Yes, our map - it's just a part of the planet. The other part is still populated by Nians.

But what did you expect from Terrans?

A good idea for an expansion. Nian content. To help them sabotage the plans of those parasites
Like in this popular movie, The Avatar

Sounds interesting.

I'm the noob. With 70k EP which i haven't even spended yet . I've made a plan, bought a half-year boosting, and sometimes loggin in to chat and do some mining.

I can't see how this patch boost me as a new player. Instead, decreased significance of extensions, and nerfed mechs just sounds BORING.

As a new player, i want a better goals.
A motivation to train my character and became a vet one day.
Some cool, large-sized tech.
Features, content, graphics...

If you want to do something for the new players, then make their life more interesting.
That's means improvements of the Alpha island, graphics, missions, features(things to do for a player), and overall quality. Because it's the lack of that that makes people bored and quit. It's not because they're sad that they don't have 2m of EP. Isn't it obvious?
Boosting new players by decreasing the gap might be useful to the type of players which don't want to do or wait someting in the game, which just want to try it, and quit after a few months.

Well, that's reminds me of CCP. They've tried boosting the noobs too. I remember the starting 800k SP, and double-speed training for a month. But now it's 80k again, without any benefits. Looks like they're finally fugured a dissatisfying fact that this isn't helping, and the game either interesting for the new players(and the others), or it's not and it's doesn't matter if they have some free stuff in the game that they didn't liked, even it there isn't ANY gap. So they're started to improve the game instead. Exploration, graphics effects, and a lot of the other stuff you can do or see without investing huge money or years of training...

I know that it's takes a lot to add such things and actually improve the game. But sorry, look's like there's no easy way or magic pill...

And some stuff for avatars can help too. And changing the avatar might be a good cash option too.

And after all, why there's a costume option in the avatar creation with only 1 option and this is new player expirience...
I know, i know, there's much more important things to do... Soooooo many of those...:(

Of course is better to get both.
But we also should think about the odds. Which way is possible, and which is much more difficult(if possible).
One leads to another, sure: -> money -> better game and marketing -> larger community -> money ->

Finding big investors isn't easy. But i think it's easier than bringing a lot of new players in the current state of things.
Investors looking at the perspectives of the game(their investment, and chances of the positive result).
Players looking at the game as it is right now.

First of all, i would focus on getting additional funding.
After all, it's all about money. money -> features -> players -> money
If you can't get more players then just get more money for the development from somewhere else at this point.

Interesting ideas.

I like when it's comes to any PvE improvements, and something for casual gameplay.

Because many players want a casual gameplay. Where they can rest a bit.

When i've played EVE, i was not carebearing all the time. I've lived with my corp in "dangerous" space, spending nights there. In the first half we've been doing PvE, and making A LOT of money, and after that we were searching for any PvP. It's was very cool, but there was one problem... TIME. And for some of us who has life it can be a significant sacrifice.

So my last 2 years were casual. In Highsec. In PvE and mining. A few hours on weekends.
And i remembered this as more pleasing way to play. Even though the profit was a joke compared to billions a day back then. It was not for money - i could buy anything i need for real money anyway

It's not always about risk vs reward. Gosh, it's not an investments >_<.
Sometimes it's just about how you spend your time.
Sure, everything in PvP gammas shoud be more profitable, but make better PvE content accessable for all players. Like better missions and rats. And just tweak the rewards(NIC) for it.
For the casual PvE gameplay to be more interesting. Not for the billions of NIC.

The casual player actually can be more interesting in PvP, because these people prefers their way of playing because they don't want to put too much time and effort in the games. So they won't be spending too much time doing "not so fair PvP" or using trash fittings. Although most of the time it's casual PvE from time to time.
Well, of course, this will work when PvE part will be more interesting somehow

Final Fantasy XIII
Dreamfall Chapters
Alien Isolation

And also the another "MMO":
https://godvillegame.com/

Although i prefer the Russian server as it is my native language, and it's an original server with more content to laugh at