Crime & Punishment

OP: The very core concept of EVE is to put as much of the game as possible, into the players' hands, from manufacturing to market, to vengeance itself.

Null-sec farming systems are being made reasonnably safer than high-sec because they're in the hands of other players, feeding intel channels, setting up gate-camps to reduce migrating flux and so on, but even then, there are counters and the players' feeling of security can sometimes bite them in the arse if they get too complacent, but then, they can only blame themselves.

So, now you want to put a system in place, that would put "retribution/vengeance" in the hands of an automated system. In different words, you want CCP to get rid of all the code they wrote to re-implement Crimewatch and leave the players out of the process. Because, if DED starts cleaning high-sec of all -5 and below, then why not go the whole way and make that safety button on the hud into a permanent green in high, orange in low and red in null, that way there's no need to actually have DED beating up those pesky pirates, they wouldn't even be able to do anything remotely criminal in high-sec, then all the players can happily mine and run missions in high-sec without fears of losing their precious ships.

Oh wait... why would anyone mine or mission or rat outside high-sec then?

I doubt you'll grasp the problem, so camped on your own beliefs as you are, but that would completely overhaul EVE into an entirely different game and drive most people actually playing it away while catering to a totally different player base, in turn driving the whole economy of EVE into the ground.

There's probably many more consequences I didn't even foresee, but please, by all means, tell us how nice it would be to play EVE that way.

Or... take the matter in your own hands, start a player movement of pirates hunters and blow up those pesky gankers, play the game how it's supposed to be played.

How do we not know your my main and just trying to toss people off my trail>?

One of the things I've always loved about EVE is that it's more player driven than any other MMO out there. I'm pretty much against any idea that involves NPC's taking away from that. Increasing the power of the automated cops I thin would detract from the player driven aspect of the game. Every time I fly by a CONCORD billboard and see the faces of people who frequent C&P I'm reminded that the actions of the players in this game DO matter. After grinding for years on EQ, and dabbling a bit with WoW and E&B I really appreciate this. We have our most wanted, we have legendary villains... our Billy The Kid's and Jesse James'... I wouldn't want that to go away. These people give novice bounty hunters and pirate hunters long term goals to strive for. Scammers, griefers, terrorists and pirates... without this powerful aspect of the game I think EVE would risk falling into anonymity. The very thing that drives many people away from this game is actually one of the key things that keeps it alive IMO, because those who thrive in this environment are fiercely dedicated to it.

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OP, just to let you know, this IS a PVP game. You "Flag" for PVP in EvE when you press "Undock". Hisec isnt meant to be safe... just more safe than the other areas. A PVP free zone would destroy this game. Thats one of the things that set this game apart from the MMO trough of endless garbage for me.. that you can do what you want. If I want to be a goody two shoes, I can. If I want to be a belligerent asshat, I can do that too.

I personally think you should be able to escape CONCORD if your fast enough. Like many have pointed out, criminals arent always caught.

NM you removed another OP post. your not talking about content :).

This is far into the future, broseph. Your ideas about whats "real" IN SPACE isn't what CCP had in mind. This isn't the United States of Throw Everyone In Jail Space Online.

~deal with it~ or go play WoW.

PS: Since you are what you're preaching against, does that mean you should pod yourself and quit Eve?

Nah but I thank those that have. Sooo.. are you saying I'm tasty, well I did place my self on the grill "coming to CnP to start a white knight movement"- is how they are putting it.

But honestly you are the ones who would know how to make your own punishment entertaining while offering a measure of balance.

Actually exploiting noobs and system mechanics IS how the world works. Here are some points:

• Exploiting noobs. Direct correlations to real world, just look at capitalism at work. Nobody does anything in the real world and neither does CCP do anything. Working as intended it seems.


• Killing and destruction of property in the western world will earn you what amounts to a slap on the wrist. Few years in jail vs loss of sec and kill rights and concordokkkkkkkkened. Looks to me EvE actually has a more severe punishment if you think about it.


• Exploiting system mechanics. This would be some fraud or any kind of significant breach of rules or contract on like a state level. Ponzi-schemes for example. Everyone caught has gone away for a long time and also in game CCP will ban you. I see a correlation.

Does eve seem real now?
Also locked away in a space prison in a wormhole... Hmm a lot of bad plots come to mind: Man of steel, The one, those other 3 terrible things I wish I didn't watch but least forgot the name of. Did you watch these lately?

Space prison. Interesting.