Fanfest 2012 Impressions (Part 1?)
After a few days to process the info from various blogs, video streams and the interwebs at large, I think I have a grasp on Fanfest 2012: WardecsOverall, I think the wardec revamp looks like a good starting point for iterations. There is no ability for aggressors to retract poorly chosen targets, so I think we will see more selective targeting. Giving defenders the ability to add support while denying this to attackers should also have the same results. I am a bit worried about what happens to small corporations that cannot defend themselves. Poetic has some thoughts on member-disparity based pricing, which may not be perfect, but provides disincentives for tremendously unequal conflicts. My biggest fear is that small corps will still be “grief decced”, as the 20-30 million range is still rather low to prevent organized griefers. PvPCentralized Killboard? Yes please. Crimewatch changes? Yes please. I am interested in what these will both actually come out as, but the principles are good. I would love to see more done to prevent station games, something like longer aggression timers at gates and stations, coupled with some sort of “station view” so pilots in stations can look out the damn Continue Reading →