EVE General Discussion

No one is saying that except your own side, it's a painfully obvious strawman by now. What we would like, however, is for NPC corps to not be the obviously better choice for almost everything. You know, that little thing called game balance.

The rest of your post is just you ranting against the position that no one is actually taking.

Don't get mad at him, he isn't saying anything negative bout you, just that most player corps don't offer enough value. You belong to a really good alliance. You guys have a goal and an efficient way of executing your goals. You log in with purpose and have more fun than the average player. I think this is what CCP wants, but there needs to be more players to build focused corps. More CEOs who give a darrn about other players, and don't run things like it is a RL business or government.

I can't tell you how many CEOs get into this game thinking that they are going to be at the top and hire players to work for them while they profit. They have no clue about the game, and they contribute to the worst EVE experiences ever.

Coz they is the AWSOMEZZ!!

So people like you arent allowed to pay 3mill, create a corp and when newbros join, have their first interaction with you. Cuz if that happened, theyd quit and never resub.

Most ceos are terrible and actually hurt retention and hurt players. New bros are gullible

Not isk. It would have to be time related. Maybe the opportunity system they just made? Like useful stats of being fleet boss kills maybe even like ships built and deployables released, there are soooo many crest stats. Maybe lowsec jumps, i duno, there is humdred of those new Crest stats they could use to determine someone with game mechanjc knowledge and someone with none. Just stuff to not allow complete newbie idiots make corps and then some other newbro on a trial joins his terrible corp and gets ruined and never subs directly cuz of bjs terrible ceo who doesnt deserve to have ever been a ceo

The stats can determine having done a number of things but probably won't do well in determining having done them well or having a full understanding of them. It also prevents the concept of a group of new players from forming their own identity until some possibly irrelevant metrics tell them their "ready." While it's not an ideal path in the typical mindset, it's a viable option that probably shouldn't be discarded.

Lastly, what criteria should apply? Does a highsec wardec corp need extensive lowsec, null or WH experience? Does a PvE centric corp need a certain number of kills from it's founder? Does a group of station traders need to bother undocking? Does the soloist need fleet experience?

What criteria make sense for all the valid corp use cases?

If 11% is low I think you found part of your issue right there. To the other part, if you don't acknowledge wardecs as an issue but a desired method of gameplay then you don't try to beat it. You either accept them as a drawback and try to offer things to entice people or you use them as a draw for members as an activity.

The interesting thing with the taxes especially is that if 11% is truly low the current NPC corp player doesn't look at player corps as an alternative should the tax rate in NPC corps be changed, rather the one man corp becomes the desired mode of operation.

I don't see the tax argument because A player can form their own corp and charge themselves no tax thereby no longer being in an NPC corp.

Besides skills, there isn't much they could do for a barrier. TBH CCP misleads a lot of new players about what corporations are. I mean there are shares in a corporation that most players have no idea what to do with(and don't use). Corporate contracts are another idea lost on new players . All CCP shows is how some guy got away with billions of isk in corporate earnings. All that does is show people one side of something. While I don't agree with your methods, I share your sentiments for bad CEOs.

Playing in a 1 man corp and playing alone are not equivalent as you yourself stated. If tax is the issue then going to a corp with similar taxes isn't a solution. If all a corp has to offer is taxes there is no reason to join even without npc corps as part of the decision.