EVE General Discussion

That's hardly insulting, unless you have an extremely fragile ego.

Curse is also NPC. You should try them out. NPC regions can be pretty fun & they're also rather empty, except for Syndicate.

Theres even some in geminate too.

To the OP, the reason people assume you dont know anything is because you make terrible threads like these saying there isnt enough NPC stations proving you dont know anything...

There are at least 25 in curse at a very underestimated guess. Go actually look at NPC regions before saying there isnt enpugh.

should have titled the thread "How to make 80% of the current 0.0 population move to high-sec"

No!

It would turn 0.0 into a cesspool filled low sec-type players.

Would probably make it a lot more interesting if sov was in fact real factional warfare instead of kitty online lets blue everyone and get 7500 kitty online friendies to play ponies .

You forgot ponies

2 words for you OP.... **** cage, but then im sure you will come here posting remove bubbles.

Why not, and whats the first word something cage ?

We are certainly in flame war territory.

I think the biggest impediment in null sec is that game mechanics allow the power blocks to hide behind their walls. There is no incentive to leave.

1) Limit corp size to 500 members.
2) Limit alliances to 5 corps max. with intelligent mechanics to prevent "alt-corps" from helping out in battles and system guarding/buffer zone type tactics.
3) Limit system Sov to 1 system per corp with 2 bonus systems for maxing corps in an alliance (2 systems owned by the Alliance and no single corp) - all systems must be adjacent forming a cluster.
4) Make moons, belts, planets deplete fairly quickly and recover fairly slowly, over time, such that the owners MUST seek new sources of raw materials regularly or die of "Technetium starvation". Then make the recovery variable, such that what was once a technetium moon becomes something else upon recovery, thus randomly relocating/shuffling all resources.
5) Then allow Sov in Lo sec so as many wimpy corps as possible can have a shot at system ownership.
6) Let the Powerblocks fight over all the cool resources ad infinitum with slowly replenishing resources available once is a while in their Sov systems.

I accept the flames as I'm sure forum warriors will shoot plenty of holes in these ideas. So I'll start the flames myself by pointing out that alt-corps can now easily act as helpers in many ways without Alliance/corp affiliation.

My real point is not any specific set of ideas, rather that things will not change until there are game mechanics that limit the size of any one entity, and give potent incentives to seek out and fight for juicy null sec resources. In fact, all out siege warfare would become a viable tactic if corps/alliances were limited to 7 or less adjacent systems. These basic concepts would allow for a much more dynamic null sec and accommodate regular transitions of power - assuming adequate game-mechanics are worked out.

The idea of POCO ownership was a nice try. But in the systems I travel and do business, I only see the same corps owning the same POCOs ever since they torched the InterBus COs and replaced with their own. No real long term stirring up of the PvP game that I can see. By all means, correct me if what I see in my patch of sky does not reflect reality. I believe something much more profound must happen if things are going to change and wide spread conflict is to be induced.

I do applaud the Goons. Burn Jita was brilliant. The scary thing is that The Mittani said that next time, there will be no warning. This is epic. This is the spirit of EvE. This is stepping out from the protection of their borders with guns blazing. However, they can afford this level of destruction exactly BECAUSE they are allowed to hoard celestial resources in (essentially) protected space while building an enormous empire.

I doubt anything will change any time soon, if ever.

Limit bubbles in NPC space. That would be interesting.