enough for it's own proposal too so here - kick this around:



ffs F&I is the place to debate half baked ideas. This is for well thought through widely supported ideas.



Pardon my Noobishness to the trollhall and all y'all... but this is hardly half baked. The concept of using currency to pay for legal indiscretions is as old as money itself. How do you think society was built? ..on good intentions and sweet candy kisses? (am I doing it right yet?)

Point of this is to use ISK to pay for your sec status as opposed to Time, via grinding up your sec through missions/ratting/etc.
I believe giving greater access to high sec and less issue with regard to security status to casual PVPers coming FROM high sec to low sec, through easing the burden of sec status improvement, can only be a GOOD THING for all in game.


Its half baked because it has consequences other than those you've mentioned.
Mikaila Penshar
SISTAHs of EVE
#7 - 2012-09-20 02:34:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Mikaila Penshar
Dedicated lowsec dwellers don't care about their sec status- and i wouldn't expect they'd pay good money to up their sec anyway... this would be to encourage more people to venture into Low and try their hand at PvP. How could this be a bad thing?

Anyone anywhere should be fearful of flying through space, be it High, Low, or Null, and this mechanic would bring an edgier feel to this game and make it all the more satisfying to play. How could THIS be a bad thing??

There are always consequences to this game- some (most by CCP) are unintentional... however, they exist and they unbalance things and they are weird and wonderful for a time... this could be another one of them. It would bring action and excitement to a game that has been diluted as of late by Factional Warfare, overpriced ships and other rampant market inflation just to name a few things. I thank you for batting for the other team, but why don't you give up and sign on to this... it's just plain AweSomeSauCe!!!
Endrysk
Collapsed Out
Pandemic Legion
#8 - 2012-09-20 03:11:30 UTC
Does the sec status hit bother suicide gankers at all?