Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I get it, I get the sandbox concept, I get miner/hauler ganking and I sympathize with miner and hauler gankers I really do, if you look at my death board you will see that like them I suck at pvp too, but unlike them rather than harass and hinder other peoples gameplay I mine. Why do I mine you ask? Its boring and mind numbing, well 2 reasons, its because I have a good little 3 toon operation going (Miner, Hauler, Orca) that makes me enough isk to replace the ships and modules I lose and its quite simply after a long stressful day at work, its highly therapeutic to just sit in a belt, get some dinner and mine without having to calculate and think and plan about how and what I am going to do in trip to low sec and the hurdles I might come across when I'm really to tired to be bothered.

Now this post isn't me saying that I think miner/hauler ganking should be banned/removed from Eve, do I even think it should be removed completely from high security space? I most definitely would not complain or shed a tear if that were to happen, but No I don't think it should be, because after all it is a sandbox game and in these types game there will always be a door for player created conflict. Do I believe that something needs to be done to make it harder for the miner and hauler ganking to happen? Yes. I don't have the answer as to what should happen, I understand concord is a "re-action" not an action, maybe concords re-action time could be increased, maybe an option to purchase concord protection whilst mining in a belt, or more tank and resists or the ability to build a better tank for mining ships could be an option.

I do believe that a few patches ago it was said the miners had it to easy for too long so mining ships got nerfed, now I believe miner/hauler gankers have had it to easy for to long and something needs to be done. Its way to easy for them and its borderline harassment and bulling and dictating to people where they should and should not mine and telling them they need to purchase mining permits to left alone is ridiculous. We bought plex or paid for sub to play the game we do not need to purchase permits to mine.

You absolutely do, so long as you mine the sovereign space of the Savior of Highsec. Speaking of which, permits are on a lifetime sale for only 10 million isk, and I happen to be an authorized permit salesman of the New Order.

Ganking's profitability is 100% dependent on two things. The loot fairy, but foremost the stupidity of the other player. The inherent reward of ganking is very little, in fact in and of itself it is a hugely isk negative activity.

There is no need whatsoever to nerf something that is only profitable if the guy on the other side has made a huge, obvious mistake. Much like how there is no need to nerf killing explorers just because they're dumb enough to get caught with large amounts of loot in a non combat ship either.

That falsehood might work on people who don't know better, but I do.

And freighters don't fit invulns, by the way, nor can they be killed with only one catalyst.

So, basically, you don't want to be forced to make a trade off... Welcome to Eve, a world of decisions.