EVE General Discussion

tl;dr - The War Declaration System is a perfect indicator of CCP's design and development philosophy.

The Bellwether Mechanic - Predicting CCP's Future Direction

First of all, your write up is conjecture at most, assumptions based on a couple of selected statements. Not to mention I find it biased and judgmental at best, written with a prejudiced viewpoint which is adverse to change.

Secondly, so fracking what.

If CCP does make high security safer for the small independent corps, I say great, it's about time.

For too long this game has allowed newly formed small corps to be subjected to grief WarDec by large corps whose sole intention is to pad their Killmails with easy kills, nothing more. They don't do it because of competition from a new small corp that has intruded on their territory. They do it simply for the enjoyment in the fact that they drove potential new players away from this game. Newly formed small Industrial corps get WarDec'd out of existence very quickly due to outdated broken game mechanics which invariably leads to rage quits, thus reducing subscriptions which inevitable hurts CCP in the long run.

And to think, I used to have a hell of a lot of respect for you. When did you turn into just another "Make highsec safer EVE is dying" guy?

Well sweety, that is because a small 1 man freighter corp is obviously an alt hauling corp. Not to mention too small to bother with. I fail to see how this can be submitted as "evidence" of the fallacy in which you speak of. All you have there is a prime target for suicide gankers. BTW, what is the name of your alt corp again?


Oh wait, I bet it can be found in contract history. Never mind.

And THIS from it...


So people DON'T really want death at every jump? Nullseccers will leave 0.0 because highsec is safer? That flies against everything I see and hear about how "bad and nasty" Eve really is and the cry that we should make it more so. HTFU ad nauseum.

To be perfectly honest, there's a reason why Highsec IS more populated than null, and I think you hit the primary reason on the head. CCP must know this, most Highseccers already know this, the "bittervets" refuse to believe it.

Let's face it, the "bad ebil piwate/l33ts" looking for kills in highsec using war-decs etc. are themselves using the safety of Highsec to remain safe while being selective about who can kill them. That's pretty lame when you put your mind to it.

If people REALLY want fleet/small/solo battles, andrenalin rushes and a medal-earning kb, it's easily obtained in Eve and the argument that it should happen in Highsec is just - well - unneccessary.

They HAVE choices, they CHOSE not to - because it's not safe ELSEWHERE.

Well, I can also show a different side of that too so I call BS to your statements again. I know someone who had formed a small Industrial corp to start a business of doing research on BPO's. While in the process of anchoring a POS and other structures in high sec, his 2 man corp was WarDec'd by a 20 man corp who's only intention was to destroy his POS. They left a small secure can with a sarcastic message on the can laughing about the loss of the POS. I also know of others who have had similar situations. So now I call your statement and Blog a complete fallacy.



Well, I don't really have to explain myself but my viewpoint concerning high security has always been known. The term 'High Security' is a contradiction by itself, especially in this game. My viewpoint concerning this game has been soured quite a bit due to game mechanics that allows gankers and troll griefers anonymity to continue disrupting other players gameplay.

As for respect, if my viewpoint makes you dislike me then so be it. You're not the first and definitely won't be the last. My own gameplay was disrupted due to being victimized by a paid assassination hit in 0.7 security system because someone decided to turn forum banter into grief play. The OP posted a thread about a self written Blog that's filled with conjecture and assumptions. I disagreed and stated some very well known unwritten facts about high security.

Do I say I no longer have respect for you due to your viewpoints about this game or for being a 'Goon'?

NO, I never have.

So now you say you no longer have respect for me because I view high security game mechanics differently?

And yet, the corp that Poetic belongs too has had a POS up for close to six months. Again, not a sniff of a wardec in all that time. (Although that may change in about 90 seconds since I drew added attention to it.)

Interesting read. The problem with CCP is that they have never fully embraced the Sandbox concept. There's been too many times where they have intervened where they should not have done so, like buffing CONCORD after the blockade or nerfing Wardecs after the Privateer Alliance. I don't trust them to make the right choice with a new Wardec system. If they really want to make EVE a themepark type game they should just clearly say so and get on with it, Otherwise embrace EVE as it was originally conceived and marketed a Sandbox MMO built around spaceships and harsh unforgiving conflict.

And THAT is what makes all the talk about "making Highsec safe will kill the game" absolute garbage.

MOST high-seccers never get war-decced. MOST high-seccers never do PvP in it's purest form. And Eve has got along just fine and there has been no collapse of economy ad nauseum.

Yes, there HAS been an exodus from low/null. If the reason is for "safety" then perhaps Eve is NOT what people think it is anymore.

And if Eve truly is a sandbox, why do "l33ts" chose to keep the sandpit boundary so small?

Why IS it neccessary to bash small, non fighting corps senseless?

Why aren't you out killing **** in 0.0 where you can get a fight a minute if you know where to look?

Seriously, "l33ts" claim the sandbox is sacrosanct while they keep their range so small it's not much more than a sandcastle.