tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post1205811341061070307..comments2024-02-13T04:29:44.662-05:00Comments on Inner Sanctum of the Ninveah: Alphas and Perspectives: The Cautionary Tale of Art HornbieKirith Kodachihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12322297953184168725noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-60141147803786086882016-10-22T12:36:46.608-04:002016-10-22T12:36:46.608-04:00Siphons*Siphons*Rob Kaichinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17382455973262416172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-81415965355511842822016-10-20T04:37:07.129-04:002016-10-20T04:37:07.129-04:00The problem with silos is their detectability thro...The problem with silos is their detectability through the API.<br /><br /><br /><br />Rob Kaichinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854173258346444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-48485761085350179772016-10-19T14:05:55.113-04:002016-10-19T14:05:55.113-04:00Well, there are moon mining operations of some val...Well, there are moon mining operations of some value in low sec and there are mobile siphon units already in the game. Unfortunately, the siphon requires anchoring II and the last chart I saw only gave Alphas anchoring I. But I am not sure Alphas are going to get out of the NPE and be disillusioned that moon goo isn't within their reach.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-50117407084222467072016-10-18T16:19:40.287-04:002016-10-18T16:19:40.287-04:00Even then the large blocs would move in and take i...Even then the large blocs would move in and take it over again. Although anything has to be better than what there is now.steevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448986668157096376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-2516586441432945232016-10-18T00:06:41.305-04:002016-10-18T00:06:41.305-04:00You forgot the biggest use: ganking with more alts...You forgot the biggest use: ganking with more alts in the high sec chokepoints. All these new players are in for a very very nasty education about the percentage of sociopaths that "play" this game.Vince Snettertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00645892172885793532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-59882396771450681992016-10-17T19:53:38.267-04:002016-10-17T19:53:38.267-04:00I posted a whole post but it's disappeared. An...I posted a whole post but it's disappeared. Any way to get it back?Rob Kaichinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854173258346444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-33503212489066617452016-10-17T19:26:15.477-04:002016-10-17T19:26:15.477-04:00One issue that has come up time and time again is ...One issue that has come up time and time again is moon goo distribution. The nullsec blocs claim that null is not about goo, it is about "good fights". Yet what causes the wars out there is shuffling of moon goo.<br /><br />If moon goo was dynamic (as in, lasted a few months and then respawned elsewhere) then there would be a use for survey probes, and small group content in null would be much richer.<br /><br />I know, I know, for every problem there is a solution which is simple, elegant, and completely wrong.<br /><br />But what if, for example, that valuable moongoo spawned in lowsec, and small groups had the ability to steal goo from the mining array, or set up their own mining array to siphon some goo from the moon and then disappear before security forces arrive?<br />Mara Rinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01237946299576915938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-7766746843687374642016-10-17T14:07:54.034-04:002016-10-17T14:07:54.034-04:00Alphas will be gimped to only be able to perform r...Alphas will be gimped to only be able to perform really (3) different things in EVE: (1) L1/L2 missions, (2) Mining (in basics ships), and (3) small ship PvP in LS/Null.<br /><br />Only those that engage in #3 are going to be retained in EVE given what we already know about retention. If you come into this game fresh and see only HS belts and L1/L2 missions without anything that other MMO's offer why stick around?<br /><br />Nice thing about SWTOR and all the others is that the F2P player sees everything up front and when making a decision about a purchase knows exactly what they are guaranteed to get in terms of content or perks. What are you guaranteed to get in EVE when you subscribe? For most it's the chance to "level up your Raven".Ragellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09470891519945587756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10989652.post-67630625784460188692016-10-17T10:47:21.665-04:002016-10-17T10:47:21.665-04:00This F2P-ish transition will be... interesting. I...This F2P-ish transition will be... interesting. I am not sure any MMORPG has gone this long, 13 years, and gained such a reputation amongst the community of MMORPG players that pay attention to the wider genre (which is a small-ish subset of MMORPG players by my estimation), and then attempted this sort of change. <br /><br />Games like DDO, LOTRO, Rift, WildStar, and SWTOR all saw significant boosts in population upon going F2P, though only SWTOR seems to have maintained much of theirs, and most of them have found themselves needing new ways to wring cash out of free players as time went on.<br /><br />So I think it is still something of an open question as to whether or not New Eden is going to get a lot of new players or if it is just going to be a bunch of vets with some experience of the game back to kick the tires and see if the reasons that made them leave still apply.Wilhelm Arcturushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033496821708933394noreply@blogger.com