Allow alphas to use safety red?

As an alpha user, I would like the ability to set my safety to red.

In order to ensure this is not abused, modules requiring safety red may only be activated when we have a capsuleer timer (red timer).

This would allow the use of smartbombs and other area of effect modules which are not omega locked but are locked behind the safety switch.

There’s a reason why criminal gameplay and weapons like smart bombs are locked behind the red safety switch for Alphas: you’d end up with thousands of disposable smart bombing/catalyst gate camps all over high-sec with no recourse or consequences.

So unfortunately this gets a “no” from me.

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In order to ensure this is not abused, modules requiring safety red may only be activated when we have a capsuleer timer (red timer).

Still no.

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M8 all i would have to do is duel an alt and shoot to get a capsuleer endangerment timer

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Yep, hence the no.

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Alphas need to be removed entirely, not made stronger or given more possibilities.

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We followed Alice down the rabbit hole and there’s no going back…

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And why the numbers never recovered.

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After thinking about it. From 60k paying players to 30k some of whom are alpha, was a smart move?

If it didn’t make them money, they wouldn’t keep doing it…

Boy, I wish I could afford to be a whale… :neutral_face:

Alpha in itself wasn’t a bad idea, they just went about implementing it the wrong way. Alphas should have been on a separate server with something like 20 systems. Just enough to get a feel for the game and learn the ropes and decide whether or not you want to purchase an Omega sub and play on the actual live server.

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Since when have Alphas NOT been able to set safety to red?

Alphas can’t set their safety to red in high sec. That was changed a couple of years ago.

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Perhaps if you ask your friend for an isk loan after you get her to put on that yellow space suit!

And as with most changes, probably because it was being abused…

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No, the smart move was creating Alpha state when numbers had crashed from their absolute peak of 60k (which was only a few short periods, more like 50k average) down to 30k in 2016 and were dropping like a rock.

Alpha state pulled EVE out of the death spiral it was heading for and brought numbers up to the point where they could sell the company and stay alive.

Alpha’s the only thing that’s kept EVE viable since 2016, folks. You can stop complaining about it now.

Nov. 2022

Red state in free disposable Alphas was abusable in multiple ways. It’s not coming back.

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I abused it myself just to test how bad it was. I think I still have some accts named alpha abuse just so everyone would know what I was up to.

Not complaining, just saying.