Player Features and Ideas Discussion

My preferences. I rather be harvestiong planets, for example.

Yes. And why you dont do planets? You suck at doing planets?

I have to agree with almost all you say. All those bumpings and gankings are very much ok because of there should be not a 'game computer restriction' that stops people to do what in reality could be done. This is a good rule. But why then in a universe of so advanced technology renting machines are unrealistically prevented by a very ooc 'game restriction'. Does make no sense and cuts the virtuallity into a 'this is a game with rules and all you see are pixels' sort of deal. The inmersion into New Eden breakes, the atempt to live in space and build your way is there no more. Hm, then may be true is not a game made for me after all.

Why you say NPCs should not fight for players? What is the reason for that? What makes the diference betwen what I am asking and your POS has defenses that work when you are off line?

This post has evolved since the first comment. Wealth would not be the way to pay for what we propose but chits -a new kind of LPs made for hiring these machines. Do you believe all those weekend gankers and can flyppers would pile many chits?

How would NPCM (M for mercs) make EvE a worse game?

Ppl will use them for attacking the players its meant to protect. whilst at the same time making lag even worse during large fleet fights. Basically in any situation where someone who has gone suspect should be vulnerable and, fairly, alone, he'll now have NPC pets as backers:

- if a frig warps into ur mission and steals ur mission objective, ur even more reluctant to shoot it because of his pets.
- Neut logi warps on grid during a war dec, ur even less likely to engage it because of his pets

and it most certainly will be used by gankers. Some gankers already use ISboxer, but this way they dnt need to pay for so many accounts, or they'll use both ISboxer and these to solo gank freighters. If u then say they only defend ppl who have been illegally attacked, then they also don't work during war decs, WH's or nullsec.

Beyond that i simply dislike the idea of NPC pets in eve. I like CCP's goals to make NPC's impact the game less and make everything more about the players.




the advanced tech of AI controlled ships flying along side u is drones, and the drone capabilities of a ship is balanced to that ship. Domi's have powerful AI drones, but without them they are quite weak. Where as this idea suggests to me, u can always hire the most powerful pets no matter what ur flying. So an inty that can bring drone like pets with battleship damage?



A POS can be attacked while ur logged off, away on holiday. Ur ship cannot.

Actually, it's a lie, there are such places. They are called stations.

If this thread is about NPC call girls: +1