Warfare & Tactics

How did the luminaire titan affect FW??? please enlighten me

Also you forgot fozzies high fives in there

farmer does not need bc to farm so...

maybe ccp will bring old npc back to make sure that bc gets some use !

The seeding of Mordus Legion stations could bring some life to FW. How many stations will be added? Will they only be in FW systems or all over low sec? Where will the best agents be at? Will the missions be closer in nature to traditional missions or FW? Hell - if they put such a station in Kourm and half the missions sent you to Huola there might finally be motivation to take the system. There are so many ways to do it right and yet so many ways to screw it up as well.

Someone else stated it in a different thread. Speculation is rampant I guess.

That point was actually brought up in the round table, and they made a note of it. So maybe it wont be that easy.

Is it me or did CCP not listen to the community at all about this? It looks like they saw what the complaints were and made their own solutions. If they just followed what the community suggested and played off those idea. They would not have these meh changes. From the changes, it looks like they will see how they go and then change it again, and possibly again... Seems like a waste to me...

At least there will be more large . SNIPING FRIG BATTLES!

Were devs in the gallente militia when they did the ninja patch?

So I take it the devs were not involved with gallente at all. It was all just tin hattery?

i no that there are corporations like us that have bc's want to use them but really see no point. because, cyno, warp 100 alpha nado fleet homo gayness. just purely upshiping to kill bc's. and many of us srsly just want bc on bc brawls. in amarr minnie fw, there is no reason to undock and big ship fleet because the same titan bridges are in range of EVERY system of the warzone.

im sure there will be some fighting to start in the larges. and it will ultimatly boil down to who has the most tier 3 bc's doing the damage or the most guardians and tech3's. and then the fun will be over. because hey, loosing a 600mil tech 3 these days? no biggie. to many people have farmed for years of this isk and ships that were once a kick in the balls to loose are "hey ive got 3 more in hanger"

First of all, can anyone please repost that blog on a different blog server or just copy paste it here? China is blocking it atm...

Secondly, if I can't go baiting in my recons I will be completely devastated. Recons and the thrill of hunting my targets are the reasons I keep playing EvE....

The easiest fix is one that is usually over looked.

FW was redesigned to be open for the entire masses and for any new player to come and try it out for themselves. We all know the expression, you can't have your cake and eat it too. FW needs to keep that in mind. Theme parks allow people of all ages into their parks but they limit rides based on size. It gives something for younger children to look forward too in the future and gives them a reason to keep coming back to the theme park every year. As they get older, get bigger, stronger, etc they are allowed more options to participate in.

With that being said, CCP's biggest mistake was not allowing "new" players (i.e. alts with 900k sp) into FW, it was allowing those same players to be able to accomplish all aspects of FW (minus missions but those are so horribly broken that's for another topic) that a player like myself who has been playing for almost 6 years straight is able to do. I have no problem with 900k sp new players being able to run novices which allow them to stay afloat financially more than sufficiently. Allowing those same 900k sp players to easily run the small plexes is debatable, which means they should be challenging or require a friend. Allowing those 900k sp players to run the medium plexes is down right unacceptable and access to large plexes is just pure stupidity. Allowing those same 900k sp players to do all of the above in a meta fit t1 frig that has stabs and a cloak was just ignorance and a slap in the face to players who actually want to partake in the real FW experience.

Does denying them the ability to run a medium ruin their fun? Of course not, those people who are actually doing FW will team up with others in their militia to go around running mediums and larges. It gives them a sense of accomplishment to finish their first medium as a group and then later as a solo pilot. And that sense of accomplishment is a motivator to keep people undocking and interested in FW. Every other part of the game has this same logic. You work your way up to the top by getting the best ship for the job, working towards access to the lvl 4/5 missions, skills to complete a manufacturing job, etc. The only difference here is that the "end game" in FW is so different compared to other aspects of EvE. Once you can run large plexes solo, you could argue that you have the ability to recoup your losses which means you can focus on what FW was/should be about: the constant war against your enemies factions (PvP).

Finally, having the rats respawn throughout the site is a necessary evil to keep the farmers at bay. Assuming CCP would have the reasoning skills to adjust the required ships/skills/fits to run plexes, you would still have mains who come through and kill the rats in a site and then place a no fit (I'm guilty of doing this as well...sorry) alt to run down the timer. Those respawn timers make 900k sp alt farming a real pain in the ass as you essentially have to baby sit your alt. And that is better for everyone in the long run.