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3 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said:
but you are most definitely speaking for yourself
YES!
3 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said:and not the majority.
Sure, I'm probably a unique fool on the hill. This is a big subject that I tried to process in another topic.
9 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said:The problem with this is that if your opinion were to dominate
You can't put that on me. I'm just one weirdo with an opinion. If my opinion dominates it's because of all the other dudes who share my opinion, I don't know how many we are but we're always told we're an insignificant poot in the statistical universe.
12 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said:I have my own preferences also
And I approve of you fighting for it.
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11 minutes ago, Borch said:
are you saying that you are only able to play the game with DLC ships?
No, not at all. Let's see if I'm able to explain...
12 minutes ago, Borch said:You are PvP'er no?
Yes. I am someone who likes to play against people exclusively. I have limited patience with anything and everything that is not pure PvP and I seek to avoid it as hard as I can.
16 minutes ago, Borch said:Sure you don't have to participate in eco stuff
I have done a lot of crafting in order to have all kinds of fighting equipment available to me. I've used alts so that it has only taken me about 5-10 minutes each week to get more stuff than I need to craft whatever I want. Things are a bit different now. I no longer have access to whatever I want but I'm kinda numbed into accepting that I will have to do with oak/oak ships mostly without meta mods.
I have all the prem ships and I will use them from time to time, but I lose more cash when I lose prems than when I lose my shitty crafted ships. Own crafted ships will be my main workhorses so that I avoid having to go out and get reals. I know that I can go out and print reals but I'd rather take up knitting or something.
26 minutes ago, Borch said:you can always buy ships from admiralty
WAY too expensive and they're usually worse than own crafted oak/oak ships which are significantly less expensive in my setup. The selection is rather poor and it's a no-go for me to sail around looking for an almost decent ship.
30 minutes ago, Borch said:auction from filthy eco players
Nothing is more unreasonably expensive than buying ships from crafters. Reals and doubloons is what I lack the most due to my PvE aversion. My crafting setup allows me to make ships for almost nothing and I occasionally help out fellow PvPers by giving them ships just as I have been given ships by other PVPers for free.
36 minutes ago, Borch said:just cap them in OW, AI or players.
Capping bots is just like buying from admiralty. I exchange my time for a ship that is usually worse than those I craft myself in no time. Doran recently gave me two Russian player ships he capped, so capping ships from players is indeed viable. (I crafted a bunch of endys to fill his docks before the changes hit)
44 minutes ago, Borch said:What exactly is the way you like to play this game?
I want the impossible, but I need the PvP/PvE ratio to be extremely high and I struggle with motivation in consequence.
14 minutes ago, Angus MacDuff said:Why is this a problem that needs to be solved?
I'm getting along (using alts) just fine without it, but I welcome anything that allows me to save additional time. Except for rare woods it will be just as quick for me to click out a crafted ship as it is to click out a prem ship.
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33 minutes ago, OlavDeng2 said:
Davinci Resolve, its free
Ah, I should check that out. Thanks for the tip!
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26 minutes ago, Hullabaloo said:
The opposite is true
It's not, though I appreciate the effort to include me in the grand eco scheme.
You play EVE so I fully understand why you fight for eco.
I've given a very wide berth to EVE, not because of spaceships but because that game is a near perfect example of eco gameplay.
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32 minutes ago, --Privateer-- said:
I don't see what would have given you that idea.
Yea, that was unfair. I lobbed you in with with the DLC whiners.
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10 hours ago, --Privateer-- said:
If I can't get the system to work with all my resources and experience, then what is a new player supposed to do?
I simply forget about the things that I'm blocked from, by my refusal to grind appropriately, and use the things that are easy to get.
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8 minutes ago, Norfolk nChance said:
I’m sad, but more surprised the idea wasn’t liked by either Tester or Developer alike
Your idea simply involves extra work, I suspect it's just that.
