Topic: Balancing of the islands, and uncomfortable discussion
So as everyone has probably noticed by opening up their map there appears to be little if no reason to venture beyond Alpha. I know the trend has been to make alpha more safe and better for all, and I do agree that pve content needs to be improved...as I know most people wont want to do pvp...or at a minimum most people wont want to be engaged in a pvp possible situation all day every day while playing. Im guilty of this, sometimes I want to mine in peace while I work.
Anywhoo the balancing issue im seeing based on the little feedback ive managed to spot being advertised, be it propaganda, trolling, or excuses seems to hold a very constant trend.
Its not worth it for most players to even try to be on beta, and gamma with is heavy expenditure, lack of creative terraforming, and just collixium...well it seems no one wants to bother fighting for any of it...which is why we can just take it all with no contest...which is why we can basically not play for a month and come back to everything still in our possession...despite a few ninja attempts by the standard one or two ninja sappers.
I think perhaps after the all important pve revamp (and more than just missions needs to be redone...so see you in 14 months on that) we seriously need to look at why you would want to be on beta or gamma, to look at how possession changes hands.
Right now just epi and access to gamma is the reason for a beta terminal, and gamma is a slight boost in facility and a resource no one uses.
Bottom line, no one was ever even interested in defending their stations, after that only a few legit tries to take a beta station took place, and that was more for ego than need.
Your pve objectives are shallow and consist of mostly ego as the reason to take a station, and that needs to change.
And deep down I know....alpha is way too powerful....resources are infinite in complete safety, the pve missions are pretty good considering no risk beyond pve death....weve made alpha the best place to be which makes the rest of the game kinda moot...
Youll see when no one bothers to take gamma besides us, and no one bothers to fight for it...just like beta.
I don't have the answers, I just know that no one cares to fight for anything, no matter how many allies, no matter the immense and delicious amounts of hate felt towards us...We need to rethink why beta/gamma and how it changes hands...right now theres not much reason and the system for the changing of possession is incredibly boring and favors ninja sapping and avoiding fights which is the opposite of what it should be.
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