" unsustainable amounts of ore ".
If we are not blowing up enough stuff then this will be a problem. Bring back the daily cap on Ore per system and you have a control lever to manage that.
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" High Sec loot surplus ". I heard this recently.
Tech 2 comes from Null. Meta 8 often comes from Null. No-one uses Meta 6. Well, not much anyway. If there is too much Meta 8 then, again, dial it back a bit.
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" Too much VNI Krabbing afk Alphas etc. "
Make sure the Ishtar can do the job too. That would fix that. You fly the more hands-on VNI, then pair up ( or fleet up ) with Ishtars across multiple sites.
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" Losing Local in Null. "
People who fly in Null chose not to fly in Wormholes. This could cost you A LOT of players if it is more than just an experiment for a short period of time. Make more WH systems. Don’t break Null.
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Carrier Nerfs so far.
The NSA is the NSA. As you do. How can it be that a Fighter that is faster & smaller than a frigate can’t hit it? It makes zero sense. If carriers get too flimsy then no-one will fly them.
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All of this is simple logic. But if people can’t afford to buy ships then Null falls apart. You can only squeeze so much out of Null.