EVE General Discussion

Kill mails and API make the game pretty boring.

1) There are many ship balance issues which need constant attention. Yes, this complicates production by industrialists, but also creates opportunity.

2) High sec is too profitable. Missioning needs a nerf, Incursions need a pvp element, Combat sigs need droprate adjustments and escalation rate nerfs from anoms. Static HS ice fields are a cancer. A HS station trading nerf is complicated, but something can potentially be done.

3) Transport of material to and from HS to NS is too easy.

4) Sov mechanics need rationalizing and incentivizing towards providing more opportunity for smaller powers to aggress, conquer, inhabit and utilize space. Currently the powers that be are too far enabled by sheer quantity and quality of force they can field, with not enough mitigating circumstances. Blueing politics may also need some systemic restraint.

5) LS is getting the shittiest end of all sticks. This sector needs dramatic and resolute changes both to pull HS players out into n3ighbouring LS systems, and also as a relatively lawless buffer between HS and NS. Bar none, LS needs the most work of all sectors in terms of mechanics. LS potential is enormous, but has repeatedly been overstepped.

6) WH are reasonably fine. One of CCPs most systemically functional sectors of space.

7) FW needs rationalizing in terms of promoting engagement rather than plexing. This has been a long process, and is not done yet.
Yes, there are players who just want profit, but that is multiplied many times by those who participate in FW because they want a more systemic and rational system that promotes fights over idle profit.

8) Towards the future, I cant make heads or tails of the impending Citadel mechanics.
Im worried about form overstepping function in everything Ive read about them so far.
They are so goddam complicated that invariably any number of loopholes will present abuse and exploitation.

I second this motion

My points are not based on veterancy.
They are a hard and difficult compromises between existing concerns in this game.

I by no means, whatsover, want to make things harder for new players, ever.
Quite the contrary.

These are intended for all of us.

I, for one, wont benefit directly from any of these, except in a better more rational and balanced game.

(and now I am finally going to sleep. thanks for your civil and concerned feedback. will elaborate more tomorrow if you wish)

So you just "happen" to want to nerf all the income streams for newbies while leaving your income stream alone?

1) There are many ship balance issues which need constant attention. Yes, this complicates production by industrialists, but also creates opportunity.

2) High sec is too profitable. Missioning needs a nerf, Incursions need a pvp element, Combat sigs need droprate adjustments and escalation rate nerfs from anoms. Static HS ice fields are a cancer. A HS station trading nerf is complicated, but something can potentially be done.

3) Transport of material to and from HS to NS is too easy.

4) Sov mechanics need rationalizing and incentivizing towards providing more opportunity for smaller powers to aggress, conquer, inhabit and utilize space. Currently the powers that be are too far enabled by sheer quantity and quality of force they can field, with not enough mitigating circumstances. Blueing politics may also need some systemic restraint.

5) LS is getting the shittiest end of all sticks. This sector needs dramatic and resolute changes both to pull HS players out into n3ighbouring LS systems, and also as a relatively lawless buffer between HS and NS. Bar none, LS needs the most work of all sectors in terms of mechanics. LS potential is enormous, but has repeatedly been overstepped.

6) WH are reasonably fine. One of CCPs most systemically functional sectors of space.

7) FW needs rationalizing in terms of promoting engagement rather than plexing. This has been a long process, and is not done yet.
Yes, there are players who just want profit, but that is multiplied many times by those who participate in FW because they want a more systemic and rational system that promotes fights over idle profit.

8) Towards the future, I cant make heads or tails of the impending Citadel mechanics.
Im worried about form overstepping function in everything Ive read about them so far.
They are so goddam complicated that invariably any number of loopholes will present abuse and exploitation.

People who imagine big fights happened because of the Sov capture mechanics. And not because of people pressing jump instead of bridge when aiming for LOW SEC!

BR can still happen under Sov 5.0 also, since Sov bills still exist.

Except BR was a mistake. If you go back and look at them all nearly every major fight was because of a mistake. And those that weren't were the result of a spy playing the meta game. Because otherwise people simply don't put their assets at stake like that in a close to even fight.