The above theoretical examples in the OP are inaccurate. if you had a crack team of talented mercs,16 of them (i.e. a single complete team) could easily take and hold a district within PC regardless of the ISK thrown at them. You make money by successfully repelling an attack. On the other side even without holding any turf getting in (assuming your team wins its fights) takes only 2-3 battles to conquer a fully fortified district.

In short as long as you're Corp is winning it's fights no amount of "blob" or ISK leverage can stop you from claiming and holding turf in PC. As long as you're winning the fights.

If the corp in question is not winning it's fights whether through hitting groups with better gun game or due to the sustained nature of PC causing it to be hard to always have your "A team" online then you are likely to lose turf, but that's not a mechanical issue, PC isn't a sprint but it's also far from locked out.

Now once the new kick features are in and some of the massive tech issues which crop up around PC are dealt with so you only need one team, not 1 + 1-2 on standby for d/c, hard freeze, comms bugs, and lag outs it'll be a lot more accessible to smaller groups of players (provided of course that they have a team which is capable of beating the players fielded against them).

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Cross

PLEASE TAKE 5 MIN TO READ THIS.

Planetary Conquest was a good concept at its core, However with the little facilitation it has had its now the perfect foreground to destroy the enconomy mechanics of the game.

The problem Not only lies with the games basic connection problems, or even the lack of territory.

The real problem comes with most of the big corps pulling out of PC all togeather. Leaving the big bands of corps that have allied togeather not because they enjoy playing with them or are "like minded". But to only avoid fighting eachother and monopolize the market while going unabided doing it like real spinless corporations in actuallity.

Theres already enough Shamless proto stomping in Pub matches. Which only harms the growth of the game. But now with alliances that already have a huge cache of funds between all there corps, and the crippeling expense it takes for and average corp to try to take on PC, it really wont matter even if you had a crack team of talented mercs to ward off endless waves of proto gear heads against the more important factor of endless funds between those mulitple corps to constantly defend, Reinforce, and attack in tandem.

This will prevent a good deal of other corps to enjoy the game, theres pleanty of competitive players here. Why should a small few get to enjoy this portion of the game Like Eon & Chronos? What about the little guys? They dont deserve a fighting chance?

99% Of all the corps in this game dident even get a chance to take part in the initial land grab because of all the cash is already in a few places. And Dont kid yourself by thinking when more territory opens up that youll have another chance. Because the corps who already control all of PC will have the best steak in it as soon as it open.

Being as they will have been stacking there gross amounts of profits for a plenty long while from owning Molden Heath as a group. Maximizing any chance of outsiders being destroyed promptly...Due to the sheer econmics that would be impossible to stand against. I should know, As my corp has been strong armed out of PC twice now (ALT for political reasons).

All of this would normally not bother me, As its a part of the competitive element of this game. Despite how shamless and pathetic it is to monopolize this part of the game like that. But this is where the head of the problem rears its head.

With all of these super alliances of PC corps going on this way it will start to severly affect all the game modes of dust. With limitless profits from PC and Personal Wallet Transfers coming, What can be done to balance out the inevitable super powers of this game Proto stomping every round possible. Even introducing proper matchmaking based on skill isent enough to impeed economic super powers like this, Who will not be above constantly throwing money around because they will have more than they know what to do with.

This will harm the game more than anything. Possibly destroy it. And you can bet thats not these corps concerns at all. They will destroy this games balance better than they play it. And where will that leave it? What can actually be done?

Hard Reset of PC? Yeah right. Who would ever go for that? Besides most who havent, cant or wont ever get a steak in it. And the ones who dominate it would be offended at the thought im sure even though there 100 times more well off than everyone else and can only gain when the odds are stacked in there favor. They dont want a fair or fighting chance, or even playing field for there opponets. Most dont know the feeling, Especially sence more than half the major powers are leaving PC behind.

The division of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer has been exponetiated because of PC. We must recognize this before its too late and this game is dominated by the same small groups of corps who dont have enough pride to stop sharing as long as they benifit in a constant.

Too many players are stopping entirely as it is, from vets to new mercs who are out of the acadimy for a week before they cant take it anymore.

But how to get this to CCP?.....hhhrrrmmmmm. Where could you even start. Its a pretty straight forward problem that anyone can see coming, The solution is the tricky part.

Input please?