Burial wrote:Lemon, the problem is there's 20 people in GC, the population isn't growing and the new corporations nowadays are a lot more behind than years ago.
Roughly how much time does an average, run-of-the-mill new corporation starting from scratch need before they're ready to claim and defend a Beta outpost?
Is it currently even worth the work vs fun, or should they play something else?
I honestly cannot comment on the industrial side of time needed. I was trying to illustrate that when the players move to Beta they need to be nic/module positive in income or they will flop.
Realistically If I recall correctly a new player account can rush into being effective in a Mech or assault within 2 months quite rapidly, if not run T2 with L5's Day one.
If a corporation has the ability to setup this structure I honestly am confident with the new missions I would/could move out there with a group of 20 or so new players and be effective and viable.
To do this they will need to have a industrial foundation to equip from (took eHarm 2 weeks to flesh ours out and probably another two to get it running full speed) Mind you during this time we burning stocks, after this 4 week time we were increasing stocks wile at the same loss level.
I am sure some recalls me not recruiting anyone until our industrial foundation was in place.
There is a lot of knowledge and organization that is required on-top of diplomacy, to not become a hot target, and live on Beta. Further more you want to limit your beta exposure as a target to not become a festering bed for anyone trying to get a kill-board pop-up.
I also think we need to clarify for everyone that buffing beta is not a direct nerf to alpha income. I think the rewards need to scale but players need to be capable of achieving a industrial foundation of support for bots/ modules. (I hope some industrials can comment on the time or requirements for this, I have always had channels for obtaining CT's via diplomacy, at times from enemies and have no perspective of the hurdles faced here)
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