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An ISK Sink of Titanic Proportions
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McOboe
Viscosity
#1 - 2012-01-19 06:27:34 UTC
Seems like we have a lot of Titans in the game, and with blob warfare, it seems likely that the production of Titans will remain a high-priority for null-sec alliances. Sure, it takes a huge amount of resources to make a Titan. Why not make it such that it take resources to operate? Specifically, I propose that Titans (and potentially other super-caps) should require maintenance labor to run. And by labor, I mean NPC crew labor. NPCs that can only be paid in ISK. Essentially, there would be an ISK cost to run operate a Titan. How much ISK? Well, I'll leave those maths to the experts. I mean, how high a cost would be necessary to discourage an alliance from fielding 15+ Titans at once?
Nicolo da'Vicenza
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#2 - 2012-01-19 06:41:45 UTC
penalizing logging onto your supercap account - a surefire way to retain account subscription
McOboe
Viscosity
#3 - 2012-01-19 06:46:28 UTC  |  Edited by: McOboe
Titans were supposed to be rare. Restoring balance to the super-cap blob-style warfare is bound to upset some folks.

EDIT: And besides, the ISK "subscription" or NPC contract would likely be paid out of Alliance/Corp coffers anyway.
Nestara Aldent
Citimatics
#4 - 2012-01-19 07:20:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Nestara Aldent
McOboe wrote:
Titans were supposed to be rare. Restoring balance to the super-cap blob-style warfare is bound to upset some folks.

EDIT: And besides, the ISK "subscription" or NPC contract would likely be paid out of Alliance/Corp coffers anyway.


Well that idea that titans should be rare was simply a pipe dream and flawed. If something is good, people use it, like they dont use bad stuff, so unless you want to nerf titans to complete uselessness people with blob with them.

BTW for 50b ship titans are pretty bad already, you know.
Jace Errata
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-01-19 11:20:46 UTC
Heheh. ISK sink...Titanic...get it? ISKberg?

I have nothing else to say, really.

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Limerance Zet-Giry
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-01-24 18:26:01 UTC
McOboe wrote:
Seems like we have a lot of Titans in the game, and with blob warfare, it seems likely that the production of Titans will remain a high-priority for null-sec alliances. Sure, it takes a huge amount of resources to make a Titan. Why not make it such that it take resources to operate? Specifically, I propose that Titans (and potentially other super-caps) should require maintenance labor to run. And by labor, I mean NPC crew labor. NPCs that can only be paid in ISK. Essentially, there would be an ISK cost to run operate a Titan. How much ISK? Well, I'll leave those maths to the experts. I mean, how high a cost would be necessary to discourage an alliance from fielding 15+ Titans at once?

Probably you will like this topic

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=685680#post685680
Thomas Abernathy
Fusion Enterprises Ltd
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2012-01-24 18:30:43 UTC
McOboe wrote:
Seems like we have a lot of Titans in the game, and with blob warfare, it seems likely that the production of Titans will remain a high-priority for null-sec alliances. Sure, it takes a huge amount of resources to make a Titan. Why not make it such that it take resources to operate? Specifically, I propose that Titans (and potentially other super-caps) should require maintenance labor to run. And by labor, I mean NPC crew labor. NPCs that can only be paid in ISK. Essentially, there would be an ISK cost to run operate a Titan. How much ISK? Well, I'll leave those maths to the experts. I mean, how high a cost would be necessary to discourage an alliance from fielding 15+ Titans at once?



Yes, let's take an already nerfed ship, that only large Alliances can field now, and make it so only one or two alliances can afford to field them....Roll

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