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Edited my post beers, why time based? (point c)

I agree wholeheartedly. The only point that I'd like to make is that the cost of maintaining control of a district should not increase linearly with the number controlled. The cost should increase exponentially such that controlling larger areas becomes increasingly more difficult. The exponential curve would need to be tweaked by CCP to give a certain threshold maximum area controlled without too much fuss. Frankly, this is how SOV should be in Eve as well.

And yes, I realize that larger corps/alliances will split into smaller groups to exploit the nonlinear costs, but nevertheless, a nonlinear, exponential cost growth is the best way to encourage more dynamics and entry points for smaller groups.

I don't think it's quite fair to say something is "broken" if it doesn't happen to work exactly the way YOU want it to work. Some of us actually enjoy the politics and metagame of managing larger groups and working together as large entities to rule over the less organized and less politically motivated. The idea that how a player interacts in New Eden isn't restricted by arbitrary game mechanics is one of it's main draws and what sets it apart.

So your guys are good at the shooting bits? That means you need to work to recruit guys who are good with the politics and metagame.

Just because You don't like those aspects doesn't mean that others don't find them "fun" and doesn't mean the game should be sculpted in a way that only benefits players who want forced restrictions to slow down the corps who actually have their **** together. If you're a small corp and that is holding back your ability to get things accomplished, then you need to up your game and grow your corp.

If you don't want to wade through the politics and the metagame, I fear you are playing the wrong game.

I do, on the other hand, agree that there needs to be incentives for even the largest corps to stay in the fight and keep waging war.

I assure you, Subdreddit (and the Dust 514 arm of TEST in general) will not be sitting on our hands, we're gonna be shooting people in the face.

I get your point, I was simply trying to provide a counterpoint that didn't seem to have been addressed yet in the thread. It was looking a bit circlejerky.

I'm going to jump in here again, and mention that you've sorta contradicted yourself here. I am in a small corp. No, I don't want to be in a large corp. Currently, nullsec in Eve has very little room for a corp like mine, which means that when you say "...doesn't mean the game should be sculpted in a way that only benefits players...", currently Eve in nullsec very much benefits mostly those players of very large corps/alliances. I don't have a problem with that BTW, other than to say that it'd be nice if there was a little more room in Eve (and maybe Dust) for us little corps to hide.

But, telling another player to not suggest crafting the game to better suit them, is kinda saying that you want the game crafted to make your playstyle dominant.

There should be a middle ground.

Having said all this, I don't want to further hijack Free Beers' thread with my tweak to his idea.

Agreed re: not punishing large alliances. The "punishments" would come from the metagame, e.g. organising the alliance, maintaining hold on all the planets you want, and making sure spies don't infiltrate the alliance and do a BoB on you.

Alliances need their power, but if a small corp beats a large alliance, it should be able to hurt it pretty bad, or the smaller alliance should be rewarded bonus.

i really like the pillage idea
sometimes u dont really WANT the district but just to fck around in someone back yard and grief them
would also encourage more fights as ppl know they wont necessarily have to look to defend another district if they end up claiming it instead just select the pillage option and get paid

pfft not all telc ideas are good, he plays darkfall after all and bad games like defiance

That's not quick enough Free Beers! I'm declaring your scenario as sad right now. I'm already disappointed. Its broken and you need to fix it, you should feel bad.

Just kidding...no but really...I'm waiting.... I will carefully read it and analyze it as a bitter Eve carebear who completely understands the minds of elite FPS players...