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Having PvP experience in lowsec and highsec, I am curious on your views on the current game design philosophy of risk vs. reward and the relative profitability of the various spaces.

Decisions by CCP over the years have lead to the strange situation that while many people enjoy PvP in low/WH/null space, they return to highsec to make the ISK to support these habits. This is because the reward of operating in highsec is far too high for the almost complete absence of risk, forcing people who may prefer to live and generate ISK in the more risky spaces to return to highsec to make an income as it is more efficient and thus the only rational choice. Counter-productively, this depopulates these non-highsec spaces and reduces the chances of meaningful PvP.

Comments from members of the current CSM imply that they, and perhaps CCP, are fine with this design. Do you agree that highsec should be where the majority of PvE and other income-generating activities takes place? If not, do you have any concrete suggestions on what could be done to encourage players to spend more time earning ISK outside of highsec? Do you think the better approach would be to reduce highsec rewards, or to increase highsec risk?

I agree that every part of Eve should be able to support the people living there in some way.

However, I am a little confused with the rest. You think PvE should be equally rewarding in all types of space, by "changing rewards and the entire way you do the missions". If that was the case, why would anyone leave the safest region of space (highsec) if they are only going to get the same reward if they moved to a more dangerous space?

Shouldn't more risky space have more rewarding PvE payouts? Otherwise, why would I risk my ships there for PvE?

All of HYDRA backs the Gorski Car

Well hello there!

My name is Lanctharus Onzo and I an one of the co-host and writers of the Cap Stable Podcast.

In early 2014 our podcast interviewed a great majority of the candidates for CSM9 and we will be doing the same for CSM10.

Here is our announcement: http://capstable.net/2014/12/01/council-of-stellar-management-x-call-for-candidate-interviews/

As we stated in the announcement, you can contact us to schedule your one on one interview via any of the following methods:

Email: podcast@capstable.net
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We look forward to speaking to you about your particular skill set and expertise in EVE Online and we hope you success in your candidacy.

Sincerely,

Lanctharus Onzo
Co-host & Writer of the Cap Stable Podcast
Military Director, Alea Iacta Est Universal

As for the first question: I was kicked from PL because Shamis thought I wasn't safe enough to have around the alliance tournament team and therefore not safe to have in PL. The reason Penif didn't protect me was because I never really flew with PL at all. I only joined because I know Lelob and I only stayed because I liked the community (that I still have access to). And for real who needs spies to beat dual tanked vagabonds and beam zealots...

When I came on the CSM halfway through many of the major things in Rhea and Phoebe was already decided so I had nothing to contribute to that. What I did suggest was the removal of anchorable bubbles in Thera. I also supported the removal of clones fully because I think its a mechanic that currently offers no actual gameplay. Nobody ever chooses not to update their clone and the game itself flashes the cloning thing when you die to make sure you remember. It is just an arbitrary fee attached to pvp.

I have not been involved with the csm for the full term so they probably made some failures during the start of the term. There might have been some failures of communication etc that I missed. But for the part where I have been on the csm it has been really great. There are ofc people who are going to work way harder or way less then others but as a group I think we really manage to give good feedback on the things ccp shares with us.

My biggest failure in the CSM so far is that I wont link that song in the csm skype channel ;p For real though I think my biggest failure is that I have missed some meeting because of my real life work schedule. It is a good thing they are recorded.

You have my votes. Plz no nerf off grid boosts too hard.

Just kidding about the bro-status thing. Gorski knows his PVP and understands how mechanics being introduced can affect that aspect of the game.

Thoughts on OGB?

Gorski came late, but woudl have been a nice add on from the start. Hard core knowledge of small pvp, direct in aproach he deserves a shot at a full term.

Thank you for your earlier response.

What is your position on fighter assignment? For example a Nyx assigns fighters from the edge of a POS to a T1 frigate which is somewhere else in the system.

with kind regards
l0rd carlos