DUST Search - Eligable Contractees

Piercing Serenity wrote:

I truly do not understand the point of this thread. Are you trying to galvanize the community against AFK farming or look for other corporations to defend you? If you want to take a stand against AFK'ing, do it. I whole-heartily agree with you. But "black listing" corps makes you seem arrogant. What looks like AFK farming to you could be a pressing family emergency for me. I could have spilled some soup on the floor or dropped my computer and scurried to a safe spot to deal with it. You'd never know the difference. You'd just black list my entire corp because a single individual didn't meet your standards. All of that seems like more trouble than its worth. Just advocate for AFK reform.

If you're looking for other corps to fight your battles for you, that's a different story. If I were you, I'd focus much more on "who can get the job done" and much less on "who did I catch farming". Hiring some C corp instead of the Inperfects (Or Bunnies - shameless self promotion) just isn't smart. You'll lose out on a lot of money that way, but to each his (or her) own.


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Garrett Blacknova Codex Troopers 2165	Posted - 2013.03.27 17:01:00 - [1] - Quote Piercing Serenity wrote: I truly do not understand the point of this thread. Are you trying to galvanize the community against AFK farming or look for other corporations to defend you? If you want to take a stand against AFK'ing, do it. I whole-heartily agree with you. But "black listing" corps makes you seem arrogant. What looks like AFK farming to you could be a pressing family emergency for me. I could have spilled some soup on the floor or dropped my computer and scurried to a safe spot to deal with it. You'd never know the difference. You'd just black list my entire corp because a single individual didn't meet your standards. All of that seems like more trouble than its worth. Just advocate for AFK reform. If you're looking for other corps to fight your battles for you, that's a different story. If I were you, I'd focus much more on "who can get the job done" and much less on "who did I catch farming". Hiring some C corp instead of the Inperfects (Or Bunnies - shameless self promotion) just isn't smart. You'll lose out on a lot of money that way, but to each his (or her) own. Based on how I read it, the purpose of the thread is to request the support of other corporations. The Corporation's decision to take a stand against AFKers is included because they're saying they want to avoid providing support to such players even in an indirect manner such as a merc contract. That isn't a separate goal, it's a core value of the Corp that's required as part of the recruitment request. Many Corporations with sovereignty in EVE function much like nations in the real world. I expect similar to happen in DUST when PC really kicks in. If your small communist city-state needs an ally, you're not going to say, "Hey, Mr. USA! Can we borrow your army for a while?" because that's not going to work out very well. When the government and a hired mercenary army are at odds, the government isn't going to stay in power for long. Also, a group of smaller Corporations could potentially band together to hold a planet with mutual mercenary agreements, each supporting the others against larger neighbours. You wouldn't have the reinforcement capabilities of a merged larger Corp, but each group would retain their independence and for some people, that's important. EDIT: I can't speak for my current Corp, but I will say that I'm personally not in favour of AFK farming. I don't do it, and I don't intend to do it.