Alena Ventrallis
Ahrendee Inc.
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Posted - 2015.04.05 20:41:00 -
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Here's the problem with PC. The only reason to egt into PC... is to do PC. I gain no benefit of PC outside of doing even more PC. As mentioned earlier it becomes "I do raids in order to get better gear to go do more raids." What can PC give me that pubs do not?
Now we could have owning districts give bonuses in Dust, like extra damage, more health, better regen, cheaper item costs, etc. But then we widen the gulf between the haves and the have-nots. The reason sovereignty and wars work (well, somewhat) in Eve is because there is so much more to do in Eve than PVP. There's mining, ratting, industry, missioning, all kinds of activities that aren't about killing other players. So by owning systems in nullsec, I can provide an area to have miners get resources for my industry moguls, who then build ships and modules for me to go gain even more systems. All of the considerations of war, from the fighting to the logitics and supply lines, are player-controlled. Dust has no such variety. We can kill other players in pubs, kill other players in FW, or kill other players in PC. No other options for gameplay exist. No industry, no mining, no PVE content... Only PVP, PVP, PVP. So any bonus we give to districts either is OP, like a damage bonus for owning a district, separating the rich from the poor even more, or you give a bonus to clone packs or other PC logistics, which returns us to the "I raid to get gear to raid with" circle.
What we need, and honestly should have had from the beginning, is non-PVP gameplay in Dust. Clearing rogue drones, maybe some form of industry, or maybe helping Eve players gain salvage in special sites, as proposed in a thread that came out before Rattati came along. Sadly, these will likely never happen. But until we have something to do other than kill other players, any bonus that districts give will either be OP or not worth the effort.
Whirly gun make much thunder! - Victor
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Alena Ventrallis
Ahrendee Inc.
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Posted - 2015.04.06 03:53:00 -
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Okay, I've gotten some of the salt out of my system, so onto constructive comments.
First Rattati, I believe it would be beneficial to know what is feasible for us to do. Is it simple number tweaks on existing mechanics? Can we add in new features, damage mods for owning districts as an example NOTE: NOT SUGGESTING THIS, JUST ASKING IF SUCH A CHANGE AND SIMILAR ONES ARE FEASIBLE. Can we have things change Eve side or only on the Dust end? I will think of more, but knowing these questions will greatly assist in crowdsourcing any changes if we know what we're working with.
Whirly gun make much thunder! - Victor
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