Player Features and Ideas Discussion

First is the blue system.

Long ago Eve had no alliances.
Corps marked eachother blue.

They wanted a formal alliance and CCP brought alliance structure into the game.
Now the big mobs became structured.

They then started to use the blue tags to make coalitions.
This is the problem with null sec.

When Alliances were brought into the game, the ability for corps/alliances to mark people blue should have been removed.
Having both a formal and informal alliance system in the same game has made it boring and stale.
All that happens is those with the most time are able to leverage everyone else to the point where high sec provides better rewards than null sec due to the pay to play aspect put on by the larger groups.

I'd like to see all corp/alliance only able to mark orange or red.
Blues would exist for personal use only.


The other big problem: CCP replaced limited API's with custom API's.
Not so long ago almost no one would give a FULL API to another player.
It's stupid. It lets people see what you buy/sell/build/trade.
When others see it they can steal your trades/work.
Limited API's once gave us an easy option to check for spies as corporation leaders without having to lay out some custom version or ask for a full api.

Out of being lazy and being able to leverage smaller groups full api is now the norm in null sec.
The only reason given by these groups is everyone else does it. It's the norm.

This has driven industry and trade out of null sec. It looks to be killing Eve as well.
I havn't been able to find a corp in weeks of looking that is actually null sec based due to not giving them information they should not have.

CCP could put a warning on the API page not to give full api's to corps and it might stop the lemming/cannon fodder. (( might help ))
They could bring back the limited API based on spy issues/needs and call it a corp API. (( Preferred method ))


I think Eve would be a much better game if limited style API's were brought back and alliances/corps could not mark blue.
No more over sized power blocks. No more giving info to corps that they should not have.

I feel that Eve will just spiral into the ground without these changes.

Can I have your stuff?

Yes Eve is probly the wrong game after years of bad moves on the part of CCP.

No you don't deserve a damn thing.

They won't ever get my full API.
Will not waste money on second account just to play in null sec.


Three examples of exactly why no one wants to be in null sec and why null sec players cry about everyone not leaving high sec.

Good point.

Seems like they should have all aspects of the marking removed and leave it in the players hands.