Jita Park Speakers Corner

Hypothetically if you believed that changing POS mechanics in a way that would basically make POS/control towers operate in the way that stations in the game do now. This being that there is no way of knowing how many people are in said station without docking in the station yourself and that you can in no way know who/what is outside the station when you are docked(without another character undocked alt or otherwise relaying this information). And if these changes were made you would be an unhappy person.



Are you happy?

I would be happy to have a little flashing light letting me know my POS guns are firing

Well maybe a nice alarm noise too

i was trying to go in a round about way to ask if they are breaking POS mechanics. Second try ill spare you the round aboutness.

Does CCP intend to re vamp POS in a way that makes them function like stations?

Meaning no intel can be gathered about who is online in what ship while they are docked.

Meaning you cannot foresee the impending doom waiting for you on the undock.

Meaning yay station games.

Does CCP intend to re vamp the POS in this fashion?

Is water wet?

CSM question:

How much of the CSM's day to day interaction with each other and CCP happens through the skype channel as opposed to the private CSM forums and other means of communication, and how much does that communication with CCP drop off outside of Icelandic daytime office hours?

I'm not contemplating running for CSM8 myself, but I'm wondering that if someone else in a similar position to myself (GMT timezone and in a job that precludes me installing Skype and being present in a chat channel all day) were to be elected, how much would they find their ability to contribute limited compared to those who can be available whilst CCP are in the office? Has this proved to be an issue during CSM6 or CSM7, and if so were any steps taken to mitigate it?

Not sure if it's NDA, but I'll fire away.

The current ship rebalancing is great and all, but is there discussion on rebalancing modules as well? There are some that have meta 4's which are better than the T2's, some modules are inferior as others do the same thing plus more and have fewer fitting requirements. Then there are other modules that seem... well.... useless to put it kindly.

Is there any discussion or acknowledgement that Wardecs still need work within CCP? The last "revamp" seemed to be ineffective and exacerbated old problems. DecShield is still very much in operation as very little has changed in how they operate (that's not a bash on them, they just highlight the obvious flaws with the wardec mechanics).

Is there any chance of getting a mining profession overhaul? Specifically the distribution of specific asteroids in high, low, null and wormholes? There's little point in mining in lowsec when highsec asteroids contain almost the exact same minerals and quantity.

Can we get more stations in lowsec? Most don't have them and the systems that do typically are home to pirate and/or FW players. It's difficult to bring industry to lowsec when there's so few stations.

This is getting a little too specific, but can someone look at the NPC tax rates of PI in high and low? As they are now highsec pays 11% NPC tax and lowsec pays 17% NPC tax. It seems like it should be flipped. It's more profitable to run PI in highsec than lowsec because of this. Most player owned POCO tax rates average upwards of around 20% (the lowsec POCO tax max is 25% fyi). Player owned POCO's in lowsec can keep them high because their NPC competition is also high. I'm no economist, but the tax rates seem backwards.

I understand CSMs don't actually control content. They merely advise CCP. But I was wondering if they've considered the above. If it's on their radar or if they see it as an issue at all. That's not a backhanded inquiry btw. I'd just like to know.


BTW, the new micro jump drives are amazing. My Megathron now roams lowsec with little fear of gatecamps. It closes distance enough to allow my Mega to brawl like it should

As do I, however a few questions arise as to how to deal with the NPC ones as well as player owned ones by corps that disbanded.

Question for the CSM, with preferred individual answers for the question.

Personally, I think the concept of "Walking In Stations" is viable, despite how badly CCP introduced it the first time around in Incarna. I think it would open up some really cool mission options, lore, industry, as well as personalize the game, which would make it easier for Eve Online to retain players. That being said, I know not everyone agrees with me, and I also am aware that they way CCP has done the code, while cool, has brought its own challenges.

My question is then, as individual CSM members, what do you think of Walking In Stations, would you like to see it happen, when do you think it could happen, what obstacles are in the way, and what would be the minimum amount of features it would need for it to be successful?

Well, last CSM minutes there was a big topic about pos revamp... yes the comunity is anxious about it... and yes we want it... and yes we remember someone saying "Ship it"... I just hope that CCP do it soon... And I can't stand the actual system now...

And I swore that if the ccp POS revamp is just a change on the buble colour i will be very upset...

I'd hesitate to put a percentage on the use of the Skype channel(s), but it's easily over half of the information flow. Can you be an effective CSM by completely forgoing the Skype channels and just reading / posting on forums and email? It's possible to do the bare minimum and still contribute, but in my opinion, no, if you aren't involved in the Skype stuff then you aren't going to be very EFFECTIVE. That is certainly true in the current communication environment, especially if your fellow CSM's are extroverted animals that enjoy building social bridges.

CSM 7 has also really used TitanPad and Google Docs MUCH more than previous CSMs. We've made it kind of an unspoken policy that we group-think and contribute mutually to issues where possible. Working on things like that, while babbling about it in Skype (sometimes even doing short voice meetings) has been very productive. This allows you to still be involved if pesky things like working for a living or taking your kids to (insert random sport / activity) get in the way of being a space politician.

As for CCP's availability, they have tried very hard to accomodate timing meetings with the CSM to maximize our ability to be present. This assumes that you've given them reason to believe taking the time to talk to you about issues is a good idea, of course.