EVE General Discussion

Do you think this idea has merit or is it pie in the sky ending up the same way as WiS?

I'm kinda hoping that many people will fail to detect the subtle warning in the "There's No Going Back" hype and discover too late that jumping through one of these new gates is, in fact, a one-way trip... probably right into some giant black hole where TIDI lasts forever.

It'll become the new WH space, WH space will become the new null space, null will become the new lowsec, lowsec will become the new highsec, and highsec will become a forest populated by boars where you can level up in complete safety without any worry of pvp. A new race will also be featured: Space Pandas.

No way of knowing, ask again in a year or so, or after Angelica Dreamstar has changed their look about 15 more times.

I am more interested in how these gates are supposed to work.

I mean if they are player built does that mean that who ever builds them can control who uses them like stations and are they destructible?

I still hate that the only player made objects which are not destructible are stations, it would a bad move if buildable star gates also fall under this category.

Then you come to the space that they give you access to.

I mean if it is full of resources and you can only access that space via that star gate then aren't you effectively giving the large null sec alliances even more of an advantage?

What are these new gates/space you speak of? Link?

Good question. And i have no idea why!
Just a guess... but, it's probably easier to add new stuff to the game (and thus satisfy some players) than it is to fix all the current issues it has.

It sounded like a not so subtle hint giving the ability to build gates from to w-space.

If it's new space great, but I hope they fix sov first or make it unclaimable. Wild West type space rather than more systems filled with undockable outposts.

If it's just more of the same space we already have, why even bother. First week after introduction it will be claimed by someone (and all signs point to that someone being the one with the most money at the time) and fought over just as any other corner of the universe.

If it'll have some crazy gimmick to go with it, it will just become wormhole space 2.0, abandoned and irrelevant to all but a niche of the most dedicated people living it just because it is different.

If CCP actually comes up with new interesting mechanics that actually make sense, then why create a whole new area for it? Why not use these mechanics in the already existing universe?



MMO devs are notoriously bad at doing the whole "work together long and hard for some epic achievement" thing. In the end it always boils down to the same kill 3,000 bears grind, and mere weeks after introduction all the secrets get understood and it becomes a part of daily life, just another script to follow in order to push button/receive bacon.

How long exactly did wormholes keep the "explore new, unknown, dangerous space" feel until they became simply "the place with no local"?



I'd prefer CCP focusing on solid mechanics in existing space, polishing and fixing existing features, and introducing means for the players to generate emergent gameplay content. Not this unasked for jesus feature (or simply a scripted live event on a bigger scale, however you want to look at it).

FTFY