tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post4330057299727442485..comments2024-02-27T14:44:07.868+01:00Comments on Greedy goblin: Whaletopia: Greed is goodGevlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-39075513778776792262016-03-26T15:50:49.663+01:002016-03-26T15:50:49.663+01:00GM's are to provide technical support and assi...GM's are to provide technical support and assistance to players, they aren't there to provide guidance and to answer questions, that's why CCP have the ISD program and ISD already contact new players to provide assistance and coaching.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-21308390003832435162016-03-25T17:57:26.141+01:002016-03-25T17:57:26.141+01:00@Gevlon: This is a very gloomy picture that I do n...@Gevlon: This is a very gloomy picture that I do not share. If anything CCP has proven they can keep information close to their chest, even from the CSM when needs be, to balance their game against the blocs. It was obvious with the jump fatigue changes, as well as their reaction to the attempt from Sion to hijack focus groups. We may not have the full picture of what is coming.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15273751173628043890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-4269875227450066192016-03-25T16:05:49.818+01:002016-03-25T16:05:49.818+01:00I am not so sure, This appears to be a case of fo...I am not so sure, This appears to be a case of fortress Europe where goons pl build a economic wall. the basic problem with fortress Europe is the same as with the maginot line, hardens wall, the great wall, the economic super power of the US from 1945 through the 2000's at first it appears to be an impossible obstacle. However the barbarians will keep testing it working on it. And either they will identify a weak spot or they will simply go around it. The big difference is this is eve vs RL. Just as bob was crushed from the inside and in part because they waged a grudge war that they shouldn't have. Eternal peace (pax citadel if you will) will fall some what from incompetence (BR-5 was a quirk someone forgot to log in for 5 min and make sure a bill was paid). some will be because even if PL and goons create "pax citadel" everyone else will have a target to shoot. sure the whale can log in and pawn with his titan, But what about the whale who logs into his titan no realizing the pos ran out of fuel to be tackled. Much like the moa campaign of unlimited small scale aggression that will continue to hound the whales, forcing them to fleet up only to find no target. We know how this ends all "pax" come to an end and it will be interesting to see how this ends. PL and goons with everything you credit them for are still hampered by numbers (not I win numbers). This allows the barbarians to grow stronger and yes there will be lost legions, there will be Canine's, there will be Antioch's, there will be end runs though Belgium there will be landings at Normandy, there will be more efficient cheaper better products that will suck the PAX and turn it into junk. Remember PL and goons still can not out number or out fight the barbarians in high sec. BS is the limit. Provi Minernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-37024184142940711922016-03-25T15:24:30.054+01:002016-03-25T15:24:30.054+01:00@Gevlon
I see. I did actually miss that bit. Now i...@Gevlon<br />I see. I did actually miss that bit. Now it makes more sense.<br />Well, i'm glad i'm not playing Eve right now :D. This is a fun experiment to spectate, but i wouldn't want to be in the middle of it.<br /><br />At this junction, the only hope for Eve to not become "eternal peace simulator" seems to be in the notion that maybe this citadel-holding coalition of "everyone who is important" won't really be stable. At least, that's what i'd be banking on if i was to make a decision to go forward with that kind of system as a game-designer. Seems like a great time to be an Eve-diplomat or spy :Dmaximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576542229498004147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-78977856444482247252016-03-25T11:55:44.788+01:002016-03-25T11:55:44.788+01:00@maxim: you didn't read the original post wher...@maxim: you didn't read the original post where I first found New Jita http://greedygoblin.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-citadels-of-eternal-peace.html<br /><br />They increased transaction tax EXACTLY to cover old tax + old broker fee. So they are planning to push ALL trade to Goon citadels. Actually if the players don't go to Goon citadels, the new broker fee will sink so much ISK that the economy will collapse.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-81546858246285570822016-03-25T11:51:00.386+01:002016-03-25T11:51:00.386+01:00@Gevlon
