EVE General Discussion

What about using ISK as an incentive? What I have in mind is, upon declaration of war, an ISK pool is generated based on the number of members in both the targeted corp and deccing corp. A significant number, say 250 mil per head.

The pool would serve first: as a buy-out target number, similar to ransom, that could be paid to end the war immediately. Cover half of the pool and you're clear. Payment goes to the opposing corp, either corp can opt to buy-out at anytime prior to the pool reaching 50%.

Second, the pool acts as a bounty, collectable by anyone involved in the war. Unlike individual bounties, payout is 150% (or more) ship value, along with the usual loot/salvage/30% player bounty when applicable. The bounty is subtracted from the pool for both attacking and defending ships, and reduces the buy-out cost in the process. Allied/mercenary ships that officially enter the war also count against the pool for losses and kills (though only when shooting the opposing side).

The war doesn't end when the pool is exhausted, it can be continued as normal with the buy-out option removed, though it's unlikely under this idea that wars would continue indefinitely. Also, to lessen rampant abuse, perhaps a brief duration of immunity from further wardecs should be granted to targeted corps, a few days to a week, at most.

On the related issue of corp dropping and reforming, I believe the initial cost of forming a corp should be much higher than it is currently. Repeat drop and swap wardec evaders would lose more ISK in the long term than simply staying to fight or paying someone else to fight for them. Docking up or logging off, well, nothing can be done to change that, I'm afraid.

You're right, it is "magic ISK". The catch is, if no one fights, that ISK never makes it to the economy. If they do, they're essentially paid to PvP, earning ISK for every kill. The only difference between this and ratting/mission running is that the amount earned is finite, per war.

Incentive to fight is the goal, this is just a different carrot-on-a-string approach.

Dangers of manipulation exist if you generate ISK out of thin air, better to stick with just redistributing ISK generated by the agressor corp through war fees paid out to the defender (as I mentioned previously). i.e. what happens when goons shell corp A decs goon shell corp B specifically to create an ISK fountain?

Right now, people often don't even know game mechanics, or how to fit an appropriate ship. Its no wonder they drop corp and hide, even if they outnumber the enemy. They simply don't have what it takes to fight a war. They need basic FC skills and a basic ship doctrine. Here is a good start. Agony unleashed has pvp classes that have been around for a long time. People need to invest some time and energy in being ready for wars.