Hansei Kaizen
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Posted - 2014.04.14 16:54:00 -
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Leonid Tybalt wrote:No? What incentive is there if you can't make isk of it?
New Eden = capitalism. If there's no capital to be made of an endavour, then there's no reason doing it.
I think this is true. If you want someone to do something you should incentivise it. I am far from a friend of capitalism, because I think that money cant be the only incentive to explain human behaviour. But besides ISK, what would incentivise the people to play in PC, especially against stronger opponents?
In a unregulated capitalism-like environment (however abstract), exactly what happened in MH is gonna happen all the time. Building of cartels and monopolys that ultimately bring the system to stasis. The concept is so simple, every child learns it by playing monopoly. If the monopoly is established, the game is over 
What contributes greatly is the natural superiority of high SP players. If you take away a reward for losing, why would anyone fight them?
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Hansei Kaizen
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Posted - 2014.04.15 11:47:00 -
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Gaurdian Satyr wrote:anaboop wrote:Reset isk
Limit districts held per corp/alliance
No ringers outside of alliance
Alliances with to many districts must break from alliance In order to gain more disricts
Thats all that comes to mind atm lol
^this also Its a fail-safe to keep this monopoly crisis from happening again
I think this is the only option, too. How do you keep a real-life monopoly from forming? IRL it is difficult, because you cant control and have insight into everything that is happening. But in a game you can do this. You can implement a parameter "district ownership limitations per corporation per alliance", set it to "n" and see if it works.
Whats the alternative? Nullify the benefits from owning a district, or, to more effect, make it cost something to own a district? Or you subsidize the ones you want to have empowered (the not district holding corps). Like give them extra players on the battlefield, or give them free orbitals, or many many bonus clones for attacking? Because yeah, the problem is that the enemy is waay too far up the power level (time on hand, SP, ISK, teamwork, etc.), to have anyone challenging them effectively.
Or you just let them be and see if the empire crumbles again. Could work, might not. Still the gamemode would be sealed from outsiders.
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