Pod Pilot
Report: Agatir Solenth
Greetings my fellow pod pilots, & blog readers!!!
I know it has been awhile… but as I stated in an earlier post real
life is just getting in the way of my game time. However, as always, I find my mind drifting
back to the land of internet space ships.
I like to play the “what if” game, and think of things that could be
added to the game to make things more interesting. This time I’ve decided to “what if” about
low-sec.
A lot of people have stated that low-sec is broke, and that there is little
to do there. I’d almost argue against
it. If that were the case then why are
there so many loyal pirates? I know that
they want more to do… but if they stay hard and fast to the life of a pirate,
then there must be enough fun to be had.
If not they are the most masochist sons of bitches to be had in game.
But I digress…
If I were to ask, “what does a pirate do?” or more importantly, “What
should a pirate be doing?” What comes to
mind? I envision the sail ships of old
upon the high seas. One ship approaches
the other, and runs up the skull and cross bones announcing themselves as
privateers. The other ship has a choice
run & fight, or heave to and be boarded and lose their precious cargo.
How do you simulate this experience in the EvE environment?
This is how I would do it. First,
let us begin with supply route courier missions. A pilot could accept special NPC courier
missions into low-sec. They would randomly
begin and/or end in low or high sec. The
route to complete the mission would require a certain amount of jumps through
low-sec. The NPC station that the
mission was acquired would never be the start or end location of the mission.
(This would reduce the chance of pirates camping one particular gate.) The start and end points need not be stations
either. Why couldn’t the mission begin
or end at a small station in an asteroid belt?
The mission would require that the pilot carry special supply route courier
containers to the destination. All of
these missions would require isk as collateral. These containers could vary in size to limit
ship types that could haul them. As the
risk goes up so should the rewards of completing the missions.
SO how does the pirate get to pirate?
The pirate would have two options.
If he/she were to choose to blow up the hauling ship then the special
supply container would be destroyed, and replaced with a salvageable cargo
item. This item could be turned into
special pirate NPCs for isk. However, if
the pirate could get the hauling pilot to jettison the supply container, that
container could be turned into the same pirate NPC for a significant increase
in isk. This would allow for the pirate
to offer ransoms for the player’s ships.
This system could also be used for the smuggling of goods too. Smugglers could find themselves not only
dodging Concord, but pirates as well, as they move their illicit goods.
Until next time,
Be Bold…
