EVE General Discussion

As someone who has lived in Null back when there was one Station per region
I do have to wonder if part of Nulls decline is linked to the proliferation of Stations all over Null.
At one time an Alliances power base was there station.
This is where the fleet was, this is where the capitals were.
This is where if you wanted to get their attention you went.

Now you fly around Null and there is a Station in just about every other system.
I know why, and that had to do with the whole 3 stations per constellation mess but
I wonder if it has left more damage than people thought.
Maybe it is just me but Null has become too much like NPC Null and just not worth the time any more.

So the question is do you think (or believe) the number of stations has changed Null for the better or worse.
Or has some other game mechanic or mechanics changed Null into what it is today.
Flame On.

what is wat ?

Tal

In my experience stations really don't matter that much. I lived out of a POS when I was in vanguard, and I lived in a station when I was in FAIL. My experience in null was roughly the same.

When they bring in the upgraded POSes it might be nice to see destructable stations, and a return to living POSes. But until POSes stop sucking stations are just a nice feature.

Alliances still have hubs, and most capitals are still kept in the same few places. Although you do see caps spread out a bit more now, I think that is as much because they are becoming ridiculously common.

This is actually probably more the problem than the station itself. It's weird that in the pvp paradise that is null nothing changes without an immensely elongated and boring grind. Chalk that up to sov warfare mechanics.

no it's they don't matter, once you have a factory to placate the newbies and a single refinery everything else is basically a place to dock and nothing else, because stations in 0.0 are worthless thanks to the uselessness of 0.0 industry

^^This

Stations are just some where to keep your stuff. They are better than a POS but no where near as nice as highsec stations.

So if you went down to 1 every other constellation or one a region nothing would change ?
It appears pretty obvious that the player base in Null has gotten to the point where stations are taken for granted.
Think about it.

"hey guys remember your space as the way it was before you invested all that isk into it? wasn't it cool that way?"
"no it sucked that's why we invested hundreds of billions of isk building stations"
'yeah.. okay... but..."

I've done it, we used to have an alliance member come round every now and then to pick up all our loot in his freighter.

He'd haul it off, and give us near full value for it. There really was very little functional difference to now unless, as you say, you actually manufacture stuff in null sec.

Well you already stated you don't build anything in them.
You just use them for storage, and buy everything from High-sec.
So why have so many.

Most Null stations end up being Corporation Offices anyways.

And as far as why they were built well the last mass building of stations happened when you got bonuses from 3 stations a constellation. and that was years ago.
Right now most are living off what a previous alliance built not what they actually built for themselves.
I can think of a few exceptions but not many.

Which brings us back to Null is like High-sec without concord.
You even go to Jita to buy your goods or the nearest high-sec trade hub.

As another player stated SOV battles aren't worth the time so nothing changes.

Every looks like stagnation.