EVE General Discussion

Or maybe you are forced to join a blob or be blobbed and insta-killed with no hope of victory.

Oh, and gate camping.

And maybe Low Sec should have more shinies seeing as how it is even more dangerous... by a huge amount... than Null Sec.

Greetings capsuleer Tassik,

This has been explained to you several times before in previous discussions.

If you recall there was talk of trade hubs, couriers, movement across New Eden and so forth. I have a number of co-pilots located in systems of strategic value where they can monitor the movement of markets and report back to Lan in Jita.

It was also explained to you about the nature of capsuleers that identify in different regions and the likelyhood of crossing over to different regions. For example, a pilot that embraces CONCORD is more unlikely to ever travel to the lower security reaches of New Eden. Whereas a capsuleer that lives by D-scan and knowing their surroundings and being prepared are much more adept and likely to travel across CONCORD held space.

Of course, at the time you were embroiled in a **** flinging match with capsuleer Tippia amongst others and screeching like a madman so I am not entirely surprised none of the information presented to you sunk in. This was around the time you were claiming the capsuleer population of New Eden was not growing, despite evidence that it was if that helps jog your memory.

Time to invest in a +4 memory implant perhaps? Or maybe get a full set for Charisma, Intelligence and Memory?

Regards,

Shian Yang

Dear promoter in +4 implants,

Using +5s is very safe in highsec. Unironically, losing your pod is pretty damn difficult if you are able to spam warp to a celestial.


Not going to use +5s for the opposite reason in nullsec,

~Ala

Heh, you're funny. You obviously haven't seen how angry people get when they get ganked. These aren't the reactions of people who understand "this is only a game", these are reactions of people who used to be like me before I decided to get over my fear of losing ships, i.e. they're deathly afraid of getting popped, and when they do get popped they react with violent anger and hilarious sperg.

Prove it, you say. I say it's proven every single time we pop someone. I say it's proven every single time someone whines about how hisec isn't "safe enough".

The problem with an artificial sandbox (a true sandbox is like real life without any underlying rules ingrained into the laws of physics) that keeps the wolves and sheep apart is that the wolves tend to get bored and kill themselves off while the sheep get comfortable and fat.

The wolves are hungry and envious.

The only way to make the game fair for both the wolves and the sheep is to remove or severely reduce the means with which the sheep can get fat in the safety and secure pen.

I admit, I would love to play EvE where there are more than just other wolves to fight in the dangerous areas of space. I'd also love to play EvE where you could see someone in low sec that doesn't immediately attack you or run away from you, although I guess the last one is probably impossible.



I would LOVE to see gates removed, and simply warp between the stars, that would be extremely interesting. Gates are boring, and warping around feels far more engaging than instantly moving between systems. It would also open the possibility of true deep space exploration. I mean really, if you had a space ship would you honestly be content to stay confined to solar systems 24/7? Hell no!



The danger of it is not worthy of the marginally increased rewards. Seriously. A bit more mission reward payout (which is utterly inconsequential next to bounties) and slightly more loyalty points which are constantly decreasing in isk to LP value does not justify it.

Not to mention the hurdle of logistics. You have to have ammunition, extra ships, extra modules, etc.. unless you have the BPOs, mining skills and ships and bother to bring it all out there, there's no way.

The incentive has to be greater. A lot greater.



To the last part, I disagree somewhat. I think you are right that there are some players truly so afraid of low secuirty space that they'd still be content with grinding boring missions or asteroids in high security space even if it made them significantly less money than in low sec.

However, I don't think everyone is like this. I am not. I like the idea of venturing into dangerous areas, I just have no motivation to now because the rewards, while better, are only marginally so unless you get extremely lucky with a faction spawn dropping something good. I don't mind the idea of rare events and drops, I just think the rewards should be consistently higher. Remove rare minerals from high sec space, and increase mission payout in low sec areas, perhaps with new more challenging missions (epic arc level difficulty) but again with better possibly unique rewards.

It can't hurt to try. The worst case scenario is low sec is more profitable for the few who decide to take the risk. That's not a bad thing.