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Lowsec needs work. Take all comments with the caveat that I'm just a day tripper (I have a FW alt who I don't play as much as I should. For PvP rather than LP)

The main issue I can see is that there's little compelling reason to draw day trippers in, except for PvP. Which is less than ideal for people who want to make ISK by ganking them. So some kind of time limited (to reduce farming potential) but lucrative activity needs added. So you can do this thing and make a bunch of isk, but you might lose what you've gathered to the people that live there.





I've put some notes with regards to force projection in my main post and in the thread Marlona posted, but I'll summarise here:

I don't like bridges. I like carriers, super carriers and titans to carry ships with them when they jump.

There should be a limit to how much you can jump to a particular cyno

There should be an unavoidable cool down on your jump drive.

Cynos should be limited so they can't be lit within X Km of each other. (Tuned by people who have a better idea of what it should be)

Your website and tools have helped me a lot, thank you.

If the voting system is akin to STV, you'll have my second vote :)

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I received a bunch of questions by eve-mail from Steve Tanaka and thought it was probably wise to answer them here, rather than just by mail.

• How do you feel about the current state of power projection?

With the caveat that I'm spending most of my time in highsec, so my opinion is mostly shaped by other people, rather than direct experience:
I don't like jump bridges. The ship should always go through. So, I think Carriers, super carrier and titans should be able to carry other ships with them when they jump. No 'open bridge, bye bye boys, have fun storming the castle'

Cynos should have a maximum number of jumps coming in through to them.
Cynos should be unable to be lit within X KM of another Cyno. at least 10KM.
Jump engines should have an unavoidable cooldown.

• What recent ship balancing change did you agree with the most, and why?
• What recent ship balancing change did you disagree with the most, and why?

TBH, I don't have a major opinion here. As a highsec industrialist first and foremost, the biggest changes to affect me have been the changes to mineral costs. In PvP, I've yet to run into a ship I wouldn't use (and die hilariously in. )

I am, however, happy to see people using more types ships. And it was nice to be able to get into a couple of Caps for Ganked 100, when I accidentally forgot to upgrade my clone and lost Minnie BS 5 a wee while before.

• What recent change other than ship balancing did you agree with the most, and why?

The introduction of deployables is nice. I'm hoping to see a lot more deployables coming into existence, to replace the ball of mud that's the current POS code. I want to see personal and corporate level deployables, so people can inhabit their space, rather than clinging to moons and stations. (also, the missile graphics update was neat)

• What recent change other than ship balancing did you disagree with the most, and why?

Hard one to say, really. I'd probably complain the most about the Eve/Dust link, for squandering the potential.

• If you were in a position to influence a dev regarding PvE in EVE, what changes would you suggest?

Oh so many. respawning static belts offend me. I want to see some kind prospecting mechanic, creating sites which can be claimed (suspect plus maybe a non-transferrable corporate level kill right if you mine a claimed site).
PvE in missions should be closer to PvP in mechanics. Fewer targets, targets you can neut out, more randomized resists. That kind of thing. Though it'd still make sense for them to have doctrines. This would apply for sites as well. You'd have to adjust payouts too, as that's why people do PvE.

• What has been your favorite EVE expansion, and why?

(Caveat: I started during Incarna)

Odyssey's been pretty good. I'm not entirely happy with what's happened to the exploration mechanic, but in general it's better than it was. Sure, prices have dropped, but that's because people are actually doing it. Features people don't use are pointless.

• What has been your least favorite EVE expansion, and why?

Incarna. Because there was /so/ much bitching, and the potential of WIS has been squandered. If someone comes up with compelling content to do with avatar based gameplay, I'm all for that (though not if there's no advancement on FIS. expansion, not replacement)

• What is your favorite ship to PVP with?

Most of my PvP (outside of public roams on this character) is done in a Coercer, with my FW alt. Not as much as I should, but switching between alts is a pain. And the adrenaline dump from solo pvp is something I prefer to manage. I don't get so much from fleets. The alt's in constant training though, so I'll probably be trying out more as time passes. The Coercer is the fallback though. Glass lazor cannon ftw.

You have my vote. Thanks for the website and all the information and help you provide.

Voted for you last year and will vote for you again this year!

I can fully understand wanting to support people who live in the same space as you do.

Remember, you'll have a ballot of up to 14 slots to vote with. Unless everyone you're voting for is marginal, then your vote can trickle down a fair way on that list. So I'd be happy with appearing on it, even if it's not at the top.

There are many small and nice passed issues from former CSM rounds. Whats your opinion especially on the following:

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/BPO_locking_changes_(CSM)
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Modular_Starbase_(CSM) (personally I think most of us can imagine which way CCP will go in the next time)
https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Public_POS_arrays_(CSM)

BPO Locking:
I've heard the cries of frustration over this. Something does need to be done. Right now, Industrial corporations with more than one RL person in them are just asking for pain and corp theft.

The suggestions also miss the 'Here, I own a bunch of BPOs. you can use them, when I'm not' option, where it should be possible to allow access to use (with limitations) but don't allow people to take them.


Starbases:
Deployables, with corporation level access, if allowed by the person anchoring them. Ideally sharing storage if anchored nearby.

Public arrays:
https://www.fuzzwork.co.uk/2013/05/12/renting-player-slots-reworking-industry/

Basically: I like the idea. but it needs to be coupled with a reduction in NPC slots.

What about lowsec, nullsec and wormhole mining where you can't sit back and relax?


I've for a long time thought Eve should also be more dynamic.
No one is accepting your missions? You'd probably increase the reward until people do. No one touching an asteroid belt? It would probably slowly grow bigger until someone found and mined it.
Imagine this: Amamake has been untouched for months and the asteroids belts are huge with a high mineral concentration. A scout with a survey scanner estimated the ISK/h to be 400m/h, so his mining corporation hire a mercenary group for protection and make a huge mining op. You now have mining ships trying to mine as much as possible while pirates try to kill them and mercenaries try to keep them alive.