Whoa, I totally forgot about that blog.

And whoa, Nia's gonna go boom.

+1

I mean, are there still PvE farmers that don't use field containers?

I partook in a duel of honor the other night. My bot got popped accidentally. That's ok with me, because Nia is a dangerous place, and crud happens. Also, players have to make their own rules for duels, which makes it a true sandbox.

Sorry, I can't support hard-coded duelling rules.

Lol. As much as I like the idea of flinging newbs out onto the beta islands unexpectedly or against their will, I don't think the reward you suggested would end well for most.

Yes. Excessive whining from this one...

Mr. River, why don't you just delete your cargo in the usually extended period of time it takes for us to get from 1000m to optimal weapon range or demob range? This should not be allowed either, IMO, but you have that opportunity.

There's no silver platter involved. It's more like we're getting ripped-off less when we risk our bots on beta. I've lost several bots and modules on the beta islands, and all I'm asking for in return is the chance to actually get some loot off of a lucky kill.

And by lucky, I mean managing to catch somebody in between two safe zones that are ridiculously close together, or before the bastard can dock up in an outpost after being spotted from 1000 meters out.

Don't worry, the beta islands still seem to favor the weak.

It's true. If the opposition could see how many bots we have undocked on our island on a daily basis they would probably *** themselves.

Obviously instancing isn't going to happen in this game, and I'm glad it won't.

As long as the servers allow large blobs to form I hope they continue. I only speak for myself, but eventually these large blobs will break into smaller blobs on their own.

Fix free arkhes, increase population of the game, and force/incentivize people out to the beta islands and I think the pvp in this game will be OK.

Context is important in deciding these sorts of things...

ie. Wtf happened? Who is Riz? What was he trolling? What was the subject of said post that got moderated?

Maybe make the intrusion times rotate by 12 or 10 hours or something? So if you get an intrusion event on an outpost you own that is at say 6:30am, you can use a protection, but then the next one is going to be around 6:30pm?

There must be a better system that combines protections and/or time blocks. A balance between flexibility for the defenders, but inflexibility so that eventually corps are forced into a defense.

Or, how about we all quit our jobs and rearrange our sleep schedules? Last corp that can still pay subs wins...