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What a rational, stable, informed and unbiased poster I, we, CCP and CSM should clearly listen to when he spams.

Not.

1488

Right, although it does have a server impact. So just tear it out.

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1489

So you’re saying wars aren’t also meant to be suppressing an enemy’s activities?

1490

I’m saying that if the meta to dealing with a mechanic is to log off and never log back in, that’s a bad mechanic and it needs to get fixed.

Stop with this roleplaying nonsense for a minute and think of the health of the game long-term.

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1491

Its not worth the effort, and bounties may be yet rationalised, one day, if someone finds the silver bullet.

Till then, its just fun that people sink bounty money on targets.

1492

It will be, because it does impact server load, and it won’t take much effort.

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1493

Yes, this is exactly what I mean.

Do you seriously want to let Minecraft players into EVE?

You cannot want to include any possible player into a single game. It’s ridiculous.

This is still a PvP game and some players are simply not discouraged by the NPE, but only on first contact with the enemy. That’s just how it is.

What other mechanic do you there have in mind to sort out the PvPers from the “oh, I thought this was a game for me”-type of player?

Where in your opinion should the game filter out those who don’t want to play EVE?

1494

I think CCP will do something in case of wardecs, and this will be not years as I initially wrote. Before the end of year maybe. :crystal_ball:

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1495

Pfft.

Many players take pride in the bounties placed on them, and they do function per payout, as they are.

Its not worth the effort to tear it out, and would just diminish EVE in doing so.

1496

Hey, I played minecraft too!

I would like all of these players in EVE. :star_struck:

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1497

Whats wrong with Minecraft players joining EVE?

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1498

In the experience of EVE. There’s room in EVE for people who don’t want to PVP. If they want to dock up during a war, that’s fine, as long as there’s reason for them to come back after.

And, as someone who’s built a 1:1 scale Minas Tirith in Minecraft, by myself, on survival mode (building Mindolluin was the really annoying part)… ,!, ,!, Minecraft players are EVE players too.

This is a sandbox game. Yes, most of the activity has PvP applications, and PvP can happen anywhere, at any time, but that doesn’t mean players need to be forced to engage in wars. If they’re willing to accept ganking, if they’re willing to accept suppression of PvE activities and then come back, then great.

It’s the ‘not coming back’ part that’s actively hurting the game. People who aren’t coming back are people who aren’t developing into PvPers. They’re people who aren’t out there in space, making every aspect of the game just a little bit richer by their activity.

You want to insist on a niche game being some kind of exclusionary little hellhole where only ‘the right people’ can come in, then you’re pushing for EVE to shut down if you can’t have it the way you want it. It’s as stupid and short-sighted an idea from you as it would be from us (and yes, I know that my projected ‘what happens if CCP does X’ included a scenario very much like that. Those actions would be stupid and short-sighted. That doesn’t make them unlikely, under those circumstances).

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1499

I get you. But since CCP is a business and someone must pay, I think that you shouldn’t get a free lunch for your PvP. So starting now, each time you blow a player ship, the cost of your next subcription will rise by 1 PLEX. It’s a generous offer, as you could blow 500 undesirable players before your subscription just doubled. And all of 1,000 before it tripled. CCP still would be losing money with the deal, but at least you would put your money where your mouth is.

1500

This.

EVE is niche, but its also an open sandbox.
As much as possible should always be possible in this game, so people can find their niche in it.

PvP relies on PvE, and vice-versa.

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1501

@CCP_Falcon: Chats are broken again. Local acts up and chats are completely empty windows without users or anything.

1502

Jin’taan asks about the possibility of making it so people wouldn’t appear in local until they drop gate cloak. There’s a joke from the CCP side about having demonstrated their ability to have people not show in local. Oh snap. Burn.

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1503

Minecraft players like to construct and build without others destroying it. Of course there isn’t anything fundamentally wrong with the play-style of a Minecraft player.

But let me ask you, do you believe EVE should be open to them and their play-style as well as the mechanics of Minecraft?

And what about fantasy players? Should we have magic in EVE, and dragons, and other non Sci-Fi elements in this game?

The point I’m trying to convey to you is that before you can talk about letting more players in you will first have to think about who you want to let in. If you don’t define what type of player you want and don’t think about who fits into the game and who doesn’t then you simply don’t know what you’re doing. You’re only making one step forward and two steps back, you turn screws and knobs you don’t understand and without a clear direction will you only ruin the game and drive out those who you wanted to keep, but didn’t really understand what it is that keeps them here or makes them want to play the game.

1504

Well, that’s funny, but if CCP wanted to make money then they shouldn’t have started a gaming company but opened a bank or a printing press.

1505

No, there isn’t. It is a hardcore PvP game.

If you believe there is room for non-PvP then you will also believe there is room for magic, a bit of Candy Crush and maybe a Netflix corner, too.

1506

If they pay their subscription, yes.

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