Operative 1171 Aajli wrote:I thought the whole long term idea was for the planets to have to be taken over by a corp using DUST mercs in order to do anything else with it and collect resources from both planet and moons.
If there is anything less planned then the EVE/DUST connection is a joke.
As I stated in another post GÇö there is too much going on in EVE otherwise for DUST to matter unless CCP backpedals and makes planets the only means to gain valuable resources.
Then maybe we'd see fleet battles raging over planets and DUST mercs would matter to EVE.
Planetary interaction is huge in Eve , its more on a individual basis where players harvest and produce resources. Dust is about Mercs so from my point of view where not industrialists. CCP however decided to continue with Planetary conquest and it turned out to be more for the bigger alliances making Mega ISK but excluding the medium and small corps. I knew that PC would be run by big alliances the same way null are run by big Eve coalitions.
The beauty of the POCO idea is that you don't have to produce anything , you just take them over or defend them as a corp or accept a contract from an Eve player. Controlling a POCO gives you the right to set a tax rate , however if you set it to high you run the risk of your farmers packing up and leave. So there needs to be a good balance in order to ensure a long term passive income for the corp that holds a POCO.
Ownership of POCOS should not just be for DUST players , Eve players should also be able to take ownership of POCOS via current Eve game mechanics.
There are so many of these planets each with a POCO that it would kick start most current Dust corporations into having ownership or the opportunity to defend Eve players planetary resources which in return will kick start the Eve Dust link immediately.
All the POCOS have the same space station so CCP only have to develope one MAP that could be used for all POCOS. Sure there would be some major input but what you are getting is what every one wants .....:)
If I was the CCP CEO this would be my first priority .....besides it would be great to war in space , it would bring you so much closer to the new Eden experience ......