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Except that CCP once had limited number of resources.

Rather than war, high sec players that had to be at work or asleep during downtime logged it to find no resources. They then unsubbed. CCP greatly expanded ores in high sec belts and added missions to ensure there are always things for players to do.

Once upon a time, null ABCs and havens were rare. The result was that max profit came from not letting anyone else in. Small, very powerful corps controlling vast areas and making sure they were the only ones that have access. The one sitting on the gold mine is very hard to kick off by people sitting on mud farms. So hard, wasn't worth a try.

CCP had to drastically up the ABCs and havens to get those that control null to let others in.


So, what you're suggesting, already tried, and the result was very bad for a company whose income is based on increasing subscriber base. Limited resources = fewer subs = bankruptcy.


Your goals are not their goals.

I can't find a use for these ships for myself but I'm still getting one. :) Besides, it looks pretty good.

One of these and a high sec cap also; just because. :D

Interesting ship, I can see it opening some options. I'm pleasantly surprised it appears fairly balanced. As for the 'ABC' ore change I admit I have not dealt with them much, it seems good to me so I'll leave the debate on yea or nay to more experienced people

No, you are speaking of a different problem, which resulted from a poor distribution of resources across player timezones, due to spawn times. I know because I used to live in one of those timezones, where resources were already mined out when I had time to play.

Limiting resources can be more "fairly" achieved by increasing the frequency of spawns, but reducing the quantity in each spawn, by making roids and ice much less productive.

Also, moving ABC roids to WH space would pose some new and interesting problems. Wormholes can open up to *any* location in New Eden, so it is much harder to control access to them. And, you can't jump in with a supercap fleet to protect them.

And, yes, my goals are the same as CCP's goals (I think) - more fun, more excitement, less boredom -> more stories, more subscribers, more money, no layoffs, game lives forever.

I am looking forward to a Prospect-ageddon event in the first week or two of release.

I will, of course, be building Prospects to sell during said event as well as investing ISK in marketing expenses (sorry, gank ships) to keep demand flowing.

Mistakes made by devs during fanfest might be accepted, but please don't repeat it when sober.

CCP probably thinks independents will band together to overthrow over reaching power blocs. However self interest prevents formation of such bands and the revolutionaries tend to become like the tyrants they displace.

Run the math on these ships.
Is the ore better, yes.

But run the logistics, and more importantly, time, needed to run an op of any size, and compare that to a high sec mining op.

Either way, you are in for a rude surprise as the months slip away and high sec mineral prices slowly sink, as more and more ore is mined and processed in null, while at the same time high sec demand for minerals drop as more and more industry is done in null.

Looks like a fun little ship. I can't wait to do a Prospect blops drop.

True...but it has 3 more low slots. So you could potentially get it to have +4 warp core strength (the Venture would max at +3).

It'll kill your targeting range, of course, so you would need to keep your range above 2km so the asteroids you're mining wouldn't prevent you from cloaking if you had to run and there were FIVE ships trying to scramble you...but if you're concerned about warp core strength AND the Covops cloak isn't good enough protection in your mind, you can load out some/all of those extra low slots.

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Personally, I like this new ship. Between it and the Astero, we're getting a lot of goodies for explorers/industrialists, which are generally overlooked when it comes to ships. Overall, I like the directions that CCP is going - balance the existing PvP ships, add some new ships for explorers/industrialists to round out the holes in the fleet.

I'm kind of wondering if they'd care to do something similar for mining barges, though they already have T2 versions. Mostly because, as cool as this little ship is, it can't mine Ice...

And, obviously, you need ice to be coolest. :)