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CCP and goons can do whatever the **** the want in nul-sec. That's what it's there for - free-for-all, high risk and high reward. I have no problem with removing NPC tax rates from nul-sec.

However, you need to read the proposed changes more carefully.

1) the owner of the CUSTOM office can black list anyone they choose for IMPORTS.
2) they can charge whatever they want in addition to the NPC tax. Essentially having complete control over a single planetary PI production - since no one is going to use a custom's office with a ridiculous tariff on it.
3) Many people play or have alts in hi-sec to AVOID WARS. If you want WARS there is plenty of it in low-sec and nul-sec. Turning hi-sec in yet another war area is lazy CPP developers wanting to not produce quality in the game elsewhere. If you want to do that - why even have hi-sec? Why not just turn all of eve into nul-sec and be done with it? Then have any new players in EVE first kiss the ass of any of the what? 5 or 6 big sociopathic alliance leaders if they want to pay a monthly subscription.
4) This adds a new method of economic manipulation for only the power brokers in the game. It gives them dominance in hi-sec PI and they get this dominance by unfair monopolization of hi-sec planets Customs office. The hi-sec players - some who do not play in nul-sec cannot compete with nul-sec ALLIANCES. There is NO COMPETITION. Instead of multiple custom offices at a planet there is just ONE. And mark my words: the valuable ones such as the PLASMA planets will be monopolized by the Big Alliances - just as the valuable Moons are.

This does not make PI more viable. It makes it more expensive and it create more control for the Big Alliances. And you're deluding yourself if you think that every PLASMA planet close to JITA won't be controlled by a big Alliance. And there really isn't a lot of them around - besides the bogus argument that there are plenty of planets available so we need not worry about access. BULL SHEET.

Fixed that for you

what about customs offices that are in nullsec/lowsec? that can be attacked regardless of war dec status... the power blocks that sometimes shuffle these offices between them? you have just taken functionality in a bad direction for the power blocks of nullsec....

just saying.... its going to be no fun shooting pocos just because an allied entity cant transfer it because null alliances remain almost permanantly war deced....



also... this... what use will this be when EVERY npc poco gets bashed within a couple weeks of the ability to bash them... this skill will ONLY be useful for the duration that it takes to kill every npc poco.... and then its wasted SP.... or will interbus periodically reinstate POCOs finally?

as much as i like the idea of reduced npc tax rates... where was this skill years ago when PI Started.... before people started making plans to crush EVERY NPC poco....

It costs 500m to wardec a large alliance. Big isk to a new player, not unmanageable to most player groups, and chump change to EvE's industrious base.

Do they outnumber you? Probably, but so what. Agony is a small group compared to 90% of Nullsec Alliances, and we've taken POCO's and moon-goo POSes from entities many times our size. You have to remember that a bigger group of people has many potential targets, and they can't maintain focus on every one of them. You may not succeed the first attack, but be determined and vigilant and you can reclaim a tower as you like. Furthermore, since they can't use cyno-travel to bridge directly to the system, nullsec allliances will provide amazing opportunities for guerrilla warfare as they move to/and from a POCO defense.

Finally, the Goons may have some big bad wolf label, but their playerbase dies just as readily and easily as that miner in an ice belt. As a small guy taking on a goliath, aim for small victories (kill scouts and stragglers, make their life hell, undermine or profit from their actions).

1. Turning hi-sec into another warzone is just stupid. You have low-sec, faction warfare, and nul-sec for that. A safe industrial base is what many players DEPEND on in order not have to be beholden to a few Alliances. Or players who don't want to deal with being raped by some gank squad or goon BLOB everytime they log online and want to simply sell something.

2. Many hi-sec players will not be able to compete or fight militarily a large alliance. This is just delusional. And if you think spending 500 mil for PI access is worth it - that's just off the charts crazy thinking.

But you really gotta wonder who the real sociopaths are ... those who are snooping on you without your consent - or those who are retired and are supposedly free to do what they want with their time (in a supposedly free country.)

1) PI yield in highsec is terrible. Taxes make it more terrible.
2) Solo PI, a good tool for newbies to get on their feet in the first place, and a good way for PVP pilots who have to earn their own way outside the corp, can be declared dead. Now it's about COCOs (POCO is a misnomer - these are owned by corporations)
3) Combining the two above, and keeping NPC corp tax on top of it (even if it's skill-assisted), is foolhardy.

Happily I use a COCO in a wormhole where yields are good, taxes are nonexistent, and you have to be in a corp to survive anyhow. Sorry new players, you get to submit to The Will of Goonswarm (coming soon: PI interdictions!). Also this will help my prices so have at it.

Also, Malcanis' Law much? Or doesn't that count if it's aimed at the vets and giants from the start?

1.) I own many POCO's myself, both with Agony and in industrial alt corps. I'm very aware of what I can and cannot do with them.

2.) If you don't trust the goons (which we all understand), then find a non-goon POCO. Find an entity you do trust. And if you only trust NPCs, then you'll never get very far in this game.

3.) The activities of players in highsec effect those in lowsec and nullsec, and vice versa. These aren't independent zones with independent economies. The EvE Verse is all tied together, and while your activities in highsec are generally "safer", it is not intended to be a zone free from the influence of other players, including aggressive combat. Furthermore, the rules of engagement in highsec greatly change the dynamics of how battles are fought there. This means tactics change, playstyles change, and creates unique areas of game play.

4.) Highsec has been under extreme economic manipulation for a very, very long time (look at moongoo, ice interdictions, and many, many more). From wealthy highsec industrialists to major nullsec alliances to that new player experimenting with module prices in your local trade hub, it has been going on since the game started. This provides a new method of resource manipulation, but that isn't some bad thing, nor is it a simple thing to implement either. You live with it right now, and it hasn't destroyed the economy or gimped your playstyle. This may make the PI market a bit more volatile, but volatile markets leave lots of room for players to make lots of isk. And if you are simply a resource harvester that wants to accrue some extra isk by PI'ing, you don't lose anything as you still gain PI resources.

Why do you care if every plasma planet in highsec is controlled by a major alliance. Unless those major alliances produce more enriched uranium or whatever else your producing on that plasma planet than all of EvE consumes, the market will balance out reflect the increased costs of acquiring such products. Furthermore, if costs rise enough, you can harvest the resources from two non-plasma planets and combine them to produce anything you could on a plasma planet.

The sky isn't falling, the market generally passes taxes on to the consumer, and while the goons can manipulate markets, the average player simply pays $4 / gallon of gas this month instead of $3.50.

1. News flash.... Highsec is already a warzone. This doesn't change the core game play of highsec, as it is still a "safe industrial base" that players can depend on. Did the increase yield of nullsec ores stopped highsec mining? Did goon's ice interdiction really make it so you can't operate a research POS? Did the increased MFG slots in nullsec make it so you can't manufacture items? Frankly, there are enough profit-minded risk-accepting players in EvE that PI products will continue to be produced even if goons owned every Highsec Planet. Your disillusion if you believe otherwise!

2. The average-joe alliance doesn't need to compete with large alliances. Most people won't be majorly affected by this, and those few that are will either find new avenues in eve to play, or if they are smart, adapt to the new situation and pass the "taxes" on to the consumers.

Hi-sec is already a warzone? LOL