I have always considered the removal of Aggressive setting to be a good thing for numerous reasons regarding altering player behavior (nothing to do with botting), keeping in mind that a default hotkey (F) already exists to engage drones on the selected target; however, I agree that it might have been better to hold off on neutering the Aggressive setting until better PVE opportunities were made available that were worth actively engaging. (The partial-neutering of the aggressive setting is a positive step toward, and might possibly be better than, outright removal in my opinion.)
Right now PVE is broken down into low end and high end, where low end is considered boring for most (not all) players, yield little rewards, and the AI are dumb as bricks (not very immersive, little incentive to play actively), and the high end PVE might be considered too risky or require too high SP/ship investment to be accessible to some players (per their own opinion). If more mid-range PVE opportunities were made available which are more immersive but not as risky or inaccessible SP/ISK-wise, then players might NOT WANT to passive droneboat to begin with. (Nothing wrong with active droneboat gameplay!) The rewards wouldn’t scale as high as the high-end PVE but at least the desire to passive droneboat would be eliminated. Low/mid tiers of abyssal space have a “guaranteed death” mechanic if there is an accidental disconnect or if players urgently need to leave but can’t park/safely logout (or simply want to retreat)- many players won’t consider engaging in this activity because of this mechanic.
Anyway, let’s lighten the mood and have a little fun…
POLL: Of the given choices, which of the following is the best reason to press ‘F’?
- Press F to pay respecc
- F is the default hotkey for “Drones - Engage”, a quick & easy way to engage targets such as rats and structures/POSes
- F is the first letter in “■■■■ YOU CCP”
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