EVE General Discussion

Would for example, a higher presence of NPC dynamic events appearing in hisec, like Incursions etc, but on much smaller scales around systems, encourage more people fleeting/grouping together for more activities?

It would make more sense that NPC's would concentrate more in places with high player counts. The way I see it, it would make hisec a little bit more dangerous but more interesting to roam around in, as now, spawns are script-predictable and a little dull, its really the same in null and low.

* If roid fields had the odd larger spawns, miners could call for local help and people could gather to clear it, otherwise the belt might became too dangerous to mine in, and would stay that way till cleared.
* If missions scaled up depending on numbers of people entering (it would basically be the NPC's calling for more reinforcements) it would encourage larger fleets forming, and missions really only need to scale rewards slightly to make it worthwhile.
* If the odd pirate NPC base showed up on scans and was an event that needed lots of players to break the POS shields and take it out, it would once again teach new fleet mechanics, especially if someone wanted to act as FC and call shots.

I'm just saying that the EvE universe feels totally empty, or at least empty until a whole country somewhere gets back from work at 5pm and starts gatecamping or hunting mission runners or ganking freighters at the Jita undock.

Everything we have as content atm is either ignored because the rewards are too small, or camped and exploited because it's on a predictable timer. Would be nice if we were kept guessing more.

I would like to see more coop missions to be honest. Like an extra gate that only activates when there is another person(alt even...) on grid with you or something.

Also, grandpa, those cheek bones.

I keep seeing a lot of paranoia with people worried that fleeting up is a trap and that crowded places are too dangerous. Would be nice if that happened less, at least in hisec.

No highsec should promote nullsec adventures .
Highsec is just an intermission , the destination is null

Because more often than not, fleeting up with random people IS a trap! I explained this to someone last week in local.

I do like the idea of low/null-level rats sometimes spawning in highsec belts. Punish AFK miners, AND more bounties for whoever goes and grabs a mission boat.

This is funny on so many different levels, but you are right, the destination doesn't matter. It's the journey that makes EVE worth playing.

EVE needs to keep a mix of coop and solo gameplay styles. I tend to run solo but that doesn't mean I'm anti-social or really want to play in a single player world.

I have friends. Sometimes we do things together but not all that often.

Living in an MMO means I'm still competing and cooperating with others, even if we aren't in the same fleet or even on at the same time.

This is also space. I think it should feel empty. Some places are so busy I feel like I'm living in a big city and just want to escape to my country place.

People gonna go to low/null when they ready. not when you want them to.

I think incursions are the best thing to happen to highsec. They get people flying together, in fleets, thinking about fitting and fleet comps and they are excellent training for logi and FC's. Fleets and gangs are the lifeblood of low/null

Highsec group content should be encouraged, it lays the framework for what comes after.

I think incursion 'scout' sites should be redesigned for groups of 3-5 with a decent payout on par with the other sites, it would get more people running them together.

Outside of incursions, there are tons of low/null opportunities to fleet up and group play. People just need to do it. A lot of people ignore the second M in mMorpg, but that's fine TBH. It's a sandbox. It's about playing the game you want to play, not the game some nullsec bloc is telling you you should be playing.

Why?

Sadly yes but its not like CCP are going to limit EVE client to only 1 launch per PC, they would lose too many players. I hate alts because it just feels like you are cheating yourself by playing with "yourself" and not others in a MMO.