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Reserved as that's the thing to do.
/avoids reserving 10 times per habit.

So key braodcasting isnt likely to return. As it opens up a can of worms for botting and non human controlled input. What are your throughts on this.


Also i run 4 accounts in incursions with no isboxer or anything. Its easy enough to do without it.

Yeah, input broadcasting is very close to botting, albeit some MMOs allow it currently (WoW to my knowledge is one of them). I don't intend to advocate for change on that particular aspect. There are methods out there to quickly and efficiently perform actions on multiple clients legally (Eve-O Preview, a hotkey that opens the next window) - but the concern I have is that CCP reviews this activity server side rather than client side. What happens when a multiboxer gets good enough to get those inputs in on a single or two-tick cycle? This is what I want to look at further.

It depends really - when you use a lot of accounts you want to be efficient. As long as you're not broadcasting, you can still get "good" enough to get multiple character actions out per tick. I would be able to bring these perspectives to CCP in a more direct fashion as part of the CSM. Ultimately it is up to CCP to enforce their EULA but if they were to review borderline cases and understand what could be done, legally, they could reconsider their choices. CSMs can only advocate and that would be my plan. :)

Who are you and why did you steal my name?

Hello,

My question - what is your viewpoint regarding Faction standings and as a CSM member, what changes would you propose to CCP pertaining to game mechanics for Faction standings ?

Good luck to you in the upcoming CSM election.


DMC

Thanks for the reply.

Just the general overall aspect of Faction standings in-game which basically affects everyone. I just wanted to know your viewpoint about it and what changes you'd propose.


DMC

Hello and thanks for the reply.

I agree there are limited ways to improve standings and most of them are indeed esoteric / unknown to most players. And yes you're right, currently the only way to repair negative Faction standings is to grind missions.

Eve Online was based on having a balance in 'Risk vs Reward' and 'Actions vs Consequences' which makes this game great. In the past Characters use to be accountable for their actions in-game, now most everything has been dumbed down and turned into easy mode for the instant gratification crowd. That's something I don't want to see happen to Faction standings.

Currently the in-game aspects of Faction standings :
Positive Faction standings are the only way to access Cosmos Agents (one time access).
Positive Faction and Corporation standings are needed to access Research Agents.
All other Agents only require minimal amount of Faction standing for access (-2.00 or higher standing).
High Faction standings reduce Market Broker fees and Reprocessing fees in NPC stations.
At -5.00 or lower Faction standing, Empire NPC's will attack when in their space.

In my opinion CCP made a big mistake when they removed the need to have Faction standings to anchor POS in high sec space. It made Faction standings more meaningful in-game than just a way to access Agents. Now I'd love to see more content pertaining to Faction standings be added to the game but at this time my inquiry is based more on the effects of negative Faction standings to the playerbase. Since it takes time for players to ruin Faction standings then it should also take some time to repair those standings. However the info to complete that task should be readily available and easily understood by players in-game.

I created and shared the 'Faction Standing Repair Plan' with the playerbase on the forums back in 2010. Over the past 7 years it has helped countless amount of players to rectify what seemed like an unsolvable issue. In my opinion players need more options available to repair negative Faction standings then what I've listed in 'The Plan'. Most of those Event Agents can only be accessed once in the characters life.

There's a lot of players in-game who don't read the forums and don't know that guide exists. They've basically accepted the fact they're cut off from engaging in available content due to negative Faction standings. Repairing those standings is a big task even for experienced players who are familiar with 'The Plan'. New players who haven't learned the game yet can easily mess up their Faction standings without even knowing it right from the start, resulting in no access to half of Empire space.

Anyway, I just wanted to provide some feedback through the CSM for CCP to consider. I believe these options would definitely help players in-game.

Faction standing repair process be implemented in-game to be very intuitive, not obscure (tutorial perhaps).
Changes to Faction standings notify players with on screen pop up message (option to deactivate).
Actions that would cause negative Faction standing trigger on screen pop up warning (option to deactivate).
All Anti-Empire mission briefings have a warning to inform players those missions will incur negative Faction standings.
Implement Tags for Standings in-game based on similar game mechanics as Tags for Security.
Add NPC Agents to in-game Agent Finder for Faction standing repair (similar to proposal in my forum signature).

Once again good luck with the upcoming election.


DMC

In response to Cochise Chiricahua:

Suicide ganking is definitely a valid style of play and one that I will always support in this game. It is an important part of the game that makes it feel dangerous and forces players to think about their decisions, especially when hauling extremely valuable cargo.

Historically, CCP has made suicide ganking increasingly difficult, especially with changes to freighter EHP. I believe the mechanics around performing a suicide gank and acquiring the loot from the gank are currently sound. As a multiboxer, I also support this style of play (and you'll soon have another crazy multiboxer to deal with :P, unless I am elected of course- cause :rip: my time).

The only thing I would advocate change for is the ability to perma tackle a target through bumping. Bumping is a legitimate mechanic, I feel, to prevent targets from escaping through a gate. But as a mechanic to prevent a warp out, for an excessive period of time, I feel is unfair. Suicide ganks should be coordinated when the opportunity arises, not at the complete leisure of the gank team. I would like CCP to implement the three minute warp out mechanic they had previously proposed to force extra effort to keep a target 'permanently tackled.' However, I would balance this against the freighter EHP buffs that recently occurred (reverse them).

I would like to see more man-mode suicide ganks on the gates but I don't feel it should take the increased number of gankers/DPS that the EHP buffs gave.