Yeah, (1) managing inflation is something that all mmo’s have to do, (2) CCP has said that addressing unsustainable economic activity was the reason behind some recent changes (such as resource scarcity), (3) and, not only have they been adjusting the incomes of various careers, but they are apparently not finished. Apparently the next change in the pipeline will involve LP rewards (which might be of particular interests to you Archer. Sorry, I don’t have a source. I heard about it in a recent TiS episode, but I don’t remember which one.). So, I don’t think this is a case of a solution in search of a problem. I think it’s a creative solution to something that CCP seems to be actively working on.
Anyway, you’ve kind of convinced me that the free insurance payout can be important to newbros. So, how about CCP preserve that free payout just for T1 subcaps, and get rid of it for T2’s, T3’s, Faction, and capital ships? Newbros would keep their limited safety net, and the isk faucet of insurance would still get reduced.
Yes, these non-droppable-QCs-for-Caps would be part of manufacturing only and would not have to be purchased afterward (eg. as fuel) afterward. I believe I first heard of this idea on the EVE Forums, but there was some extensive discussion about it on Discord.
I apologize if I sounded dismissive earlier, it was not my attention to be. Perhaps I was not (and am still not) understanding you. Are you suggesting that players are not finding paid insurance attractive enough, that paid insurance is underutilized? Pretty much the 1000+ of players I’ve personally known over the past ten years I’ve played EVE, including newbros after they learn it’s a thing, buys paid insurance almost all of the time. Exceptions are few, but they might include PVE in HS while war immune and not having engaged in criminal activity (ie. only liability is suicide gank, which is unlikely, and disconnects/poor piloting, which is also unlikely), and tiers higher than T1, and rarely outside of that. It is true that payouts for tiers above T1 are low, but increasing those have the potential to introduce new problems; before getting into that conversation, some clarification and before-and-after examples from you would be appreciated. I find this to be a very constructive conversation and I am enjoying having it with you .
I’m not sure what this is in reference to. The three points you’ve mentioned are general truths to be sure, but perhaps I am not understanding what specific problem-within-a-problem is being presented here with regards to increasing the amount of paid insurance, particularly when the original problem-solution suggested eliminating free insurance; it seems contradictory to introduce more money to tackle inflation and the excessive amount of net isk faucets in opposition to the first problem-solution aimed at eliminating some of those payouts. Again, perhaps I am at fault for not understanding, hence I asked @Canti_Ludan for clarification and a before-after example.
This is… interesting. I can see this not only helping tackle ISK facuets/promoting voluntary ISK sinking, but also increasing the relative value of T1 ships. This very much merits further consideration and discussion. I’ll be adding this to the “Ideas Being Considered” column on my CSM16 platform in the meantime for sure. Yet another idea worthy of consideration by Shipwreck Jones - why am I not surprised ?
(@Canti_Ludan in reference to remarks we both made earlier: while I am in fact running for CSM16, most of the ideas on my work-in-progress platform, which is available as a Trello board, are not mine, and for each point on there I indicate where the idea was presented to me/I encountered it, eg. from EVE Forums, from Abyssal Trading discord, etc. I again apologize if earlier I sounded categorically dismissive; I did not intended to be. I failed to comprehend the point being made and for that I am at fault.)
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