EVE General Discussion

IMO the discussion of renting is a generic subject. Renting affects all players both in alliances and out of alliances. As such it is not a topic that belongs in COAD unless it specifically references the renting practices of a specific alliance.

My question is do you feel that discussion of renting should be prohibited in general discussion? Should null sec in general, which is typically inhabited only by alliances be prohibited from discussion and only confined to COAD.

Likewise should any large scale fleet battle, which usually only involves alliances be prohibited from discussion unless its in COAD?

Thoughts?

Renting is turning into a pretty huge thing in Eve and needs to be discussed in general terms.

The reason. Well the MASSIVE coalitions have less and less reason to not do deal like BL and CFC have done to protect their income. The industry changes are also very much tied into the whole renting thing.

Renting is player action in player controlled space.
As such, I think its nominally fine.
I don't think CCP has any business touching renting in and of itself.

They can and probably should however play around with what null is, and other mechanics to make renting a less prevalent player activity.

I agree with your assessment, OP. Enough with moderation based on key words rather than content.

A topic belongs where ever the owners of the board says it belongs. Don't like it, make your own board (like Kugu did).

It wasnt about renting per say/.. go read it

Never put it past members of the "oldest democracy in the world" to arbitrarily curtail free speech in the mistaken belief their personal opinions, and [even] office consensus constitute fact.

Personally, I think the "renting condition" that has realized itself as a prevailing condition of the sandbox was in all likelihood a natural consequence to the fall of BoB with no significant alliance or corp to replace them in the vacume created by their overthrow. It's something that just begged to be attempted, one could say.

Any criticism of it, that I've seen, has been purely preferential, and no real deleterious effect has ever been specifically stated by any critic, aside from the observation that it's "boring," which in itself isn't necessarily detrimental to the sandbox. After all, BoB occupying that huge amount of map it once did was boring, as well...at least to me, (and such things are [again] purely preferential.)

To me, in my view, from what I see (and can tell), the way to rid the sandbox of something as boring as the renting condition, or the BoBs of the universe, is the same. Raise a HUGE navy, (corporation, alliance, confederation of alliances), go out there and whammo! Put a decisive end to it. (May take a week and it may take longer - thanks Jim Morrison.)

Just realize, having accomplished that, you too will be faced with converting a huge section of the sandbox into something that's...the object of criticism, seemingly deleterious to the "game", or even...boring?

If you don't like how it's being done, show us how to do it better.

Thank-you very much.

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