CSM Campaigns

Please don't even joke about that.

Manny has consistently impressed me with his knowledge of game mechanics and his ability to theorycraft the implications of potential game changes. He has a deep knowledge, a wealth of experience, and the work ethic that the CSM needs. Vote for Manny, CCP needs to hear what he has to say.

voting based on this alone


game desperately needs balance changes and this hits most of the problems on the head

ISHTARS LMAO

Asked a couple questions a couple pages back but I think they were lost in the post attributing other players actions to you. So I will just ask again.


What would you change about T3's and Ishtars?

Do you think the rise in OPness of T3's and Ishtars is attributable to the fact that BC's (natural Cruiser hunters) are essentially garbage currently?

What are your thoughts on BC's and BS's?

I remember back in 09/10 there was a nice little food chain. HACS/T3 > BS > BC > HACS/T3. IMO It seems that food chain is dead these days.

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

The problem with lowsec is simple. There is no meaningful reason to be there other than PVP. It offers no unique features or advantages. Think about it with me what do the other areas have that are unique.

Hisec - Safety
Nullsec - Sov ownership , Supercapital production
Wormholes - Sleepers , Semi-Isolationism
Lowsec- Hmmm something should go here. I mean I guess FW but thats basically sov war with training wheels.

What I would change is:

Lowsec should be the premier industrial area of Eve. It should have the best and most efficient factory lines available in Eve. Players should be able to contract protection from Factions. Basically put in a system where players can purchase standings to FW by purchasing a 30 day certificate from the faction of their choosing. The isk then gets divided amongst FW members every month. Furthermore when factory lines are utilized it unlocks benefits for that faction.


So basically you end up with a system where lowsec is busy with builders and industrialist. Faction Warfare members now have meaningful reasons to patrol and protect their factions space. They have reason in which to raid opposing factions and reasons for conquest of opposing factions space. Because whoever is providing stable and safe areas will get more business. Furthermore with increased traffic and population it gives more reasons for piracy to exist.


I see lowsec as basically empire space and the factions are basically Mafia families. They extort money for protection services from people wanting to engage in industry in lowsec. But the hook has to be that doing production is so much cheaper and efficient in lowsec versus hisec that it draws builders there.

They can also assign from the inside of the edge of a deadspace pocket. Only way to point them is to burn 15 minutes with a interceptor.
But thanks for your answer, looks like you know the mechanics.

If I may, I want to give you my personal opinion. I guess you can read from my wording that I am not very fond of the current mechanics. A nyx or thanatos on a medium / large POS with ECM and guns is very hard to remove, at least for a smaller fleet. While they only risk 3x Frigs, they have over 7000 DPS that can hit Interceptors. The Risk / Reward scale is way out of balance on this one. The drone module changes to fighters and the latest Jump mechanic changes made them pop up more and more around lowsec.

I would remove the fights assignment all together, why is it there? What benefit does eve have from this.

It eve gets "abused" in PvE. I had an alt in a corp that rent space, assign fighters from a gank / tracking nyx to a brick tanked carrier. The carrier always had cap to jump, had ~7000 DPS and a immense tank. (+ scram + web) 200+ mil ISK/h farming machine in a cyno jammed system. gf gf.

No need to response, I just wanted to vent. Thanks again for your response, changes are high you will be getting my vote.

Thanks for the support.

You have my vote.

Merry Christmas Eve.