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[Proposal] Allow smuggling
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Diamaht Nevain
Eldritch Union
#1 - 2012-03-10 21:48:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Diamaht Nevain
With PI shifting from high sec to low sec I propose allowing a module to be constructed on-planet (in low sec and 0.0 only) that allows jettison of 4000 or 5000m3 into space.

We are starting to see corps setting up dozens of Customs offices over wide stretches of low sec and allowing them to sit collecting high tax rates. The larger the corp or alliance, the less chance anyone has to dispute their claim. I feel if a corp is going to lay claim to an area and profit they should have to protect their interests. By allowing space drops you create a new profession of smuggling.

When dust arrives it provides an option for corps to hire high ground forces to raid and destroy these "illegal" facilities. In space they would need to police their own skies to prevent smugglers from circumventing their customs dues

As more products are introduced requiring PI goods, quality planets will become more valuable. Smuggling will then become more profitable and more dangerous as large corporations will be more inclined to protect their assets from theft.



Edit: Just noticed this is the 666th topic for the Assembly Hall. Not sure if that's good or bad...
Arduemont
Rotten Legion
#2 - 2012-03-10 22:08:28 UTC
I'm afraid there are some obvious problems with this suggestion.

Firstly, anyone in low-sec gets shot at, whether they are doing PI or not. So there would be no policing, only business as usual.

Secondly, we have no idea how Dust is going to work in relation to Eve yet anyway and so making suggestions this far in advances is probably a little premature.

Also, if such a mod were to exist, then everyone in low-sec would be using them. And so it would make the customs offices largely pointless.

"In the age of information, ignorance is a choice." www.stateofwar.co.nf
Wolodymyr
Breaking Ambitions
#3 - 2012-03-11 09:25:01 UTC
Diamaht Nevain wrote:
With PI shifting from high sec to low sec I propose allowing a module to be constructed on-planet (in low sec and 0.0 only) that allows jettison of 4000 or 5000m3 into space.

If you can just dodge the taxes on your own then why the hell should we bother to set up a customs office?

Diamaht Nevain wrote:
We are starting to see corps setting up dozens of Customs offices over wide stretches of low sec

You've obviously never been to lowsec.

Diamaht Nevain wrote:
The larger the corp or alliance, the less chance anyone has to dispute their claim.

More dudes = more people to fight over something. Imagine that.

Diamaht Nevain wrote:
I feel if a corp is going to lay claim to an area and profit they should have to protect their interests.

You mean like having to defend each office every time it gets shot at?

Diamaht Nevain wrote:
When dust arrives it provides an option for corps to hire high ground forces to raid and destroy these "illegal" facilities.

Translation, "My idea might be balanced once some hypothetical game gets released."

I honestly think PoCo based sov is a good idea https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1417544
Smiling Menace
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-03-12 16:51:49 UTC
Not often I do this but...'Game mechanic working as intended'.

Think you should change your Thread title to 'Dodging Tax on PI in Low Sec'.
Scatim Helicon
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-03-13 07:09:37 UTC
Smiling Menace wrote:
Not often I do this but...'Game mechanic working as intended'.

Think you should change your Thread title to 'Dodging Tax on PI in Low Sec'.


or ''Let me avoid interacting with others in this MMO'.

Every time you post a WiS thread, Hilmar strangles a kitten.
AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#6 - 2012-03-14 21:42:17 UTC
Where's the tax for posting untested and unvetted ideas in the Assembly Hall before posting it in Ideas and Discussion?


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