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Not sure that is a bad thing. The more powerbases the better. Tighter quarters means more conflict I'd imagine.

Only issue I have within mining is the conflict with static NPCs. But I guess anyone who wants Infinite Mining limited would see the Static NPC issue as at least some small breaking mechanism to the current infinite minerals.

If any chnage is decided with the infinite mineral supply I would hope Devs at least take a slow balancing approach, and not one day wake up and turn the whole system completely upside down 'because xxx since forever'

You have the balls to talk about Bluing up the whole server. Your memory is so short its pathetic. When STC was founded under RPS leadership it was a breath of fresh air to this game. Now it's a Frankenstein disease of lost players. Die already.

I earned it

Seriously though, it comes from my passion for your generally awesome game. Don't forget that.

BOOM!!! Shotgun Balancing

Why do you guys insist on having Red NPCs follow forever? What is wrong with the old Rubber Band Mechanic?

And Roaming Spawns, will they be Orange also? How far do you the unintended consequences have to follow befor you realize the original problem needs a different solution?

What is the Original Problem?

EDIT...found it

1.) Remove Fixed Spawns in favor of Roaming NPCs.

"We practically did that" ...are you kidding me? Do I have to explain how stupid that reasoning is? No not stupid, comedic. I think you must be trolling with that rationale.

2.) Limit that prevents NPCs going further ... farmable ... boundary.

Ummm, what? What does that mean? You don't want people "farming" static NPCs? Farming is part of any MMO. People need NIC and KERNALS and whatever. You want the existing playerbase to forever dominate the Research Tree? You don't want new players to "farm" to catch up with the unGodly assets accumulated by vets? WTF are you talking about with Number 2?

And if you are worried about interfering with missions, your Solution to 'fix' interfering with Missions just broke the *** out of Missions.

You guys are high.

I should clarify and say "The result will likely be less PvP with STC" since you are the guys who have perfected the Armored Escape Path. But between people who actually like to PvP it will only help tip the balance toward committing to more fun edge-of-your-seat close battles that make this game rock!

And all this talk about hurting small gang PvP is crap coming from TP Escape Proponents. I used to be part of the minority for a long time, always with corps playing outnumbered. We used TPs to GET TO the fight NOT TO GET AWAY from the fight.

Dev Zoom you never really listened to me before so don't start now. Just use your new Flag Mechanic. We will adapt. STC ...welcome to the endangered species list.

There is nothing to stop the proliferation of Alt accounts effectively posting anonymously and continuing the scourging comments. But I do like the idea of at least tracking Unique Anonymous.

Generally glad to see this change as the abuse on Armored TPs was absurd.

But Zoom, you guys don't seem to understand the concept of BALANCE, at least not from from perspective of either adding new counters or making smaller adjustments. When you Devs make changes you make them sweeping.

This change is HUGE, and again I'm glad for it as it caters to my playstyle.

But you could also have simply eliminated the Armored TP which is the Biggest culprit here. And if that did not work then make a more aggressive change like the one done today.

And to answer those asking what the difference is between jumping Flagged through Static TPs versus jumping through Mobile TP. The difference is huge. The enemy can follow you through the static TPs, but not the Squad-limited-access Mobile TPs. Perhaps another balance option could have been the ability to use Mobile TPs universally (but that would have issues).

Again, glad to see the change. it's good for me if I can find the time to play.

I think the Devs shed a tear of joy on this note. Perhaps the new players will flock to the Perpetuum Shop.

Good write-up. You'll find most Vets very eager to assist, especially when it comes to getting the word out about this game.

Resetting research and having to grind that AGAIN would be HELL and likely enough to push most production Vets out of the game. Then the market would be *** for long while.

EP does not matter nearly as much as noobs seem to think it does. Just keep asking, I still enjoy the subject.

The state of the game is dominated by a clandestine group of players actively harrassing new players in an attempt to push them out of the game. I can't say too much but I will say the culprits are vets who do not like the competition that will come with increasing population.  They want to maintain the glory days of 2013 where man dominated machine without interference from other men. Now it appears that not only are they using their power over NPC mechanics to punish this innocent new player, but Dev Zoom appears complicit.

yeah, that sounds like a roaming spawn. Besides, even if someone did light off a beacon they would not agress unless you lock or agress them first (unless the damn mechanic changed on that too).

But still cool story in thread that was originally about ...wait, I lost track.