Regarding "new isk" - i guess it...@Gevlon<br />Regarding "new isk" - i guess it is a problem with my choice of words. New Jita will function by returning back into the game economy all the ISK that were previously spend on NPC fees. This will result in a significant reduction in cumalitive amount of ISK sinks. This, in turn, will inevitably lead to all sorts of runaway processes in the economy.<br />I am struggling to imagine a competent game developer that doesn't understand that and doesn't cover for that in some way. Either CCP is incompetent (which i find possible, but unlikely), or we are missing something.<br /><br />As for "karma" - I don't really believe in karma. I just know that money are ultimately little more than paper (and nowadays not even that) and tend to run out quickly after you stop doing anything that is actually worthwhile. If situation inside CCP is indeed as bad as you describe, they will con people for maybe a year or two more, and then it will be lights out. Saw it happen to many game studios.maximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576542229498004147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-70802946317288298982016-03-25T10:02:15.619+01:002016-03-25T10:02:15.619+01:00Some allies will be liquidated (SMA first). The us...Some allies will be liquidated (SMA first). The useful corps will be absorbed. Some regions (Fade&PB, maybe Vale and Fade) abandoned. The rest will hold. The allies simply not winning fast enough and as soon as Citadels is deployed, PL will sign peace treaty with Goons.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-52173056429830417422016-03-25T09:27:01.100+01:002016-03-25T09:27:01.100+01:00Question, with the Emporium losses against the All...Question, with the Emporium losses against the Allied forces of lowsec and soon provi.<br />How will this effect the core (space) of the Emporium, the Goonies swarm federation ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-4365270197518267122016-03-25T08:27:50.509+01:002016-03-25T08:27:50.509+01:00@Borat: I'm not sure I have any. I think EVE w...@Borat: I'm not sure I have any. I think EVE will unstoppably go into yet another pay-to-pwn game where whales are catered to.<br /><br />I'm certain that CSM never served other purpose than legitimizing what would happen anyway and help null groups to capitalize on it even better. I'm sure that the only proper response to CSM is boycott. I'm afraid the same can be told to EVE (where boycott obviously means quitting)Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-64869520685503173462016-03-25T07:42:31.403+01:002016-03-25T07:42:31.403+01:00You highlight a possible scenario and a valid issu...You highlight a possible scenario and a valid issue about upcoming larger passive incomes. <br /><br />Yet, I fail to see any constructive proposition to try to address it. Combined with your campaign to make sure the CSM is fully controlled by those NS blocs, what are you trying to achieve exactly?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15273751173628043890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-91018383736297493052016-03-25T05:57:22.982+01:002016-03-25T05:57:22.982+01:00What new ISK? New Jita isn't a faucet, it'...What new ISK? New Jita isn't a faucet, it's a money transfer from literally everybody to the owning cartel.<br /><br />And no, CCP isn't dead. I'm sure they are making much more $ since the SP trade than they did before. And with all the happy whales they'll be making even more. <br /><br />You seem to believe in karma or justice or something. But there is none. The bigger scoundrel you are, the richer you get, because people gladly eat your propaganda as long as it makes them look bad. The PLEX-er and casual PL and Goons will gladly believe that they are the undefeatable because of their own awesomeness and not because CCP gave them an unmatchable income source.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-36841438412819558532016-03-25T04:28:33.838+01:002016-03-25T04:28:33.838+01:00If all of this is indeed not a misinterpretation, ...If all of this is indeed not a misinterpretation, then maybe it's really time for Eve to be over? It had a good run, but everything needs to end sometime.<br /><br />I am still not buying into that picture, though. Basically, i find it hard to imagine a game designer work his wiki handle that would go ahead with implementing New Jita without considering ISK sinks to offset all the new ISK in the economy.<br /><br />There needs to be something more afoot. Because if there is not, then it is not only Eve that is dead, but CCP itself.maximhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12576542229498004147noreply@blogger.com