EVE General Discussion

I would give it a go were that possible. I would need to pull in a few more well-off pilots to help, but with 20 or so dedicated pirates we could easily turn a profit dec'ing the State War Academy. However, if that were possible 1) it would be bad for nubs and 2) All the lucrative freighter alts we'd be targeting would get scooped up into their respective player corps, making the effort for naught.

I don't think it would be a good idea to allow decs on NPC corps unless they introduced a mechanic whereby, in the instance of the State War Academy, NPC navy forces would also hunt aggressors in Empire space, like they do now for low sec status. Then the prospect of dec'ing an NPC corp gets interesting. It would be really difficult. You wouldn't be dec'ing for profit... you would be dec'ing to see if you could do it and how long you would last.

Neat idea though.

For those not in SWA. Let me explain.
The group I have is fleet strength at least I just do not have the leadership skills to fleet them all, and with 17 charisma after +5s I cannot remap my brain for it as the game gives me an error message declaring I suffer from clinical lycanthrope. So WC5 is going to take a good 35 days to train and even I am sure Ill be forced to train FC5 eventually. All of them are volunteers.

The group's kill records is slowly edging back up to equal wallet damages and its getting better by the week at least and I say we got about 4000 'active' pilots who log on regularly though out the day and week. I only got the command of 400 of members more or less and under wartime conditions I can expect that number to swell. I have plenty of logistics officers so I can run the war non stop if it weren’t for the fact that experience and lack of fleet commanders being the only two bottlenecks.

If it comes to kicks and punches we'll get SAK and STI involved as well maybe Caldari provisions if I felt generous. Either way unless they're working at null alliance levels with capital ships you're not going to enjoy a war against SWA. Chances are I already have loyalist in your corp if you do and we would love nothing more than to gut a corp to fund the rest of our efforts. It’s like a pinata full of catnip! All I have to do is point the herd of cats at it. I would almost call it suicidal for any normal corp.

IF SWA becomes war deccable I want corp controls, it would make kicking the gankbears in the teeth and off a cliff so much easier. The one group of players I hate more than clueless idiot carebears are gankbears that makes derpy hooves look competent in pvp.

Just because you can shoot down a shuttle does not make you a pvper.
Real pvpers shoot things that have every intention of killing you first and I got a small horde of those pilots who's teeth I need to sharpen.

For the state!

Because nothing is more embarrassing than losing to a free ship.

-Vix

This one was for you, but you clearly missed it. Also give the CAPS a rest, it just makes you look even more stupid.

Again, "THEY ARE DODGING". you want to enforce your personal rules on someone else because it's not fair? How does that fit in a sandbox?

You don't want a sandbox, you want simple target practice that requires zero risk on your part....


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Loads of unfair PvP in Null Sec.
That's why you are window shopping the NPC corps though, right?

NPC corps are not really corps. I don't think anyone who has any ambition, creativity, sense of adventure, or blood lust should be in a NPC corp at all. Start your own corp at the very least to achieve limited goals. Join a big corp if you want to do big stuff or burn the universe to the ground. Join an NPC corp if you don't know wtf is going on and want to sit on the sidelines to see how people are playing the game.

Or, in the case of SWA and Vix, learn some basics from a willing and patient FC before heading out 'into the wild.'

To answer your first question, It should be changed. Default NPC corp for a character should be based on standings or player choice. For example if it was based purely on standings it could work like this... A player character not in a player Corp, has their NPC Corp chosen for them based on their Standings. Highest Standing indicates Corp, and this can frequently change due to changes in standing. To determine the NPC Corp First the Highest Faction Standing, then the Highest Corp Standing within that Faction. Any changes take effect during downtime.

To your second question what do I mean by "Themeparkish play". It's highly controlled and predictable gameplay that runs counter to the open world and undirected gameplay of the Sandbox. It's like when you go to a Themepark, you go on rides, there's an illusion of interaction, unpredictability, even danger, but in truth the outcome is consistently predictable.

Some examples of typical Themepark type gameplay in MMORPGs:

Separates PvP from PvE, you advance and gain power in a linear path through PvE and then if the game includes it you can optionally duel with other players or go to Arenas or Battlegrounds to test your might vs other players. There's rarely any cost to loosing, and what happens in these PvP scenarios has no real effect of game world beyond.

Linear advancement of your character, with a very clear path to follow.

There's no real losers in the game, everyone that puts in the time can get from point A to B just like everyone else. Further players are firewalled from any possible negative impact of other players

Players have very little impact on one another or the game world. Content is created almost exclusively by the developers, (where in a Sandbox players are given the freedom and tools to create their own content)

Examples of Themepark features and mechanics in EVE: CONCORD/Crimewatch, High Sec Missions and Incursions, Faction War (some will argue that it's not, but it's akin to a PvP/Lore flag, and outside of the market has no impact on the game world at large.

Anyway I could ramble on about this for ages I'm sure you get the picture.

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Fixed it for you

Still thinking High sec should be safe from war-dec, as well as blocking access into each others high-sec. I also think there should not be any high sec connections between the NPC Empires.