EVE General Discussion

Alot of people whining about off grid boosters being OP and unfair, even though they have been around for a very long time.

I don't think CCP is ready to pull the plug on off grid boosting, because the fact of the matter is ... There many accounts being plexed and paid for just so they can provide the boosts.

CCP is a business afterall and it isn't good for business to be making changes that will reduce their income. I for one don't really feel too strongly how this matter is resolved, but I will unsub my OGB toon if they remove off grid boosting. Thats $15 a month less income for CCP. I'm sure many other OGB alt owners feel the same.



I have a reasonable solution though.

If I worked at CCP I would do the following:

1. No boosting inside a POS bubble (this is just downright unfair)

2. T3s can only boost for around 5 pilots or so, limiting their use to small gangs only. Buff to small gang warfare, which is never a bad thing. Unless you are a blobbing noob.

3. Fleet Command ships keep their 3% bonus, but also can give bonuses to the entire fleet. Maybe even buff their survivability a bit.


POS whiners are happy, Small gangs are happy, and command ship pilots can perform their role without T3s getting in the way. Unsubs are minimal, and gameplay/balance/whatever is fixed.


EDIT:

I see alot of people agreeing with my second suggestion, the one which has the T3 only boost for a limited amount of people.

I honestly think that is a great idea and would like to see CCP do that if they do infact want to change the boosting mechanics. Anybody that thinks this is a bad idea I just assume to be a blobbing noob that can't stand small gang pvp.

It seems like the community (Forums, anyways..) are completely against anything that somehow effects their style of play without considering the other players who are also playing the same game. Look a couple threads over and people are raging about ASB and how they can't just blob somebody to make them go away. The threads are endless.

I encourage everybody in this thread to stop thinking about only your playstyle and instead think of how you can improve the game for everybody with a meaningful compromise.

Sounds fair.

Sure, why not.

Every sub in the game is paid for with RL money.

Even when you plex, somebody pays for that plex.

What, did you think CCP seeded plexes for free? Lmfao.

That makes no sense.


The higher the price of PLEX, the higher the incentive for people to buy it and sell it on the market. PLEX costs more than a sub, so every time somebody buys a PLEX to sell on the market or to consume, CCP wins.

If anything, accounts that are fueled by PLEX are worth more to CCP than cash.

Do you think somebody is more likely to PLEX if it is worth 300mil or 500mil?

I think you are forgetting that CCP is the one who will be making the change and not the players. Just because players want cheap PLEX doesn't mean that their willpower is going to magically make CCP do something to nerf PLEX prices.


I really hope you are trolling, for your sake.

Did ya read the OP mate?

lool.

Or matter of fact, do you even know how OGBs work?

I don't think anybody would really want a pilot that can only fly a tengu, with no gunnery or missile skills what so ever, or any shield/armor skills, or barely any fitting skills.

Or if they do they won't be willing to pay much.

You need to train more than just leadership to fly a CS.

They would be worth more than they are now.

Well, you are wrong. Leadership skills would become more valuable since demand would increase by a lot. I am not knocking your ideas or anything but just knocking that part of your argument because it is wrong.

edit; actually, I would knock on your suggestions too if I had the time.

nice supply of cheap alts for us null residents to finish training into proper CS pilots.