excillon wrote:Here's a thought:
All the big corps (you know who you are) agree to NOT attack PFC. If for instance (and I mean nothing by using specific names for this example) KEQ took a PFC district from Venezuela Corp, then a big corp goes in, takes them out, and returns it for a one time fee to whatever corp wants it via silent auction which will cover the big corps expenses plus some. But only if that district was taken by a big corp in the first place.
If a defending small corp gets attacked by another small corp, and that small corp was proven not to be a shell corp, and loses that district, then they deserve to lose it. Plain and simple. For example (again, nothing in names), Phoenix Fed gets attacked by Exemplars, and loses that district, it should be rightfully Exemplars district to own until they move on outside of PFC (hopefully a corp in that position would hand it off to another, or again, silent auction) or get beat. I do think only so many corps in the same alliance should be allowed spots in PFC though.
I see no reason why any small corp should have to pay Kane Spero protection money. I ask the same question everyone else asks: What gives Kane, or any one person or organization, the right to decide or police PFC? The correct answer is they don't. Let PFC police itself, and only intervene if necessary and get paid that way as I stated above.
It may not seem like a lot of ISK to them. But for corps that are starting out and don't have as much ISK, it's a lot to them. Granted, it's CCP's fault for eliminating corp battles and not opening the map up more.
At the same time I ask this: If corp battles were brought back, do you think NF would bum rush PFC and try to take every one of those districts?
Ex, you bring up a good point, but the system you speak of is exactly the type of system that Kain is weeding out. It didn't work, Plain and simple, most corps were just farming isk and not doing a damn thing. Kain got them out of the way so corps that want to train and move on can get better in stead of fester and use the isk for pubstomping.
As for smaller corps not having a lot of money flow. Any CEO of any corp wishing to break into PC who reads the forums or talks to other people in the game should know about the isk involved. Preparing a wallet for PC is something you do BEFORE entering into the arena, not AFTER you have a district, even on PFC.
I have no sympathy for those who are not financially prepared to fund a military campaign.
No NF would not take back these districts back because they all know the true reason for doing what they are, giving corps a platform to get better as a team, legit corps who want to get into PC. Not corps that just want to have fun battles like corp battles used to be, then throw in the towel and go back to pubs. It's a waste of time and space for a corp who truly wants to compete.