EVE General Discussion

Right, no resources in empire now. And how about insane market tax there as well unless its racial goods.

That's not what I'm suggesting at all, the new idiot switch provides a lot more information to the new player which is good in my book. It will help them immensely and hopefully encourage them to stay. I'm all for ganking idiots but not by means of convoluted mechanics such as people dropping cans marked free stuff outside noob stations and then ganking those who take from them because they don't know any better, hopefully the new idiot switch will prevent this kind of thing happening.

What I am saying is that if CCP go too far with idiot proofing the game they risk alienating the players that have made Eve what it is today, the idiot switch is just the beginning, if they can keep things balanced they will be fine, if they screw with the mechanics so much that idiots can't be made to pay for their transgressions and idiocy via explosions then they take that risk, which will not end well for Eve as a game.

I don't play any other MMOs, even as one of the detested PvE players the thing that attracted me is the potential for real loss and everything that goes with it, without that Eve may as well be a theme park. I won't use the term carebear, as far as I'm concerned that's reserved for those that refuse to adapt or try and play Eve without interacting with others.

New players will always be welcome in Eve, they are the most important players in the game, primarily because we were all noobs once, without noobs Eve will die in a vacuum. Noobs eventually become dedicated players and "percolate" through the universe, some go onto PvP, some PvE, all have the chance to do either.

I don't recall them releasing Tier 3 BCs with the message "Go forth and slaughter pubbies"

Coupled with the mining barge changes the destroyer buff and T3 battlecruisers are completely moot points. In fact destroyers are even less effective at ganking barges now than they were before the destroyer buff.

Don't worry, I mean it's not like CCP has totally gutted every type of non-consensual PVP in highsec over the last year or anything.

Oh wait.

I'm sure they'll get to work on it ASAP. Can't have people playing the game at each other.

But it worked ;)

2/10

already did that joke

The OP called a Mackinaw a mining barge so obviously he doesn't know what he is talking about.

Seriously though....

My guess is CCP caters to the people that pay the bills. If carebears spend the most cash on the game then the vocal minority will have to pony up or deal with it. just saying.

Yes, I can envision a game where the players act as Concord. The current motivation for Concord is flawed as the only reason for a independent standing force would be to ensure trade. Concord reacts to any disturbance of the peace which makes little sense.

But to remove Concord you would have to change players motivation through the economy. You would have to set up rewards for protecting trade. Currently the only risk/reward relationship is to destroy trade.

Much like players can join factions they should also be able to join system militias. Militia members would be rewarded like any business, their gains would be based upon the amount of trade that passes through their system not carried by system pilots. Secondly, system pilots would be rewarded based upon the number of jumps they travel from their system, with the reward being calculated by the sum of points gained (points for each system= 1/sec rating with 0 equal to .1) with zero reward for failure. Now you would see people defending gates and defending transports as they activity could become lucrative.

That is just one idea. I am sure there are many more if people put their heads to it.

Agreed.

So far the changes are worrying, but not game breaking. The question remains "How far does CCP intend to go with the highsec molly coddling?"