Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Currently provi is the lowest truesec region in null, with only a few systems that are even -0.3, giving lame bounties and few good ratting sites per system, considering that we are the most populated region maybe this should be changed to reflect this and to support the larger player base that has a higher concentration of players than any other region in nullsec.

Please give just 2 isk a month and we might be able to support a SRP and maybe even provide pvp ships to our players like the other coalitions do.

Poor income + No SRP + Buying your own PvP ships = a poor me.

As one who lives in Providence i say: no.

Provi has several other points that makes it nice to live in, such as easy logistics etc.
Buffing it's truesec would simply make it too good.

And more income potential means more renting income from renters of the big blobs. I very much doubt that Provi Bloc could withstand CFC or N3 or even the scattered Russians a weeks.

Besides, isn't Providence designed by its holders as sort of a mixture between real Sov 00 and NPC 00, where people can start out into 00 sec to get a feel for it without being thrown in the big shark-filled ocean right away? Thus, Providence is fine as it is and if you want more good stuff, you need to move on into the big shark-filled ocean and cannot remain on the nice beach.

This.

If Provi truesec got buffed, CFC, N3 or PL would instantly rush in guns blazing, crushing whatever resistance ProviBloc could muster. Or in case of one side invading, the other bloc would want a piece of the cake for themselves.

Provi would then become the flashpoint that could ignite the next big war. Either way, days of NRDS in provi and fun for us, who roam Provi looking for fun fights/ganking bears, would be over.

Your problem isn't that there isn't enough money to be made in Provi, it's that there are too many people in Provi for you to get enough of it to afford your expenses.

As you've already stated though, there is plenty of ISK to be made elsewhere, as it's pretty empty.

Your solution seems simple: Follow the ISK, and keep your Provi bookmarks for the weekends after you've got plenty of ISK to burn.

After the last 'great nullsec truesec adjustment', it was made pretty clear why provi is where it is. It was kept low not only because of easy access to empire, one of the reasons that some regions like Etherium Reach saw massive sec nerfs, but also to maintain some regions as 'entry points', that are supposed to be less desirable to the more powerful alliances, due to lower regional value.

Its all down to risk though isnt it, Do i field my ratting battleship in somewhere hostile? so pretty much everywhere, probably not. Also space is empty so index's are empty which means **** ratting sites.

So do I grind up a red system, take a higher risk for a lower income than what I get currently till the good sites spawn (if the Ihub is upgraded enough), or do I take lower risk and lower income in the long run.

Maybe if the true sec status didnt get buffed, what about a few more sites in systems, although this would still haul in the same income but it would facilitate more people, perhaps a higher spawn rate on relic/data/ded sites. anything that would make population density more favorable.

Perhaps that is the problem with all of nullsec, to few sites per system when the index is high enough.

Or maybe I am suggesting that. I spend a lot of time just traveling through null and one thing I've noticed is that the number of sites in systems varies dramatically, yes. You'll have to move around a lot more to make more money, but there is plenty of room to move around in. Battleships excluded, because no matter where you go there will be interceptor gangs eventually. Check out using a different ship. You may not get the same isk efficiency per hour, but if you've got sites to run for all of the hours you wish to run them and aren't twiddling your thumbs you will probably come out ahead.

Mobility while ratting has advantages, though. It's easier to sniff out what the locals are up to and avoid traps when you get your system down so that you can knock out one good site and jump a few systems over to the next one. You also have the bonus that by the time the map refreshes with your NPC kills in that system, you've moved on. There are also many ways to move around to different parts of null. Wormholes are my favorite so far for just finding new areas to exploit and for getting away from any hornet's nests I may have kicked. Provi has just as many wormholes as the rest of truesec.

Plenty of good sites out in null that don't get touched for days. People from other regions have their routines just like you've developed yours in Provi, and it doesn't take long to spot what their routines are and work around them.

Options, man. They're out there.

Lol we shall see