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I spelled it in the most unnecessarily complicated way I could manage

sha-nay-nay

I spelled it in the most unnecessarily complicated way I could manage

That wouldn't promote people to attack, one highly flawed plan....

PC isn't for carebears. If you're not good enough you don't deserve to be in PC it's as easy as that.

You would have to be paid to join the corp. Don't see the issue here and think it would create a great mechanic.

not true.
idk about others but EoN and i know 100% for sure SyN rotates and lets everyone play, we have a more selective recruitment process anyway so the ppl that actually get in are guaranteed to play if available

Add a district cap per corp and open up a new region. Remove ringers from PC.

Sit back, watch powerblocks split apart to deal with the inrush of 90% of the Dust population who wants to play the game, sounds good to me.

Sure it is, what isn't viable about it? They could introduce it the same way as PI for eve players where as you train a skill to allow another planet to be exploited. It curbs unlimited expansion and promotes competition.

I believe the idea is to have so many districts that the current corps controlling PC would be overextending themselves if they tried taking the new districts.

It's very simple to just say something wouldnt work.

"Because....", is where it really counts.

So, tell me how larger corps will not be able to afford to train up an alt specifically so that they can grab more land. Also tell me how smaller corps will be able afford an alt to do something that larger corps can't.

Please also tell me how having fewer districts in place now (where the playerbase is relatively small), does NOT promote competition while having more districts for a smaller playerbase would.

In case you didn't understand, it's about supply demand. 100 corps fighting over 10 districts yield more competition than 100 corps fighting over 50 districts.

Info on a date more regions will be released. Also allowing corps to buy multiple clone packs was a big mistake. There are like 20 corps with districts. There would be a lot more PC action if owned by 250 different corps. Smaller corps have little chance and segregating your only actual unique feature from 80% of your already small playerbase isn't helping matters.

We have not decided on that yet. We monitor the level of activity in planetary conquest and will add more districts/regions when we feel the time is right.

If we didn't allow corps to buy multiple clone packages they would have just used alt corporations. It was going to do the same thing just be a pain in the ass. That is not good game design.

Yes there would be more activity in planetary conquest if all the districts were owned by different... lets say organizations as corps can be in alliances. We are aware of that and will work towards getting more people into planetary conquest. Possibly things like making some districts easier to hold but less valuable. Or something... not really sure yet. Lots of ideas floating around, so much to do, oh god head exploding.

So you wish for MORE artificial limits put in place by CCP, which can easily be worked around by corps with good organization skills?

Your suggestions won't work, you still won't get land.

New district = existing strong corps take the new region with almost no resistance
District cap per corp = more alt corps
Remove ringers from PC = consolidate/hop corps before battle and hop back after

End result, powerblocs still stomp smaller corps who lack:
1. Organization
2. Manpower
3. Skill (both SP and FPS skills)

Team True Grit are watching the situation and when the time is right more may be added. At this point there is no definitive time frame for additional Districts for Planetary Conquest. :D

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Unfortunatly there are too many players who are somthing in this game and are nothing outside their mums basement . Its those players that stick to their snobbery about not having a real life and dont want joe avrage to ruin the only thing that makes tgem feel superior. The sand box is a joke that caters to less than 5% of this games population. Yes Pc is the endgame here I dust but unless somthing is done to allow smaller corps and "lesser" mercs to take part In battles that matter then unfortunatly this game will die. I hope ccp can at least vring back corp battles then smaller and less experienced coros will be able to fight in battles that matter.

There is a maxim in New Eden (cannot remember originator...) that goes something like "Any change put in place to assist new players will assist older, more experienced, higher SP players to an even greater extent"

Districts that are easier to hold will simply be even harder to take from the best teams.

PC just need 32-45 more districts, any more will be over kill right now.

I like how you posted a bunch of useful suggestion for discussion, with all the brilliant insight, I'm sure you could come up with an elegant solution that works to help smaller corps take and hold land displaying their ability, while not hampering larger corps with artificial limits.

/sarcasm

Firstly, your ad hominem attacks have NO place in a discussion. Please stop projecting your own insecurities and real life situation onto other players. Just because other players have the drive and ability to do better in a game, which in this case means taking, holding and defending districts, does not automatically mean that they are losers in real life like you.

Secondly, what do YOU propose will help smaller corps and lesser mercs take part in battles that matter? Are you saying that everyone should have a piece of the PC pie? If not, then what percentage of players should have it? How would you go about balancing that? If you can't post anything constructive other than 'whaaa I'm a basement dwelling nerd who cries about other players being better than me', then sometimes you just need to STFU.

Hahahaha hahahahah oh and hahahahaha to you . Obviously one of the folks I mentiond you seem to be the only o e to take offence . Get a life and get out of your mums basment . I did and have commented in many other threads . As I mentiond in this one about the return of corp battles but you in your offence having met the truth about yourself obviously didnt see that bit

So, tell me how larger corps will not be able to afford to train up an alt specifically so that they can grab more land. Also tell me how smaller corps will be able afford an alt to do something that larger corps can't.

Please also tell me how having fewer districts in place now (where the playerbase is relatively small), does NOT promote competition while having more districts for a smaller playerbase would.

In case you didn't understand, it's about supply demand. 100 corps fighting over 10 districts yield more competition than 100 corps fighting over 50 districts.

So, tell me how larger corps will not be able to afford to train up an alt specifically so that they can grab more land. Also tell me how smaller corps will be able afford an alt to do something that larger corps can't.

Please also tell me how having fewer districts in place now (where the playerbase is relatively small), does NOT promote competition while having more districts for a smaller playerbase would.

In case you didn't understand, it's about supply demand. 100 corps fighting over 10 districts yield more competition than 100 corps fighting over 50 districts.

Am in favour of the idea that you can control X amount of districts then after that your attacks are counted as raids

Using alt corps is fine imo, it splits a players attention between that and his main and depending on how active he is he will inevitable reach a cross road where he needs to choose what character he is using over another.

Currently a lot of corps are not interested in PC as it is, alliance powerblocks aside it just isn't feasible to do alarm clock ops/ get 16 players on at 1 time every day/ (enter random reason) why playing the game 24/7 isn't a priority for real people. Am suggesting opening up PC for general Dust 514 players to get involved in and maybe stop the immiment stagnation of PC, which I think just happened anyway.

It isn't about supply and demand, I can see where you are going with that point but its a very moot one. Dust offers very little in the mmo scene atm, outside of epeen and highly competitive play there is little on offer for most of general dust to bother getting involved in it. Its nothing but a laggy skirmish to most people.

I agree 100% that PC should be won by corps that have organisation and skill, of that no doubt, but it still needs to be widely more available to the majority of Dust other wise whats the point? CCP need to act fast and shake things up to make it more contained and vibrant and not cater to the minority forum warriors rant "get good" because face it, most of the player base cant be arsed with that ****. Rather do something for kicks and a laugh than a second job.

Supply and demand is a good way of looking at it.

10 corps fighting over 10 districts will only yield more competition amongst those skillful to compete.

Right now, the demand is exceeding the supply...there are corps sitting out because they feel like they cant win battles against landowners or their alliance partners.

I get that everyone shouldn't be in pc but mavado said something...to which I agree...we can harass each other with attacks but corps don't have to own molden heath. And I don't think that corps will extend to new territory much unless they abamdon their territory in molden heath. People are now seeing the penalties of overextending oneself