Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This was announced on stream. The option to disable friendly fire for your corp.

PLEASE GOD tell me this isn't as dumb as it sounds.

This would remove corp awoxing in nullsec as well as highsec, which I'm sure isn't the intention.

Highsec awoxing is already a dying profession, you basically delete it with this.
Nullsec awoxing shouldn't rely on finding someone who isn't in your corp.

Literally the worst idea I've ever heard, and CCP Punkturis is usually all good stuff.

no friendly fire was how it was worded on stream

it obviously might not be how its actually implemented

Didn't Awox just get on grid with anomaly-running corpmates, light a cyno, and suddenly reds? Meaning that the whole scheme relied on people out of corp, and this change wouldn't affect it at all?

If anything, it would make that tactic more effective, because the no-corp-aggression flag would give the impression of increased safety.

thats still awful and removes high sec awoxing entirely

Confirming I don't like this and making eve safe isn't going to make it any more fun or better in any way as it just babysits the idiots.

I have to agree with this. Intra corp agression is not something that needs to be changed. They already added a way to kick people from corp even if they won't dock, so at most you're stuck with the guy for a day after he strikes. If you want to be safer, use the 3 pounds of offal inside your cranium in a more effective fashion.

Yes lets remove another profession from eve, lets the remove one of the fundamental mechanics. A huge but understandable blow was dealt with the expel option, but this just outright kills the Highsec Awoxer. No longer do people have to care about who they invite into their corp, no longer do they have to check api keys. Just invite everyone without a care in the world.

One of the things about eve that i like is that you have to choose who to trust carefully, but slowly this choice is being taken away as more and more measures are being taken to turn highsec into a cozy place that is perfectly safe. This is a slippery slope.

Lets remove highsec player character damage altogether! Lets remove ninja salvaging as well, and suicide ganking, and all the other ways you can interact with players. Lets all be friends and walk merrily hand in hand as we dont have to care about anything.

It is REALLY easy to pick out an awoxer when he applies to your corp, all this is going to do is let stupid people get away with being stupid. You cant get away with being a ****** in low or null, why would you be able to get away with it in highsec?

EvE is losing its edge, slowly becoming a softer, nicer place instead of a winner takes all "Everyone Versus Everyone" universe.



if my sub runs out i will probably not extend it. this pretty much ruins the game for many people and i hope ccp reconsiders (hahaha as if)



I'd like a dev answer if they are actually intending to make highsec a theme-park WoW kind of place.



(edit: that ad with choices matter, i guess they dont when u cant even damage anyone)

I like this idea. More safety should not come for free.

Nevermind that this idea is completely absurd, and just removes an iconic feature of the game for pretty much no reason.

If hisec becomes a carebear wonderland, hope the markets, belts, moons, etc get gutted and made worthless. Also, add loads more lowsec.

How does stopping awoxing make it more like theme park? You can still scam, gank, go suspect etc etc on the thousands of other players floating around.

I've personally never been awoxed, so I can't talk from experience. However if I was a noob/ causal player and joined a corp, got awoxed of that t2 fit bs/barge that took ages to afford, I'd pretty much go, well f this, I'm off, that was a waste of time. Now before everyone starts with the 'well that's eve' etc etc, yeah i agree it is. However it is to you because your a bitter vet who reads the forums and is invested in this game. If your not that invested into eve and a new/ casual player, instead of dustng yourself off and trying again, you just won't resub. The long term log in figures and retention of new players shows a decline, therefore ccp as a business has to do something. I'm not saying awoxing is the main reason for this decline, but anything to minimise the reasons for people leaving this game at the beginning has to be seen as a positive thing surely? More people online, means more people to pew against, more money for ccp, hopefully a long lasting and better game 😄