EVE General Discussion

Why is it sad?

But now;

Why do you waste a post asking that when if you read your own post, then mine replying to it, its pretty obvious why what.

The latter is more likely and desirable than the former, I would say, if the aggregate of all opinions were to be taken into account.

I explained what I viewed the situation to be, and even if I observe it the same way as you do, I dont find it sad, I find it appropriate to the situation.

I asked you why you think it is sad rather thatn right and proper.

I do find it sad, and so do also, to my understanding, the relevant powers that be.

It is the status quo, and to your eyes perhaps "right and proper", but it is NO FUN.

A perfect dilemma, and poetic justice, but everyone wants a way out.

A high level plug pull wouldn't even really do anything to the CFC except inconvenience it. There are no external threats to the CFC right now that could claim a large amount of sov even if every single system dropped tomorrow. They'd have to regrind the sov and would lose a lot of isk, but it would be far from a deathblow.

I mean, N3 isn't a threat (let's be honest) and PL has a treaty. No one else is even close to CFC levels of power.

I am not sure if people are aware of this, but currently i am just holding the line against an enemy faction called "Guristas". They are pretty resilient , i give them that. But fortunately they fit their ships ****** (stuff i loot from the wrecks, omfg!). But they keep on coming without pauze. :(

Wee shore due

There is truth to this, but not in the conventionally held sense (and I dont thinkw Weaselior falls for that either).
Its not that there is some separate central power bloc sitting in high-sec defending its interests.
It doesn have to. NPCs do it for them.

High-sec is, in many ways, too safe. Ironically muchof what is "wrong"in null sec, is actually a result of high-sec being as it is ie:NPC secured.

If High-sec was less restrictive, it could infact congeal as a force capable of threatening Null..
Seems counter-intuitive, but it has to do with the risk/profit balances in different sectors being out of whack.
Opening that flood gate would be extremely dangerous, but it could also save the game.

I did not ignore it, I just have not yet responded to it.
Ive being trying to think of a way to simplify its expression for you to understand.
I actually wrote three drafts on my phone that all failed to send.

Are you so naive not to recognise who the "powers that be" are?
Do you not recognise that Goons are NOT HAPPY with this status quo?
Do you so misunderstand their Corp culture?

They WANT a challenge, but that does not mean they will give even one inch of what they have earned, without fighting for it.
They WANT CCP to change the game, but not in a way that ends up ruining it, and they already have contingencies in place to exploit many potential changes.

Nothing was worse for them, than what ended up being their reward of effectively "winning the game".
That of becoming fat asses sitting on so much space all you can do with it, is rent it to disgusting pubbies.

Now return to consider my two options earlier. It is incipient within Goons, that a civil war could erupt, but their Corp culture is so cohesive, so established, that not only is it very unlikely, but it would fracture their root community itself. We are, to my perception, nowhere near that kind of internal schism. Second option is a CCP change, but how do you make necessarily painful and detrimwntal changes to a sector of which the majority already exista under one umbrella? Player dissent would be enormous. Financial suicide.

Everyone is waiting for some genius solution that will drive the meta of this game to an unprecedented height, but how can you do that in a community and game that is already 10yrs entrenched?

EVE has dangerously plateued as a result of its own sandbox nature. Given enough time, say, another 20 years, CFC wouls invariably fall. But can the games population and life cycle last that long with the current status quo?

Ask them.

I dunno how you have managed to not see the obvious, both in implicit posts from Goon/CFC reps and from the meta situation overall. But on the benefit of the doubt, simply: Ask them yourself.

(I will disregard your notion that the Jove Empire would send NPC fleets to threaten Null. For so many reasons. Not the least of which would be the absolutely astronomical yield in wealth having NPC fleets showing up on your doorstep that are capable of threatening Null with its Titans and other massive ordnance. I can't even imagine the bounty....)