EVE General Discussion

You don't need special areas, you just need a more fluid aggression mechanic, specially in highsec. Wars can be consensual, why cant fleet vs fleet be so as well without all the paperwork and can juggling. (unanimous fleet vote tool and both sides turn red)
Just a new mechanic that wont cut up space but to add more options. People are still free to disco the party like a streaker in a tennis game.

I still can't believe that people want to have fair fights... If your fighting fair then your intel is bad and you don't have an advantage...

The old rule of gunfights comes into play... Bring a big gun, invite your friends, make sure they bring guns...

And I think that arenas just ruins the whole, "anything, anywhere, anytime" aspect of EVE, there would be no scouting, no hunts, no chase, no sphincter clenching moment when your out gunned and your wishing your warp faster, no moments of triumph as you pin that gang under the guns of your larger fleet...

There already are plenty of venues for the type of PVP combat that you seem to want:

1. Most alliances hold in house tournaments, usually with some pretty decent prizes.
2. There are several inter-alliance tournaments held frequently, for example the Syndicate Alliance Tournament which was just held a few weeks ago.
3. EVE-Radio holds a tournament type event about every other day.
4. Frigate ball is alive and well in most newbie training corps last time I looked.
5. If none of these options appeal to you, then all it takes is a little effort on your part to get something new organized.

Right now the easiest place to set up arena style contests is on the test server Sisi. If you do it in a system outside the non-consensual PvP system, then only those who do consent can fight ( doing otherwise gets you perma-banned from Sisi). Just gather your 2 teams in some random 0.0 system, ask everyone who consents to the fight to x up in local, take a screen shot for documentation, and start the fight.

This has been true for Sisi for years, yet somehow it has not marginalized PvP on TQ.

RvB

'nuff said.

Right.

Apart from skills and stats don't exactly scale quite like that, do they?

I mean sure, if you're in a T1 fit Thorax trying to stand up to my Hurricane, or a Drake trying to win a race of tank and spank again my faction fit Bhaalgorn then you are going to lose.

But if you took a Celestis (5m to fit and fly) and your friend in a Rupture (8m to fit and fly) with about 200ksp each, it'd take time, but catch me off a gate or station and I wouldn't stand a chance.

And tell me, in WoW can 2 level 20's take on the equivalent of a level 85 in full purple gear?

Nope?

It's about flying smart, and realising that "-62.5% to targeting range" is "-62.5% to targeting range" whether you have been playing for a day or a decade.

Which may be why a PvP area on TQ would not kill real PvP on TQ. "Real" PvP is PvP that causes lasting changes. That would be the draw that keeps it going even if we had arenas.

closest thing i can think of is sisi and you'll be helping the devs somewhat.