Dear players,

Last night we changed PC reward mechanics from Biomass to GÇ£Keep what you KillGÇ¥, on a team basis.

CCP has been aware of an exploit involving alt-farming ISK through the Biomass No-Show method for some time now until we could gauge the situation.

After lengthy discussions with the majority of District holders, we have decided to switch the reward mechanics to a new method, which has been previously discussed in the Features and Ideas Forums.

This means that Team A will earn Team BGÇÖs ISK losses, split equally among Team A members, and vice versa.

This means that District battles are no longer GÇ£winner takes allGÇ¥, making it viable to stick it out, switching to more cost effective gear and causing enough losses on the enemy to break even.

As the exploit was the only viable way of creating wealth in PC, we hope this change will influence a bigger shakeup in PC tactics. We may reduce the cost of Clone Packs to initiate a Raiding aspect, where Corporations decide to try to make money by minimizing their losses and inflicting more than their own cost plus the Clone Pack.

We are also preparing changes to Planetary Conquest, introducing Command Points and Earned District Income (not passive) which allows us to say GÇ£while Districts are not economically valuable now, they will beGÇ¥. This has also been extensively discussed in the forums.

Some corporations may decide to stop investing in PC, some will change their tactics, and we predict that some will continue exactly as they have been, and collect as many districts as possible before the changes.

A change is coming, and we hope it will be worth it.

Considering the "think tank" thread is totally missing and planetary conquest revisted has been moved to development archives, CCP has made up there mind on where PC 2.0 will start and go.

This is obviously a precursor and or teaser to that.

So the thought remains, who will be justified?

The whiners or the far-seers.

My money's on pokey.

Hi Frame,

I know this almost certainly isn't the case but what if this flowed over into EVE, so pilots giving orbitals would get ISK rewards for the value of what is destroyed at the end of the battle? This would strengthen the link and encourage EVE players to get involved a bit more ^^