Kain Spero wrote:Alaika Arbosa wrote:Let PC burn, close the broken faucet down and focus on FW.
The only problem I see with this course of action is that the farmers will get to keep their dirty lucre and those who didn't participate in the Blueberry Muffin circlejerk with be locked out of the ranks of being stupid rich like the farmers.
In the interest of the longterm health of Dust, I'd suggest CCP reclaims the Isk distributed thus far via PC. Yes, I understand that this may drive many to ragequit Dust though I honestly feel it it the best thing that can be done currently to ensure the longterm health of Dust and the future player market.
The players who have participated in Planetary Conquest have done nothing wrong in doing so. They played the game and used the rules set up by CCP to put themselves in the best position possible. The footprints are in the sandbox already and the ISK is in the system.
Even if PC were to be shut off the fairest course of action would be for CCP to sell off the clones at whatever the Genolution purchase price was at that time and refund the cost of any clone pack attacks in process.
Back on topic though the fact that without a player market faction warfare will just wither on the vine and this is the primary issue that needs to be addressed. If the player market can't be implemented in a timely fashion then the stop-gap measure of putting ISK into FW in addition to LP needs to take place.
You bring up the player market and how without it, FW will just "wither on the vine". Once we get it, it will matter very little to anyone who wasn't a farmer if the ISK from PC is left alone.
Would the loss of the ragequitting farmers be a good thing for Dust? It is arguable that it would be, though almost definitely wouldn't be viewed that way. CCP made a mistake similar to paying AFKers for going 0-0-0 with 0 WP in allowing the passive ISK faucet that PC started out as to run for as long as it did. Changing it did nothing to solve the issue of the Blueberry Muffin either, it simply made it even more difficult for newer/smaller corps to get involved in PC without fellating a member of the farmer circlejerk for help with ringing or rental agreements.
Yes, in the shortterm, causing the loss of the farmers though the removal of the PC ISK would appear to be a fatal blow to Dust, though IMHO,
it is necessary for the survival of Dust in the longterm. It would create an environment where there would actually be market competition rather than a market dictatorship led by a cabal of farmers turned merchants.
Don't get me wrong, I am not disagreeing that the players who got rich on PC farming were only using the means given to them by CCP to be in the best position. I will however assert my opinion that CCP made a grave mistake in releasing PC as it was and allowing the tools to be so readily exploited. The mistake should be erased for the health and longterm benefit of this game we all love/hate. If people truly had the best intentions for this game and being able to play it for a long time to come, they'd suck it up and deal with returning the ISK. I mean, let's face it, who has truly been happy with the state of PC since its release?
Which is more important to you? Being stupid rich in a game that has a bleak outlook and potential short forecast for lifespan or leveling the imbalanced playing field created by foolish choices made by CCP and potentially greatly extending the potential lifespan of this game we all play??
The answer is obvious if you're not an entitled selfish ****.