EVE General Discussion

When you talk about tears dont forget to mention this: "Tech 2 mining barge wrecks now properly drop T2 generic components rather than T1 generic components."
Smells like Hulkageddon boost?

After I read about the changes and figured out how it would affect the small-time low-sec harvester, I pretty much gave up on PI. CCP just ruined a means for the small guy to make money (I also noted, ironically, that they want the small guy in null-sec.)

I'd say "Go **** yourself, CCP", but that's not productive and ranting.

I like the title of this thread and was up until now a regular PI player. From day one really-- even trained my PI skills to a quite decent level. I'm not going to rage, but from reading the dev blog it seems like we have no option but to build our customs offices which can't really be defended by turrets or anything should they be attacked. I'm thinking that if one has 5 low sec planets and in the event that all 5 of their respective customs offices are attacked then said player is basically screwed if he/she isn't part of a large enough corp.

Personally I think that's a cool idea for null and WH, but not such a great one for low sec. I have this opinion mainly because if there's going to be security at the gates and at the stations then it seems logical the customs offices should have it as well, otherwise ( as others have argued ) you might as well remove low sec from the game all together by removing the guns from gates and stations.

I like PI-- even back when it was a clickfest, but I don't like it enough to stand watch over multiple customs offices which are easy targets for any one who wants to shoot something. It seems like it's enough to be at risk just moving your goods from the planet to station. Anyway, just my two cents. I'd like to hear the thoughts, rants, and ranges of other players who have been involved in low sec PI.

Predicting in a years time eve will be nothing but rmt nullbears and a handful of rookies they sell to. I was initially hoping this expansion was going to take eve off it's death spiral not accelerate it. If summer follows the same patterns of gameplay development well... I guess sometimes things have to fall apart to make room for better things.

You do realize that after the devs ruin the game for you you'll have to find another game that will put up with you, right?

Don't be so pessimistic. At summer dust will come (or if not than next winter) and I'm sure it will bring a full nullsec sov warfare overhaul too. Also there are so many potential and possibilitys in WIS too what we can't see right now. Planetary colonization is also barely touched. If they make the colony management deeper and more complex it can be a good hook for strategy and manager simulator fans. EVE will survive as long as CCP takes care of the game. If not by the bittervets than by the new generations.

Predict that all predictions of doom and gloom will not be nearly as bad as expected and that most people in lowsec will not really feel like grinding through gantry EHP, or if they do, will get regularly dropped on by people who find shooting players more fun than shooting stationary objects.

- That seems reasonable to me. Its much more EHP than a bored pirate in a cyclone will ever manage to chew through in an afternoon. So pirate corps will be able to extort lone players. But, lone players can't extort other lone players.

PI is dead.