IMHO the System that's currently being evaluated (Rebuy most expensive Ship used during murder spree) is 100.0% ineffective.
What's the point of an increased Fine (Credits) if most "murder hobos" literally swim in Credits and can afford to throw away Cutters or Vettes just for fun?
It's entirely pointless and merely cosmetic.
At its core
- it misses the key issues and goals of a functional C&P System entirely
- it merely creates a small modifier on the cheap, fake pseudo-C&P System we already have; cosmetic in nature and resembles "putting lipstick on a pig"
Wake me up when the Rebuy is increased proportionally scaled by the amount of Damage dealt,
then we'd have an actual limiter, even if blunt and only Credits-based. And a limiter is what's fundamentally needed.
IMHO most folks wouldn't mind having someone blow up another Player.
The only issue that ever existed was that Gankers (please don't tell me it isn't 100% crystal clear what these guys are about) were invited like flies on [4 characters] by the (non-)existing Crime & Punishment System.
And all that over 2 years now, so one could hardly blame them for joining that party.
After all, from the get-go everything was
massively tilted in their favor, be it the lack of rearward Sensor Scanning, the total lack of IFF, the total lack of meaningful System Authority Response, the lack of other meaningful consequences, the #REF - 0 imbalance baked into this part of the core Game, Permit Systems not caring, Factions not caring, Powers not caring, Superpowers not caring and the Pilots Federation not caring... Pick your favorite.
If anything, it requires a completely different approach. Credits alone just don't cut it.
Something that actually
can act as a limiter. And something that at least gives the Targets a realistic hope that the Criminal will likely one day face some kind of justice.
IMHO the core issue isn't the C&P System itself. It lies with those that made this cancerous Design Decision(tm) to
not have any in the first place.
So when it comes to
whom do I trust to actually develop, balance and implement a fail-safe C&P System, my trust only lies on the myriad of superb suggestions that came from the Community.
But definitely not Frontier. They've proven sufficiently enough that they don't desire any such thing, nor believe it would be any issue in the 1st place.
[Movie Quote of the Day :
The Problem isn't the Problem. The Problem is their attitude about the Problem]
Based on the last poll, this epic misassessment (total disconnect from reality) has caused a scattering of the Gaming population into countless fragments and away from Open Play.
(and seeing even absolutely critical issues [bugs/exploits] not being hotfixed as they should - but left alone for many months - that really doesn't help retaining trust in a company that supposedly runs a balanced MMO aimed to entertain
all Players)
I guess we'll see what any future Karma System might bring, but frankly it's
waaaay too late already. The damage is already done and at this point almost irreversible.
But no harm in trying I guess. Only caviat :
this time around, it needs to hit the nail on the head on 1st try. Anything else would just be more embarassment and demonstrating ineptitude.
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