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Lot of chat about 'Walking' and how it might enhance EVE, but question I ask myself is How many here can honestly say they ever use the Captain Quarters option for anything other than occasional amusement, personally I could not wait to switch the annoying thing off as soon as possible.

I also wonder how many honestly admit to using the Noble exchange, guess some might have looked at it's contents, again myself I have never considered it to be anything other than an intrusion into the game, a failed attempt at the pay to win concept.

Overall in the years I have been playing the game it has only been the past three that this odd thought process has entered into EVE, were CCP replace activities that at one time provided interest and scope for additional income with one's that quite frankly detract from the games enjoyment content and forced the emergence of niche players following set paths with lower skill requirements and ISK return, the boredom factor being the main incentive to eventually stop playing EVE rather than sticking around and increasing there skill base and enriching the community.

Prospecting for sites being one instance, once a lucrative occupation now long gone replaced by that ridiculous mini-game, nerfed sites and lower ISK returns for time invested, a lot of us did scanning as part of our overall game play, the original changes much vaunted as improvements turned out to be nothing more than nerfing the income, from that point on most of us stopped doing them totally, I have not scanned for sites since that time, nor have most of my associates which should tell CCP something about the depth of feeling on these matters were the vast majority of MAZE plexes found are now sold rather than run.

Sorry to repeat myself but if your going to replace something in game with another concept then make certain it is better than what it was in all aspects, do not just believe your own egotistical hype, it has to have increased skill requirements, increased content, be dynamic and tax the players resolve to compete but most important, actually be worth doing, not be frankly so boring that most don't bother anymore.

The current advertised changes to PoS are another instance, someone decided that griefing PoS owners was a 'Good Idea', there will of course still be those that try to continue for a while, but most I have spoken to have already decided that yet again this activity is going to become unprofitable on the time/return scale, pull down there towers and consign yet another activity to history, I wonder if this reaction was factored into CPP thinking, Again the term itself, Griefing, should have told them that this would happen.

To engage in any activity it has to be worthwhile in the long term to do it, and that is what EVE is basically all about, the long term planning and execution of activities in game that are worth the time and effort deployed to engage in it, short term titivation aimed at the loudmouthed few, it is not and unless CCP's overall aim is to kill off EVE in favor of a PC based console game clone they had better take note of some of the more sensible posts made in threads like this one rather than crash on regardless in the reckless manner and direction they currently are going, put bluntly it will not end well for you.

Plus hold a sec,

These sites make no sense when considering they're owned by the NPC pirate factions! The same pirate factions we've known all this time. Sleepers would make sense but that'd be milking the same cow from Tech 3. Nope, screw the lore, let's use someone else…

They make no sense as to how they could be outlawed by CONCORD or the four empires. As investments, our discovery would lead to them surfacing on our markets, which in turn would mean they'd end up on the empires' markets and everyone would eventually get a piece of the pie.

But no, **** that. Time for us to be rebels! Scum empires and CONCORD…

Obviously this is not balanced at all and completely different from what was stated in the Test Server sub forum thread.

What happened to not making the implants into both HG and LG? And what happened to having to go into all areas to acquire the full set? Also why not just make the BPC drop's random? IE, you could eventually get them all in any type of space over time?

Seems to me Null sec and W-holers get the prime cuts again, this time it's the HG Implant BPC's as well as the best type of Mobile Depot BPC's.

Seriously, I don't know how much more one-sided these so called expansions can get.


With the Ghost Site NPC spawn timer being unknown as well as getting massive DPS to ships from exploding cans due to first fail of hacking game, I don't see how players can actually complete these sites solo.


Guess that's all changed now too just like everything else. Actually it's par for the course and should be expected anyway, especially when taking into account CCP's track record of saying one thing and doing another..


DMC

I posted this in the thread for the Rubicon trailer but realized this is a more appropriate place and more likely for a dev to see it.

So the CONCORD guy is like 'Stay the f* out, there will be consequences.' But the only consequences are the pirates' response, there are no consequences from the empires.

If you really are aiming to sow dissension between capsuleers and the empires, you should grant a suspect flag to all capsuleers on grid when a ghost site explodes in empire space. CONCORD's sensor arrays (presumably the same ones that keep Local running) would notice the energy anomaly and punish the capsuleer for disobeying the mandate.

Wow, what a blowhard troll. The only one suffering from 'Internet Space Racism' is you. Instead of flapping your mouth and beating your EPEEN all the time maybe you should try some reading comprehension. Obviously you have no clue what I do or where I go in the game. I don't hide behind Concord and FYI - I frequently travel in low security space with various trips into W-hole and null security space. I didn't raise the 'Unfair to high sec' flag so stop trying to pin that on me. Just because you're safe and secure in the middle of a big blue doughnut doesn't mean you're entitled to easy rewards.

Anyway, it doesn't matter what security level of space I travel in, the distribution of those rewards is still unbalanced, plain and simple. The implants were originally proposed to be one level and be distributed throughout all security levels of space, IE, you have to travel everywhere to get a full set.

Course if you had pulled your head out and done some research, you would have known that. By the way, my reply was directed to CCP Dev's and I have every right to express my views about the Ghost Site Rewards, whether you like it or not.. Next time leave your troll attack and insults in GD sub-forum.


DMC

I love the new direction, of creating intense situations, puzzles, and still keeping exploration #1. Eve is nothing like any other game. Keep up the good work.

Yeah, these were last minute changes by CCP Fear after design discussions regarding the overall benefit of the full Ascendancy set.
When the blog came out 1.8x was the figure but things change, but 1.5x is the final figure. (for release, obviously tweaks may be made depending on the feedback)

So currently the LG Omega has a 25% bonus, the HG Omega has a 50% bonus.

I'm not sure what a "normal fit ship" is - I have dozens of fittings for different uses. With that said, as for the rest of your nonsense:

The sites, at least during the most recent iteration on Singularity, are actually quite survivable with standard PvP buffer fits - the only odd-man out is the analyzer, and since we're also getting mobile depots in this patch, I'll probably just carry around a depot and an analyzer in my cargo.

The highsec and lowsec hacking games are quite easy, so no ship bonus to analyzers is necessary. For null sec and WH, I'd imagine the stratios and T3s will be popular choices.

These are mixed combat/hacking content and if you bring a covops into one, you're stupid and deserve what you get (though I'm pretty sure I can make a covops that will survive at least the high sec sites). Of course, if you're willing to take that risk, you can - you should be able to get at least one can before the explosion goes off (left to my own devices, I never got less than two). With a cargo scanner, finding one with a blueprint, hacking it, looting, and bolting is ENTIRELY feasible.

They're not even remotely "unwinnable" - if anything, they are far too easy, as the tankability of the explosion nullifies the need to make a decision of when to bug out. You can simply plan on eating the explosion, and hack as many cans as the timer allows.

It's pretty obvious you didn't bother to experiment with the sites on Singularity at all.

Trolling?

Trolling is your completely nonsensical bullshit about a mechanic you've obviously never tested. The entire content of your post was unambiguously false.