EVE General Discussion

One issue with removing asteroid belts.

Where do you go to find belt ralts?

(Yes, I know. you hit the anomalies)

Extra effort required to mine will also raise the mined ore prices, but not the reprocessed ore prices that will help hold them down from PvErs but this is required in all sec systems, low, high, null and W for any mining as it should be.

This ties in exploration with reward.

Every reward in eve should have to be explored/searched for to reap it. Great side effect, makes automation harder, but not impossible though. In short, they have to think and do that extra work.

Long overdue and very welcomeds

It also makes ganking more challenging and rewarding :)


Ninja ganking.

Realistic distances between objects, and actual sizes of objects, doesn't play a part in eve. Distances, and sizes, are adjusted ffor the convenience of making eve enjoyable to play. The current rock fields are completely practical, given the limitations of the game.

Static asteroid belts, as they are, are a good thing, because they foster easier empire pvp, provide a static location for rats, and allow people who want something simple and relaxing to do, to have just that. Plus, they're such a core part of the way eve has always been, I think it would be an absolute shame to remove them entirely and replace them with grav belts.

Realism?

You want a ring completely around the local star holding millions of asteroids?

One the one hand you could certainly mine one field for the rest of your natural life. On the down side, you'd need a really high end computer to run it.

Since I have such a computer, I'll throw my hat into the one belt per system idea.

Mr Epeen

I did watch fanfest, but just had a couple of questions regarding this.

1. Are all current grav sites, ie grav sites in high sec, null sec, low sec, and WH space going to be located via the on board scanner rather than probes now?

2. Does this apply to ladar sites also or only grav sites?

3. If asteroid belts were to be completely removed then what would take the place of ratting and how would that work?

If CCP could let us know, or if this was mentioned already and I missed it or it was mentioned at one of the events not broadcast, then perhaps someone who knows this from the community.

Thanks in advance. Interesting changes on the horizon for sure.

No issue from this miner. The new scanner will show you all the current belts. Just pick one and go mine.

My take from Fanfest: All grav sites become Anomalies
All ice belts become anomalies
All anomalies are auto scanned for you when you enter the system
Probes are needed for Data and Relic sites. (Replacement for Mag and radar sites)
I assume probes are needed for wormholes, combat sites and Ladar sites.

Mebbee. Not that big a deal, if so.

I agree, it would be nice if eve implemented things more like the rings of Saturn and our solar systems own asteroid belt, as well as local comets, with 'warp beacons' being anchored in various 'safe' places.

well dont worry there will still be static belts but only in galente space for resons i shall not disclose. tbh expect all astroid belts to be gone in the near future replaced with annoms... mining for miners and what fw complexes used to be like mini missions with a faction lp payout.

…or they could just replace the asteroid “belts” with junk fields — discarded stations, all those bits of wrecks that get left behind when you've salvaged ships for parts, junk thrown into space because who needs a landfill in their back-yard — and then give the barges magnets and alloy mulchers that chomp through the hulls and bulkheads and turn them directly into minerals.

That would explain why they come in flocks and why they can be depleted and refilled.