EVE General Discussion

Any growth EVE experiences will bring along with it another number of risk-averse, greedy miners. If mining becomes easier/safer, then prices will drop.

The demand for minerals is relatively inelastic. Think of it this way: a player buys a Drake to go on a 0.0 roam. The roam takes two hours, and by the end, the Drake is lost. If minerals are cheaper, then the Drake is easier to acquire. However, that does not mean that the player can fly two Drakes at the same time (because he can only fly one ship at a time), or that he will spend more than two hours roaming (because he doesn't have an infinite amount of hours in a day). The only way for mineral demand to be elastic is for people to find enjoyment in getting their ships exploded in a very quick succession, which, in EVE, doesn't happen.


I can guarantee to you that CCP will not adjust the build costs of in-game items that already exist.

hi

have you looked at the changes before you made this post because it's not a "small anti-gank buff"

So be it.

My body is ready.

While this is true, it's only true to a small extent. The guys who need to bring 300 arty Abaddons are still going to bring 300 arty Abaddons, and the guys who need Ravens to run missions are still going to use Ravens to run missions. Small-group pvp is probably the lowest source of hull destruction in the game.

Fact is mission running does not change with the market bounty's are a set thing. But our payout on loot and sal changes with the market so there ya go.

Setting your income to one part of the game is like fighting with one hand tied behind your back not wise and more then likey youll lose the fight.

The prices will drop, but the drop won't be as significant as people think it will, for one reason. Miners will not start flying tanked hulks or take advantage of the buff in anyway. Simply put, miners always go for max yield in High Sec with the presumption that its perfectly safe (because it should be according to them). Even the fact that an announced event that rewards people for killing Hulks was going on it didn't suddenly prevent even a single bloody miner to alter the way they grind resources, fit ships or tactically behave.

Simply put, Miners aren't particularly clever players, its why they mine, its the simplest thing you can do in the game. It take no skills, understanding of the mechanics, practice, talent or event a smudging of intelect. Point laser at rock... sit and wait. If you get blown up, come to the forum and cry about it.

Suicide Gankers on the other hand are the most adaptive players in the game. No matter how they bloody do it, they will find a way to blow up Hulks again. In 6 years of playing this game I have never seen a time when Suicide Gankers where ever detered from anything. All they need is something to motivate them to do it and these guys are easy... a little contest that puts a crown on the best one and they will come out in droves to claim it.

I expect a drop in resource prices, but we won't see a return to 1 isk Trit days.

Gank victims disagree, lol.

Edit: I mean look, half the responses in these threads are still "GANKER TEARS LMAO!!1" despite us telling them that this isn't going to affect our ganking efforts (and in fact, is likely to increase them out of spite, just like after the CONCORD insurance removal).

except that's why the barges are getting an ehp buff, because most of the time the suicide ganks weren't making a loss. when you consider 1 t2 strip miner alone is more than a catalyst hull...

ccp don't want suicide ganking to be profitable.

i'm glad to hear that you will.
if you carry on ganking and actually incur a loss for doing so then i have nothing to do but respect you for your dedication. however when catalysts are popping hulks like pinatas because the module drops alone will cover the cost of the concored ship, it was almost obvious another ganker "nerf" would be on it's way.

Bluffing