Comments on: Winning In My Alliance http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/13/winning-in-my-alliance/ An Eve Online Gaming Corporation Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Marlenus http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/13/winning-in-my-alliance/#comment-3180 Marlenus Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:14:34 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/13/winning-in-my-alliance/#comment-3180 What's appealing to me about w-space is the lack of certainty. There are too many areas of the game where the likely outcomes are known. "I can't anchor a POS in low-sec because it will get hot-dropped by capital ships." "I can't rat in 0.0 because I'll get gate-camped on my way home." "I can't mine in low sec because I'll lose my barge before I make enough to (a) exceed what I can make in high sec and (b) pay for the barges I'll lose." Sure, there are ways to finess all those things but in general, a great many strategies are know to be full of fail, or at least to be more trouble than they are worth. Perhaps w-space will shake out the same way, but I'm not sure it will. There are enough variables with the wormholes and the tactical environments that we may see strategies that sometimes work extremely well and sometimes fail miserably -- <b>and this will always be true for that strategy</b>. That sort of unpredictability-of-outcome won't appeal to all, but I think it will lead to more fights and more fun for many. What’s appealing to me about w-space is the lack of certainty. There are too many areas of the game where the likely outcomes are known. “I can’t anchor a POS in low-sec because it will get hot-dropped by capital ships.” “I can’t rat in 0.0 because I’ll get gate-camped on my way home.” “I can’t mine in low sec because I’ll lose my barge before I make enough to (a) exceed what I can make in high sec and (b) pay for the barges I’ll lose.” Sure, there are ways to finess all those things but in general, a great many strategies are know to be full of fail, or at least to be more trouble than they are worth.

Perhaps w-space will shake out the same way, but I’m not sure it will. There are enough variables with the wormholes and the tactical environments that we may see strategies that sometimes work extremely well and sometimes fail miserably — and this will always be true for that strategy. That sort of unpredictability-of-outcome won’t appeal to all, but I think it will lead to more fights and more fun for many.

]]> By: Orontes Ovasi http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/13/winning-in-my-alliance/#comment-3178 Orontes Ovasi Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:25:47 +0000 http://www.ironfleet.com/2009/03/13/winning-in-my-alliance/#comment-3178 I think the most interesting thing about W-space is how much people will have to learn to deal with the unexpected. It really is exploration of new space, with new rules, and I'm curious to see what portion of the EVE community likes the uncertainty, and what portion stick either to empire care-bearing, or 0.0 blobbing. I hope W-space turns out to be economically worthwhile, or at least better than low-sec living. I think the most interesting thing about W-space is how much people will have to learn to deal with the unexpected. It really is exploration of new space, with new rules, and I’m curious to see what portion of the EVE community likes the uncertainty, and what portion stick either to empire care-bearing, or 0.0 blobbing. I hope W-space turns out to be economically worthwhile, or at least better than low-sec living.

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