EVE General Discussion

I'm going to take another stab at this I'm afraid, in the hope that it will bring some understanding.

There is no way I can answer yes or no to your question while maintaining complete honesty. I have attempted to be open and honest about my stance on this subject, where that stance comes from, and why I hold it.


To illustrate exactly why I cannot answer yes or no honestly I will give two examples.

1) If you were to ask me whether I would support a change to missions that would include ( for example) mission rats changing damage types (within their racial weapons naturally) to counter a players native resists ( by racial ship type). Then in all likelihood I'd say yes. Missions may well benefit from being a little more involving and adaptive. I'd happily take a little longer on a mission if the mission itself was challenging and required I adapt to a fluid set of circumstance. Others may not like it, but I would.

2) (Extreme example). If CCP as part of a program to make NPC's more relevant and to give some substance to the lore behind them, decided that on date "x" all players, regardless of their desires, are to be automatically and irrevocably enrolled in faction warfare on the side represented by their characters race. Then I would answer no. (in fact my answer to that would quite likely involve the use of copious quantities of profanity). Not only would this impact very negatively on my game-play, but I would hazard a guess that quite a few people would be extremely upset...Just how many statues are there in New Eden out of curiosity?

Now these examples are at both ends of the scale, the relatively innocuous, and the utterly absurd (I hope). However, by the literal wording of your Yes/ no question both of these examples would qualify under the same answer.
I cannot answer yes to both, just as I cannot answer no to both. Whichever answer I gave would be at best a partial lie.

Now, if you feel that I have misinterpreted the question, then please elucidate on the exact meaning you were attempting to convey. The question as i read it was vague. It came across (whether it was your intent or not) as a deliberately loaded question, with no way for me to answer it honestly.

As far as the specific nature of the NPC interactions as laid out in the Op are concerned, I am still not in favor of them. The principle of interference in low sec PvP by NPC's is anathema to me. I honestly do not think this will encourage a greater degree of interaction between players. i do not feel that it will encourage people to enter low sec who would otherwise not of entered. I may be wrong of course, perhaps there are the odd few who will come to low sec specifically to see how this mechanic might be abused (this is the Eve player-base we're talking about). I would however guess that most of those players already frequent lowsec anyway.

You wouldn't have given it because you can't. Plain and simple. I only pushed because when I asked very simple you just diverted and went almost straight to pay you or do my own homewirk.

So since your fictional link doesn't exist and you have no evidence to support what you are claiming, I'll just go to Larrikin and ask him in order to get it straight from the horses mouth so to speak.

I dont really care one way or the other, I just like to know the facts so I can correctly answer other people in the future.

My original request back on the previous page was a genuine question because I thought that perhaps I missed something. But I didn't miss it. I've double checked all the links already; and unfortunately you are full of **** but have dug your heels in about it.

I am bit confused... DCM has several agents ranging from level 1 up in mining and security.

The lower your standing is with a corporation the higher your boost in standings when completing a mission for that group.

Standings can be shared with a fleet even if you are not in system whe the mission is turned in.

So why not solve this problem by paying a player to boost your DCM standing? Heck, what happens if you have high DCM standing and aggress a DCM member in a belt with a DCM NPC fleet present?

Seems like a huge fuss over nothing.

Oh... And your actions over years have consequences? Welcome to eve.

Pray tell what consequences you speak of? being forced to use an alt for shopping?

omg the consequences :O

Wow, if I go to lowsec in my positive sec status alt, while stealth scouting on my griefer char, I might bring everything I need from highsec.... such consequences :O

Restating the obvious thing we should be doing in lowsec, while informative as to your position, is unnecessarily redundent.

The consequences are obvious, pop a pc in an npc mining Corp, get shot back at. Ganking shouldn't be easy for anyone, or in this case, as you put it, killing spies and scouts in system shouldn't be easy. CCP doesn't look like they're going to change the mechanics of this so maybe bring your friends along for all to get their kill mails?

You attack people in their posts for reading comprehension as they respond to you, as if, you're better than they are somehow. You're not, you look dodgy at best putting people down instead of taking into consideration that maybe they might have something to offer you. I just see you as trolling.

Sorry, but restating the same carebear crap that's already been argued against in this thread isn't a point. I suggest you try reading it. And if I'm vitriolic, it's because I'm getting sick and tired of the so far wilful ignorance that leads to posts like yours.

Restating the obvious thing we should be doing in lowsec, while informative as to your position, is unnecessarily redundent.

The consequences are obvious, pop a pc in an npc mining Corp, get shot back at. Ganking shouldn't be easy for anyone, or in this case, as you put it, killing spies and scouts in system shouldn't be easy. CCP doesn't look like they're going to change the mechanics of this so maybe bring your friends along for all to get their kill mails?

You attack people in their posts for reading comprehension as they respond to you, as if, you're better than they are somehow. You're not, you look dodgy at best putting people down instead of taking into consideration that maybe they might have something to offer you. I just see you as trolling.