otherwise they will get ban - dab 2014

Base auto argo, not sure really. Does BvB require a war "true" state?

Yes, BvB does require that but they didn't BvB. Anyway, the point is the *attackers* have no need to declare war for PvB. DAB was free to war them if he wanted his bases to be aggro.

In fact, I petition for DAB to be banned for not warring TDC while they were attacking his gal.

i don't think the instant agro happens untill 1 hour, at least from what i've seen

base agro seems to be very clunky, like bases will fire for 5-15 seconds, then completely stop, then fire 2 minutes later and then maintain this stop and shoot at random intervals

Ah ok ty people , thought there was a proper reason behind this issue. Doesn't look like there is.

We had Dinky warred because it's dinky if that helps?

The real point here is the game risks losing yet another customer because of the losses caused due to attackers being able to cap bases.

Yes let's make PvP more carebear and take out the last bit of fun!

wise ones say that customer is a noob and deserves to leave

This game shouldn't worry about losing one customer. They should worry about the rates of which free users convert to premium customers. If this mechanic leads to less converted free users, then of course it should be reconsidered. But in this case, you have a player who has been here for a long time. You seriously can't expect a gaming company to cater this one player and remove said game mechanic just because he played his game poorly. If anything the development of this game needs to stop catering all the existing subscribing players and focus on what I mentioned earlier. If you can't get new players to subscribe, you'll eventually run out of existing subscribing players, because somewhere down the line they will no longer subscribe, be it because of a game mechanic, their real life situation or some other factor. Catering existing subscribers on a player-to-player basis with a customer service that borders insanity just prolongs an inevitable death of this game. Put the focus on those who have never subscribed, and find out why they aren't subscribing. That should be first priority for Jeff_L, in my opinion.

SS atm seems to be rather stagnant for end-game players due to the way its progressing but for new players its all exciting content. I do think some carebear aspect needs to be placed because any veteran player with money and experience can decide they don't like new players and persistently push them put of wild space with the massive gap in player strength.

That is because of PvP ranges, and how galaxy quality scales up with player level. A level 3000 can attack a level 439 player in Danger Factor 100, under the conditions of war and Emperor. DF100 is in Warp 2 (DF80-125) and in Warp 1, all you can find is empty planets, or planets with smidgin sources. So what choices does a level 400 player have? The moment he goes into Warp 2, he risks getting his ass handed to him by players 2x, 3x or even 4x his level. And building in Warp 1 in Wild Space is pointless, then you might as well build in Earthforce Space in Warp 1, which is a trial layer.

And that isn't even taking into account how much ExE and extractor availability scales the outcome of galaxy quality combined with player level.

These are indeed massive gaps. We aren't giving new players a reason to build in Wild Space, we're giving them reasons not to. The Traders approach of "build properly or get your shit killed" takes this to a whole new level. How can a level 400 even build properly with these mechanics. He is doomed to get his shit killed, unless he choses to build on smidgin commodity resources in Earthforce Layer Warp 1. At which point it is impossible to even build level appropriate items that require masses of metals and other commodities.

Perhaps PvP ranges should be based on coreskill levels then?

/me creates high level base builder alts with core skills at 9.

Or maybe the real point is that getting rid of Wild Space conflict risks losing all the potential customers who are turned off by a boring PvE game that SS would become.