Eve has enough PVE content to keep an 80-85% Risk-Adverse player base, that pays the bills. So PvPers have a game. And more targets.

I did not say Risk-free. you correctly pointed out Highsec is not risk free, but its risk free enough for a player to develop and play the game.

Also, I do not agree with having a PvE Gamma.

My point is your PvP-only hardcore approach would not work as a business model. Its a simple concept I don't expect you can understand.

But hey, youre winning. I know exactly how fun it is to have power and no one brave enough to attack you. Or no one with the numbers or the assets. You pretty much just sit there and accumulate assets in the meantime. I figure you have another year to go to catch up to me.

Eve would not survive if it followed this model. Do you think Perpetuum would?

On Gamma you can build an outpost right on a mineral spawn, since its a pvp area you can provide a shelter in case your miners get attacked. make one scarab trip to mining terminal filled with miners, scarabs, charges. Mine field over a couple of days until depleted in reasonable safety. haul minerals back to main terminal. Your travelling alone overall is significantly reduced vs leaving from the main terminal to a remote field, mining for the day, returning home. many other ways sparks save travel especially on Gamma.

My point is it's not all or nothing, you only lose the aura and one or two point towards facilities. That's a 10-20% production drop, it's not the end of the world. Besides, if you plan to set up top level production facilities on Beta, chances are you are actually gonna be active or live out of that Beta station. Please tell me why Ville would even care about Beta production right now considering Gamma is open and I'm sure they have a much better defended base(s) with far better production facility bonuses.

The best trolls always have a kernel of truth in them.
Mechanics that help absentee ownership are not good for the game.

I wished I still played EvE. Would love to show you what a clever mouse can do to escape the cat. I loved being hunted and pursued in that game, relentlessly.

Armored TPs allowed small gangs to attack big ones and have a chance to escape. But it was nerfed, killing hit and run PvP.  Not sure why you think eliminating armoured TPs will help small gang PvP Rex.

Not a troll btw, I am curious your reasoning on this.

Weedy, huh?

I have the same position as before.

I'm not happy with the current SpT format, but its far better than eliminating it entirely.
I thought and still think the base problem with power projection is the entity controlling the game has 15 people while the opposition has 5. Therefore the opposition can't do ***. The overall game population is far too low for any game mechanics to work properly, therefore the value of force projection thru simple numerical superiority is quite magnified.

The mechanic of SpT does very little to multiply power projection,

THERE SIMPLY IS NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE PLAYING THE GAME TO ALLOW MECHANICS TO WORK PROPERLY.

Not sure where or what gave you the impression my position changes, now that (if I played) I am on the minority side.
Show me since you are good at quoting old forum posts.

In the end it doesn't matter. I don't play anyways.

Ville defending SpT. Enough said.

So what about the year and a half prior when we controlled everything I guess was because you all quit the game? The same situation occurs now. Only one powerblock plays, everyone else quit. The 5 of you who stayed thru that period couldn't do *** vs the 10 of us who did as well. Same situation today. Too low of a population allows a small strong powerblock to control everything.

The difference is now when (if I actually played) I am in the minority opposition, I agree with you. It's a PvP game. Territory should be taken by force, not forum warriors. Mechanics need to be changed if its not good for the game, not because of politics.

And I have stated I'm not a fan of "outlasting" but apparently it allowed us to kill multiple CIR/77/Chaos/PHM bases and islands and allowed STC to rule the game for almost 2 years. We are still the wealthiest corp in game, by far.

So yeah I guess outlasting sucks.

Until I see you (Ville) say something decent about the existing Gamma mechanics, I don't even feel the need to give it a look. The only reason I will even log the accounts in is to keep EP flowing incase I ever do come back, because I don't have enough.

When I played and PVE'd on my own I never used support bots and it was manageable and profitable.

Of course it's not the same or as fast as a logistic support but it's certainly doable.

There appears to be some misconceptions about artifact scanning.

Yes low skills do affect the accuracy of your result, but not by as much as you think.
When I played and first started, artifacting was my main source of income and I did it for at least 7-8 months straight. Made good coin. Moved to gamma and scanned, made good coin.

You DO NOT NEED TO INCREASE YOUR SKILLS BEYOND THE MINIMUM required. Ever.
You don't need to scan in a bonused bot. The only equipment I improved was the scanner, a T4 scanner is worth the investment. Having a scan accuracy of around 70-75% is more than sufficient to find any artifact reasonably quickly. The only activity that requires as close to 100% scanner accuracy is SAP intrusion times. Good luck.