Jita Park Speakers Corner

James has proposed a slightly different purpose for HighSec. It wouldn't flat out destroy HighSec, because it includes it as part of the risk/reward system. Right now, many of us have no real drive to push into LowSec, because we can do what we need entirely within HighSec. We can progress well entirely within HighSec. We can accumulate vast quantities of ISK in HighSec.

Part of his proposal is increasing the value of LowSec. As it stands right now, LowSec is kinda the red headed step child that few really bother with. Increasing the reward for venturing into LowSec creates new opportunities for many things. A mining op to LowSec with some security might be worth it, for the right reward. And when a mining op into LowSec isn't just fish in a barrel, maybe targeting mining ops in Low Sec becomes less palatable. From there, LowSec becomes a bit safer for housing some industrial types, while still maintaining a degree of risk, while still being less risky than trying to ninja into someone's 0.0 sov and steal their minerals.

This opens the door for new types of interactions. Right now, holing up in HighSec is a mostly viable method for avoiding interaction. When interaction is forced, people cry. We need them to be less worried about playing with themselves in public, and get out there and play with others. If that means that miners can't AFK mine ice or trit 23/7, I'm not sure that's a huge loss. After initial upheaval, the market normalizes.

As these interactions work with each other, the net effect is that LowSec becomes a safer place, HighSec isn't as desirable, the market improves for Industrialists, combat ships remain in demand, and people spend more time playing the game instead of watching Netflix while their ore holds fill themselves.

This type of approach endorses the idea of sandboxing, because it attacks the idea that your pillow fort really will keep the monsters outside.

So how does all this translate into James's quote....

"High sec. Will. Be. Saved"

What a load of crap lol

I agree that high-sec really needs a representative. which many people have being asked for, and Wescro should fit the best.

Imagine if the 4 high-sec empires were all separated by low-sec space... and daring traders had to run through gatecamps in order to make a killing...

The current state of affairs is that it's still possible to afk freighter from one end of high-sec to the other, and still come out profitable. So... no-one really bothers to do industry in low-sec for its own sake.

Until we get nerfs or buffs (take your pick, I prefer buffs), the solution is VIOLENCE. And violence is something that all brave pilots are entitled to.

You can't nerf high-sec without losing subs. It'll be painful in the short term but, coupled with buffs in other areas, it's the best thing CCP could do for the game.

Unless the surge in high-sec population is because of low-sec, null-sec, and WH alts, in which case they'll empty back out to where they belong and we lose some terrible **** carebears the game didn't need anyway.

Also, Amyclas Amatin, good to see you out of the Uni, your posts indicated you were too good for them.

Actually the whole war dec issue mostly comes about not from people wanting good fights but people acting like bullies. They just need to alter the formula to be about kills rather than members.

So say my corp has 50 kill total in the last 12 months and I war dec Goonswarm for example so 50 mill a week fee. If on the other hand my corp is war decd by a merc corp for example 12000 kills in the last 12 months, so the bill is 5 billion a week.

This would make pvp corps go after other pvp corps of the same kind of level or ones with more kills, without completely removing the occasional fun of wasting miners.

Yeah you want to beat up baby seals you have to pay for the privilege. Unlike the current system where if you want to attack a bigger opponent you must pay more. That was just stupidity.

Easy fixed.

Wouldn't people just keep creating new corps with zero kills before wardeccing?

Personally I would call it cowardice but at the end of the day it is being bullies.

Now I have no objection to bullies in EvE if you are willing to pay for the privilege, that way more indy players will continue to play the game as has now happened after the barge buff and the PvP guys get to splat indy types for fun.

You want to kill defenseless people go right ahead but pay for your pleasure if not just go and shoot NPCs (they even give you money back)