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Its just a difference in the type of pvp we do and what he does. I'm not saying one is better or worse but its definitely different.

For solo and small scale pvpers it makes a big difference. In fact I would almost say you practically throwing ships away if you don't have a booster alt.

Now with the t2 mods I'm training my alt. But the thing is eve is not going to be as fun when I am forced to do things like drag alts around with me. By forcing this down everyones throat people are more likely to get tired of eve and unsub altogether.

Short term gain by making people get booster alts = long term loss because eve is no longer as fun.

No...it has to do with immunity from the risk vs reward scale that EvE is supposed to have.

Don't say anything at all...you obviously are completely oblivious and ignorant to the entire issue.

This is your serious business nulls sec mindset. "deny them a fight" great. You know lots of people like to pvp in this game. Denying them a fight also denies you a fight. Signing on with no fights is just as boring for me as it is for them. Fights where you are just camping gates/setting bait and blob traps, and winning with overwhelming numbers is boring too. Do you really still get any sort of thrill from that?

The thing is you play the game much different than lots of other people interested in this topic. Your strategy and null sec sov strategy in general often boils down to doing things that make it so the enemy no longer wants to log on anymore. The problem is those tactics often involve *you* doing things that are eyestabbingly boring as well. It’s a matter of who can out-bore the other side. The side that "wants it more" read "takes internet spaceships more seriously" wins.

In chess there used to be no time limits. And sometimes people would just take hours to make a move. And sometimes it took so long the other guy just couldn't stand it and left. This actually had a name. It was called “out sitting” your opponent. Well that’s the way I and allot of others see sov war in eve. How long are you going to sit camping that gate or that station?

You and likely many people who play the game like you are simply out of touch with the other people who will say "yeah this is boring/a chore I will stop playing." They just don’t care as much as you do. If the game is boring or a chore they will do other things with their time.

Anyway none of this has much to do with the proposal. (other than to point out the solutions you think of, are not really going to work for people who aren’t super serious about internet spaceships) If booster ships have to be on grid you can still use your strategy of outboring the other side. But on the other hand people aren't super serious internet politicians and sign in to have fun fights will get a benefit.

I also addressed your suggestions of overwhelming them with superior numbers and bait and ganking them.

Yep your right. Thats what I said.

This is obvious and should have been done a long time ago.

I can think of one reason why not: shield gang links. It's bad enough shield gang links have an issue just from getting in the right system, they don't really need to keep yo-yoing back and forth between boosted and unboosted.

If they fix this so the levels are determined based on a percentage of full shield, however, then I see no real problem.

This.

Fix shield boosting to not suck dilz when warping between grids, and I see absolutely no reason not to require the booster to be on-grid.