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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2017.03.02 10:47:01 -
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Hello,
My question - what is your viewpoint regarding Faction standings and as a CSM member, what changes will you propose to CCP pertaining to game mechanics for Faction standings ?
Good luck to you in the upcoming CSM election.
DMC
'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2017.03.02 11:51:54 -
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Thanks for the reply but you didn't really give an answer to my question, other than you think it's a hit and miss situation which needs an easier way to repair negative Faction standings.
This game was founded with the premise of having a balance on 'Risk vs Reward' and 'Actions vs Consequences'. It takes time for players to ruin their Faction standings and as such it should also take time for players to repair those standings. In the past Characters were accountable for their actions in-game, now most everything has been dumbed down and turned into easy mode for the instant gratification crowd.
Now I agree there was a time long ago when having negative Faction standings prohibited players from enjoying all aspects of the game. That myth was due to players just accepting that consequence as fact instead of actually searching for a remedy to correct that situation. Course the process of standings repair should have been implemented to be more intuitive within the game instead of being so obscure.
Unfortunately CCP doesn't like to present things in Black & White. They prefer various shades of Gray and enjoy seeing the player base figure things out on their own. CCP distributes the content throughout the game for players to find and put the pieces together. Players then share that info with the community. That's what makes this game great.
I know because I use to be one of those players who felt victimized by negative Faction standings until I decided to do something about it. After 3 months of research in 2010, I created and shared the 'Faction Standing Repair Plan' ('The Plan') with the Eve Online community. Time and time again it proved itself to the playerbase that it not only easily and quickly repaired negative Faction standings, it also helped boost positive Faction standings as well.
One of the main points for having high Faction standings was the ability to anchor POS in High Security systems. Granted that aspect of Faction standing game mechanic was removed by CCP which in my opinion was a huge mistake. Another point for having high Faction standing is reduced Broker fees as well as reduced Refining fees in NPC stations.
Anyway, I'm sure we can all agree there's a few game mechanics that definitely need to be revised, including the one pertaining to Faction standings. I just wanted to know what your stance is on Faction standings and what changes you'd propose to CCP.
Thanks again for the reply and good luck to you.
DMC [/quote]
'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
59671
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Posted - 2017.03.02 13:04:47 -
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Erika Mizune wrote:I'm slightly confused at your response, you brought up things that I did talk about. Tho I noticed that you are copy and pasting the same response around. That aside, I did talk about the consequence that you face and how I do feel that the feeling of reward isn't the same as it used to be. That's my viewpoint.
What changes I would bring up? To make it easier to regain standings or/and to bring back a way to have that feeling of reward again someway (ie. having standings matter - bringing back a sense of reward when you work up your standings). How exactly - well I'm not sure how to 100% answer that. CSM aren't mini-developers, and to try to 'promise' something isn't right. What I can do provide the feedback to CCP on the topic.
Thanks :)
Thanks for the reply again.
Sorry if my copy and paste offended you, it's merely done for time efficiency since there's a lot of candidates to review.. Also most answers to my question are very similar.
Anyway, I agree with what you've posted here and once again I wish you good luck in the upcoming election.
DMC
'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
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DeMichael Crimson
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2017.03.03 13:33:46 -
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Erika Mizune wrote:DeMichael Crimson wrote: Thanks for the reply again.
Sorry if my copy and paste offended you, it's merely done for time efficiency since there's a lot of candidates to review.. Also most answers to my question are very similar.
Anyway, I agree with what you've posted here and once again I wish you good luck in the upcoming election.
DMC
It didn't offend me, but more curious since some of the mentions were stuff that I did talk about. Thank you very much for the questions! No problem.
Having negative Faction standings affects a lot of players in-game and repairing those standings is definitely a large task to complete. Most players in-game don't read the forums so they don't even know about the 'Faction Standing Repair Plan' guide. Also new players can easily mess up their Faction standings right at the start without even knowing it.
These are some options I think would help players in-game.
Faction standing repair be implemented in-game to be very intuitive, not obscure (tutorial perhaps). Changes to Faction standings be brought to players attention with on screen pop up message (option to deactivate). Any action that would cause negative Faction standing will trigger on screen pop up warning (option to deactivate). All Anti-Empire missions should have a warning alerting players that those missions will incur negative Faction standings. Your idea to have Tags for Standings is acceptable if similar to Tags for Security. CCP add NPC Agents to in-game Agent Finder for Faction standing repair (similar to proposal in my forum signature).
Just wanted to pass that along to you. Once again good luck with the up-coming election.
DMC
'The Plan' | California Eve Players | Proposal - The Endless Battle
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