As found in 'Second Life' and 'World of Warcraft'.

Over the last few days, we have been seeing within Eve-Online, more comments relating to ‘Things to do in Null Sec’. It transpires for some, probably those who like a little planned ‘unplanned mischief’ in their lives, the survival needs for grouping up in Null Sec are a needful way of things. Go around strange space and you get caught between the dichotomy of “Not Red, Don’t Shoot’ and ‘Not Blue, Shoot’.

Groups tend to stay amongst groups of like minded loyalists, it can be safer. Smaller groups simply avoid everyone else. Its all about Risk Management, or Risk Aversion, but either way, it can lead to tedium when not at war, between blob battles or simply waiting for the next element of career training to mature.

Now, CCP in their infinite wisdom and with unbounded generosity have clicked in the ability to explore enhanced DED’s, rats with ‘Powa’ and ‘Attitude’. Kill the boss to get faction BPC’s, Treats or trinkets, something  special will drop when the Boss is killed.

This week we have seen the unbridled extension intention to copy elements of Second Life and now, we have an unabashed declaration of warm fuzzies for World of Warcraft. At the very least, it will be something for the zoonies in Null Sec to Farm between weekend ventures.

Wait! What was that? Second Life and World of Warcraft in the same week? Yup. Eve, has the capacity to be unique, that means ‘like no other’, and here we are watching Devs introducing elements practiced in other online experiences and coaxing them into Eve as some kind of filler.

I am not going to plea for Fixes to be Fixed before new content is included, enough players do that, and like many eve players, I yearn for new gizzits and spanglies like no other. We have seen suggestions for Mining Barges being able to turn their powerful Lasers onto other boats, we have seen suggestions for a decline in status mirroring three strikes and your out (of high Sec), we have seen ‘asks’ for Hi Sec ratting to give better standing increments, and we have seen the encouragements for rats to drop faction goodies randomly in High Sec. I know all the above is either underway, in progress or so far off the back burner, it is in the jon three blocks away hanging from a nail.

So many good ideas are coming from the customers who live, sleep, eat and breath Eve-Online, without a need for a single Dev to regurgitate elements from other On-Line Genres.

Fly Safe

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