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HowDidThatTaste wrote:

Soraya Xel wrote:

HowDidThatTaste wrote:

And then I would say you do not need to pay a corp for protection and PFC stay as a charity, respected by most larger corps like it has up to this point.

On the contrary, most of the posts from members of those larger corps indicate a distinct lack of respect for PFC, from everything I have seen.

And I actually think there might be some merit to a maintenance cost actually encouraging people to only remain on PFC as long as they are getting value (i.e. fights) out of it. My recommendation to CCP for PC as a whole, in fact, would be to make maintaining districts cost money, so people claim what they need, rather than trying to take and hold the entirety of MH.

Oh I agree I see the merit of a maintenance fee to encourage the proper use of PFC, but as it has been left to the most powerful corps up to this point to regulate at their discretion PFC it would infer that that corp will be the one that collects the PFC protection fund. Which means it will encourage corps to fight for that planets protection fund revenue stream, and guess what districts they will be using for those fights?


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Raylon Mortien Eternal Beings Proficiency V. 14	Posted - 2014.02.06 02:31:00 - [1] - Quote A mail recently forwarded forwarded to me is slowly proving what myself and fellow directors fear most about this council. These are the last two sentences of that mail. Kain Spero wrote: The weekly payment also ensures that PFC members have skin in the game and a vested interest to insure participation in the council. Members that don't pay into the weekly contract also become easy to identify as members that don't contribute to PFC and are probably better suited to a location in Molden Heath outside of Planet Fight Club Words like these may have hints of extortion within them. If we choose to not participate with this council and remain on PFC under the rules and regulations in which we entered PFC we will be removed. If we do not pay 10 mil a week to NF we will be removed for "not participating" in PFC. To place PFC under the strict rule of one of its members and for them to use a third party to enforce their rules seems out of place and contrary to the goal of PFC. This is not a money pot it is a training ground. To say that corporations not paying are not participating is absurd. I.E. our district remains around 200-350 clones we are never full and constantly sending out attacks and getting attacked. We are training and grinding out as much as possible to get ready for our move. We do not plan on staying here long and don't intend on taking time to allow two or three clone generations just to pay 10 mil a week to not lose our district. that time and money could be better used to make our time in Oddeluf short and sweet so another may take our place and begin the slow trudge to being PC ready. "Sir, we are surrounded!" "Excellent, now we can attack in any direction!"
Raylon Mortien Eternal Beings Proficiency V. 16	Posted - 2014.02.06 05:47:00 - [2] - Quote HowDidThatTaste wrote: Soraya Xel wrote: HowDidThatTaste wrote: And then I would say you do not need to pay a corp for protection and PFC stay as a charity, respected by most larger corps like it has up to this point. On the contrary, most of the posts from members of those larger corps indicate a distinct lack of respect for PFC, from everything I have seen. And I actually think there might be some merit to a maintenance cost actually encouraging people to only remain on PFC as long as they are getting value (i.e. fights) out of it. My recommendation to CCP for PC as a whole, in fact, would be to make maintaining districts cost money, so people claim what they need, rather than trying to take and hold the entirety of MH. Oh I agree I see the merit of a maintenance fee to encourage the proper use of PFC, but as it has been left to the most powerful corps up to this point to regulate at their discretion PFC it would infer that that corp will be the one that collects the PFC protection fund. Which means it will encourage corps to fight for that planets protection fund revenue stream, and guess what districts they will be using for those fights? The problem I see is now you're encouraging PFC land holders to generate money with their district. This is contrary to before when making money in Oddeluf was a no-no. A corporation like mine and my fellow directors would feel better about joining this council if we weren't forced to lock our district up two to three times a week just to pay the rent. Our cargo hub maintains a low clone count due to the fact that we are constantly attacking and defending (using our district as it was intended to be used). I may not speak exactly for our(EB) board of directors but i can say the general feeling is that this is going to detract from our training and extend our time in Oddeluf. If we we're to get into trouble and see the possibility of our district flipping we would like the chance to bring in our alliance first. In the case that our alliance failed we would then fall back on hiring out as a final option. At no point would we want to be forced to pay someone insurance to protect our district if it is never in danger of being flipped. I remain with the idea that Oddeluf is a training ground and for new corporation to rise up and join the fight in Molden Heath. I do not support the extortion of said corporations for "protection." I finish with one last thing... to those offering the "protection" for money, if we refuse am I going to wake up with a horse head in my quarters? "Sir, we are surrounded!" "Excellent, now we can attack in any direction!"