Player Features and Ideas Discussion

While I don't agree with everything you said I do think that CCP needs to get the huge alliances to fight and i mean fight all the time not just once a year. RvB is the only alliance that carries out routine combat and that is only because it chooses to do so and not because there is anything substantial on the line to induce them to fight.

The paradigm for EVE should be highsec lower end manufacturing, exploration, missions, etc (low income, low threat of dying), Low / wh (should be medium grade activities with constant warfare for territory), null a constant strain to hold SOV so that the payoff of better mining, bigger industry and biggest ships/battles comes at a real and constant cost)

The current fuel to run the game is highsec ganking, where it should be nullsec grand battles.

If EVEs promotional literature said we have two games to offer, one is ganking defenseless ships and the other is battles for territory and the right to create huge industrial complexes and ships, im guessing the second game would attract more players.

A lot of EVE's marketing is based on the "you get to blow other people up and steal their stuff" part of the game. Ever see those ads on your sidebar? "Be the villain"?

CONCORD response time is fine. It's really the only thing besides rats that makes 0.5 more dangerous than 0.9. Your choice as a miner or hauler is to tank your ship, haul ass at the first sign of trouble, or just risk the danger. After months of casually mining and hauling 0.5 and 0.6, I have been ganked a total of 0 times in high-sec.

The only thing I would agree with you on is that the NPE needs a bit of improvement. We don't need to drill them about scams, except to inform them that scams aren't against the rules, because part of playing EVE is learning how to detect an honest good deal from a scam. What high-sec needs is better PVE and story content, because right now any big MMO could wipe the floor with EVE when it comes to PVE.

I'm offended both by the OP's weak, defeatist attitude, and that he happens to be from the same NPC corp. And people like him wonder why there was a fairly large thread discussing restricting NPC posting abilities. Shame on you. Shame on your whining, shame on your lack of appreciation for the broad range of opportunity EVE brings to people of all play styles, shame on your lack of understanding of how to keep yourself safe in any part of EVE space, and shame on your lack of HTFU.

You are safer now in ANY part of space, than you ever have been. There are tools at your disposal to use, and for whatever tactics or procedures you may not understand or be aware of, there's these forums. People openly discuss how and what they do all the time, if you listen and employ the same tactics, then you keep yourself safe.

Say whatever you will about the content of these forums, but truth be told they are a treasure trove of information about EvE mechanics, doctrines, tactics, and play styles. Having never entered many parts of the EvE galaxy, I still have a decent basic understanding of how to conduct myself to stay safe, and I can fill in the gaps by observing others and a dash of common sense.

If I must learn something through the course of being killed a few times then so be it, that is part of the EvE experience and I know enough to not let such losses cripple my finances. I also know enough not to let a few trivial losses send me crying to the forums because losses are a learning experience, not a travesty.

So much here....

Ganking....is the way it is today because of anti gank changes already made. Go for the big one, imo. They took away insurance on ganks. Prior to this put in game I predicted gankers would get more lethal. Seems I was right here. Here was and is still my basis for this. Prior to insurance removal for concord worthy actions you got a decent chance of getting unorganized attacks on you. Scrubs, thrill seeking noobtards or peeps who said what the hell else am I gonna do to past the time so screw it.


Insurance removed....you lost this. People going in for the gank, want the gank more. They really want you popped more, its how they get paid now. Old days many half assed it since some insurance coming back their way. So they got a consolation prize.




MOre space...why? Insert blob rant here. More space expansion and grrr goons will be there. Or the other power blocs (its eve forum sop to say goons first lol).

if more space an idea....it to not feed the blocks more I would say have to be wh expansion to be viable. Which would be a problem...those that are there, are there. Those whose this is not their cup of tea...aren't and don't intend to be most likely. Might get some new peeps there...but they can shoot for this now. WH is not tied up into pretty color coded segments on a map, still some carving out of a home to do there. Not being a pet, pet of a pet, bff...whatever you want to call it.

TBH ... i live in WH for almost 2 years now and its much safer than hi-sec ...

and i agree with this idea ... hi-sec should be safe place, not like now when even WH systems are safer if u play properly ...
CCP doesnt realize that gankers are some alts who cant lose anything but can make big mess ... they are basically untouchable and once u get ganked u cant get revenge, because gankers themself has nothing to lose ... i can easily imagine how this could make few ppl leave game ...
So i you are not going to reduce ganks in hi-sec, make it at least possible for players to get proper revenge after which player can say "now we are even" ...

I was always annoyed how easy is to gank someone.
I have no objections about ganking mission ship, or un tanked industrial.
Freighters on the other hand are still to soft targets, and there is really nothing that will stop you doing next gank after few minutes.

This, so much this.

Post like these make me happy.

Or, y'know ... pack it all in plastic wrap, and hand it off to RFF.

Or, take a freighter (bring friends too).

In a sense I agree with the post.

Yes, high sec should NOT be safe... EVE should always be ISK vs Reward.

But the reward in high sec can be so low, sometimes with huge risk. I can run a 10/10 in 0.0 with almost zero risk, and make a billion in one go. Meanwhile, a manufacturer in high sec may have to move 20B ISK of components/ships to and from jita to make the same amount of isk, but with an enormous amount of risk, to the point where people just won't do it.

Yes, many people will get up in arms about changes that make high sec safer. Purists, bitter vets, 1337 pvp mlg pros. They are so stuckup that they won't quit if changes are made. Green high sec carebears will if changes are not made, however.

Wrong, but thanks for trying, NPC alt. Your participation in these forums is both valued and warranted.