EVE General Discussion

This was a tough one for me to come up with, but I am starting lean towards Pirate rats not being static anymore in Null sec. I do not think that there should just be one place considered to be the best that never changes (Sure it could be an economic problem also).

This stagnation IMO, just looks like an open sore to me. Rats along with their respective complexes should be able to contest these outermost areas to stimulate older players and shake the pot up a little. This will either be one of the best ideas or worst ever. I do know it would cause sovereignty to shift more rapidly as juicier targets with greater drops migrate to other areas. Module sales in Null would become more amorphous along with ships. These changes should NOT happen to quickly though. There has to be a feeling of accomplishment for defending or taking these areas while at the same time, Incursions that grant greater wealth should only occur in low or null sec respective to their value. This would prevent huge ISK faucets from running in high sec.

Rat migration... if implemented should happen either with suitable warning or with each major expansion. Alliances would be tested more frequently and the whole game would probably move faster.

Think i will throw up some 1-2 line ideas here and see which ones might provide relevant discussion/support or flameage instead of writing a WoT.

Mining: Do away with static belts, make them necessary to scan down using indy ships only, allow for many smaller dense belts that can also be claimed by a new deployable so anybody not part of corp/alliance goes suspect if they try to mine a claimed deposit site.

FW: Any non-militia member entering a plex should instantly become suspect. They are a pirate or just someone trying to interfere in the legal military authority of the militias fighting over them.

OGB: it needs to be gotten rid of....you want boosts...risk your ship on grid.

Neutrals: to go along with OGB, neutral repping, links, anything to with wardecs and neutrals being involved should make said neutrals automatically suspect if fleeted up with WT's or create a new flagging that makes the neutral a WT for the next 24 hrs the second they start to interfere.

Industry: a novel idea but not new...allow for things maybe like refining 100 broken armor plates to get 1 Armor Plate...basically a way to get higher end salvage.

Misc: Things like clothing for example...if the item is on the market but basically doesnt exsist in someone's Hangar...can CCP at least put them in the NES store or something so that players can obtain them one way or another.

Moongoo: Empires losing control huh....ok plenty in highsec can make the amounts very dismal...but give us the ability to get some even if it means a lot of time...nullsec does not need to keep the monopoly since highsec can not control a monopoly on the ice markets.

reprocess all capitals - donate the ore to charity - with this gesture God may eventually forgive you, though
I wouldn't bet on it. Meanwhile:

CCP's top priority should be to watch its bottom line regardless of customer complaints.

I believe they already do? I mean seriously you don't need to take core principles of business and then give it out as advice.

CCP should work on more fun engaging pve content to get more ships undocked and in space. As much as eve is a full-time pvp game, pve content is still just as necessary. Think for a moment where (I'd wager) most day-to-day pvp happens, it's Highsec; and why highsec? Because it is full of easy kills that get the hunter-killer types out in pvp ships, and if this was happening mostly in low and null then you would have a chance to form a defence fleet to protect your bears from these hunters.

WH content is largely focused around finding ratters, highsec content is ganking mission runners/ haulers, nullsec content is mostly due to sov, and lowsec content is, well, just people flying around for giggles. If CCP can develop fun PvE content for low and null that sees more people undocking (not in multi-billion isk ships) to run the content then I would imagine that will lead to an increase in hunters and a corresponding increase in content for those hunting the hunters.

hey i voted for other.

you meant the other (an entity that took control of Empress Jamyl Sarum. This entity is known as the 'Other'.) right ??

so it's not the "other" from the lore?

how disappointing.

how many others (excuse the pun) voted other thinking as i did?

I voted ship rebalance.

Id have wished you had formulated PvE/PvP as more integral, rather than separate, such as options:
-PvE development with less PvP
-PvE development with more PvP

Do you understand what Im getting at?

lots of beer

Growing the player-base without alienating (hopefully rewarding actually) veterans and all of us who stuck with and supported Eve through the years.