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5 hours ago, --Privateer-- said:
It's not that people are avoiding participating in the economy
I wouldn't be so sure of that. Even before player production I started the first of my many schemes to avoid as much contact as possible with eco gameplay. In the early days I actually advocated for the removal of everything eco, I've dialed back on that because I don't want to ruin someone else's fun (however inexplicable it is to me). I started asking for premium ships in early 2015 in order to have a back door out of the eco gameplay.
We premium ship users will let you enjoy your eco stuff.
Why do you seek to keep us from playing the game how we like?
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6 minutes ago, Liq said:
However most decent video editing software will cost you something
Shortcut gets the job done at an extremely attractive price point.
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1 minute ago, Archaos said:
disproved
You only proved you don't craft as cheaply as I.
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3 minutes ago, o7Captain said:
i really loved the idea of moving resources from port to port
You don't have to use the port investment feature, you can keep on sailing.
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8 minutes ago, Archaos said:
Why
The opening post is about exactly that.
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42 minutes ago, Communism said:
what do we care what the masses do
No. Just watching you write that the masses like arena games is quite enough for me.
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17 minutes ago, Intrepido said:
Paytowin games are universally disliked and target of criticism,
Ye, like the wot, wows and WT ghost towns.
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5 hours ago, Henry Durnin said:
but not enough.
Your entire topic hinges on this but you don't bother to explain why "it's not enough".
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9 minutes ago, Communism said:
Why bother with OW
Don't tempt me
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1 minute ago, Liberalism said:
Yes, insurance helps cover the cost of renting HMS Ontario for 2 hours.
So, I've done my eco homework while you haven't.
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2 minutes ago, Communism said:
😱! Only know admins saying there’s no need to haul basic resources...
And how does that separate DLC user and ship crafter?
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17 hours ago, Barbarosa said:
Didn't had any fun sinking Hercules and Requins so far knowing they loose nothing.
You're not paying attention to your precious eco then, because they lose their guns while guys in cheap crafted ships get almost every penny back.
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18 hours ago, Routan said:
I do have one question for you. A server should have s online player base of around 2000-2500. How many of those players do you think have the same acces to the game, as you have?
I wonder how privileged you think I am?
It sounds like an interesting question, but I don't quite know how to answer.
I have about 3k dubs, 17 CM and only ready access to fir and oak.
(Also keep in mind I'm an arena degenerate and not an eco fan)
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You are aware of the map GPS perk, right?
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I'm also, for all practical purposes, blocked from using the ships I want.
I remember when we didn't go out in anything other than golden ships with the right woods and optimal regional bonus. That got deleted and people whined, but the whining died off eventually.
Today golden ships still exist but remain somewhat rare.
Now the meta and the strongest ships in each class are made rare and people whine. I bet the whining will die off much like it did before as people get used to not always having the best ships available. How terrible.
Want to use a virtually free ship? Craft an Essex.
Have some dubs to spend? Craft an Agamemnon.
Are you a PvP hero? Exchange all your medals for anything you want, probably even an Endy.
Are you an eco powerhouse? Spend all your hyper-inflation reals to get pretty much anything you want.
It's neither here nor there for me. You guys can change it in any direction you like, I'll just roll with it whatever you do.
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Felix' map has this feature.
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Thanks for the numbers and interesting input, @Fluffy Fishy
I do notice that of those ships it's the connie that more closely resembles the modern "Deep V" hull form that helps with reducing resistance.
I'll give you the same game balance rooted challenge: What about ship diversity and spice in gameplay? How to do without making a mockery of it?
On the issue of imported ship permits versus ready imported ships.
in News Announcements & Important discussions
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I think you're on to something. The fear isn't always rational, but the problem of perception annoyingly remains despite logic.
But are you surprised?
Arena airheads get tired of the ganking which makes us lose ships and run out of ship tows. Ganking isn't fun and no tows is a showstopper. 1v1 zone is without rewards for the loser because of farmers. PZ is gank-zones because of sandbox and faction based fear of griefing (refer to admin's posts on the subject).