EVE General Discussion

The summer expansion is gonna be a direct nerf to Dinsdale Piranha. Any activity he engages in EVE will generate 50% less income than anyone else.

I would literally quit the game if that occured. It's not even funny the level of corruption that would represent.

No just no no no.

This has been complained about forever. An AFK pilot can't hurt you...


Yeah...right...

Melodramatic crap...

Throwing around player-built stargates as a carrot on a stick is nice and all but to be honest, as someone who is just another grunt in the game, the benefits of that is not clear.

What do new systems do that fixing the currently vacant sov null wouldn't? They're all blank space with some "celestial" sign posts around. In terms of access control, wormhole space has it done in an organic way. So yes, there might be some cosmetic differences between discovered systems and sov null / w-space, but aside from that? It's the same space politics, with the same entities in it. Would it shake up the game? Not likely, not unless something more drastic happens.

In terms of opening up the eve universe, adding new system is about the least effective way. Most of the distances will be covered by half-asleep interceptors just warping from point to point. If they are truly trying to create new environments, avatar based gameplay opening up stations, and possibly even planet environments, would IMO be the biggest step. However that's unlikely to happen any time soon, if ever.

A less ambitious vision would be to fix up the narrative of the universe. There are currently live events and stuff to read, but in the actual game the story is more or less non-existent. While some people would argue that we don't need themepark content in a sandbox, the reality is that a lot of the people, especially those in highsec, do farm "content." Agent Missions, even FW, to some extend, are set up to be themepark content, but they are completely static.

I think eve is in a unique position in that yes, the player communities and the politics between them are the major selling point of the game, but CCP could do much better in supporting these player stories by complementing it with NPC stories. Have non-player entities react and interact with players, shift the PvE content according to the way players have used and abused them, change the allegiance of NPC entities, form new ones, break old ones. Much can be done in this area that can enrich the sandbox. Afterall, most MMORPG players want "content" and if we want new players to play with/kill/scam/whatever, this is the biggest carrot you can hook on a stick.

We'll see yet another epic money grab.

I lol'ed

Also yes please for Fed Navy Comet sound effects, long overdue.

None of which makes any sense at all. If people want pirate faction LP (other than SOE) they should go to pirate space. Low Sec is Empire space thus empire LP.

Low sec already has the best LP generating missions (lvl 5s) as well as some of the most valuable LP (faction warfare and the low sec sisters of EVE agents) in addition to the best exploration (5-6/10s that can drop things like pithum/gistum invuls and medium shield boosters, which is usually better isk wise than the stuff you can get from 7/10s on up) and unique content like Clone Tag dropping ships and several farmable high end Cosmos plexes.

None of us complain about the unbalanced nature of low sec rewards except FW because low sec is dangerous unlike high sec, but buffing low sec rewards is insane because any good PVEr can already make a mint there. I know because I do, MJD Domis in lvl 5s is great LP earning.

There is no place in high sec, low sec or wormholes where you can make 100 mil an hour with a frigate with warp core stabs. PVE wise low sec is fine.

Not speculation, but one can only hope to be able to un-anchor offline/abandoned POS if they belong to someone else...

There is that prejudice again. Because Im in a null allaince you think I have something to do with passive income. I do not, I only rarely pvp so i don't get reimbursed for anyhting (for example). I don't care what CCP does with moon goo good or bad, it doesn't affect me.



This again demonstrates you don't understand people. Pirates aren't going to up and stop pirating to challenge null sec colaitions that are thousands of times bigger for moon goo or anything else. Again, there is no magic wall keeping null sec groups out of low sec.

All that would happen were CCP to do as you suggest is switch which systems CCP has to reinforce beause of blobbing.



Because it's the most dangerous space by volume (wormhole space is the most dangerous per capita). While low sec doesn't have much npc protection, it has some (gate guns, station guns, sec loss for shooting people).

The proper rewards progession in EVE is high sec (because of CONCORD), low sec (some automated protection), Null sec (no protection save what peopel do for themselves), Wormholes (no protection AND no local). Again, many of us accept the rewards inbalance in low sec (such as low having DED plexes that drop better stuff than the higher rated DED plexes of null) because at least there is risk in low, but low has more than enoguh rewards for organized groups already. Thats why TEST went to faction warfare and Goons and co used to lock down low sec incursion consellations.

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