Editor’s Note: We had not planned to have Skippermonkey first, as the crowd had selected Mintrolio as the first interview. However, Skippermonkey just concluded his interview, and some of this is just… priceless. We have to share this with you guys. So, we’ll do the forum troll candidates back to back. Here is a link to Skippermoney’s Jita Park post, now on to the interview. Enjoy!
1. What mechanics changes do you think are needed to shift fighting from shooting structures to shooting ships?
Do they need shifting? Obviously the only time you encounter this in hisec is when you want to shoot a POS, (large POSes are a bitch, btw I would love a hisec mini-dread). I’m not going to pretend that I know what the average nulsec grunt thinks about shooting structures. Maybe they should bring more dps?
2. Do you like the current sov mechanics? What how should it be expanded upon? Should it be removed and CCP start again from scratch?
As a self admitted nulsec virgin, I can’t comment too much on sovereignty issues, but I do know that it should matter more than it does now. When I see areas of the nulsec map without sov claimed (and I don’t mean NPC space), I know something is wrong. [tinfoil hat] Maybe we should ask the low level ants what they think instead of the alliance leaders filling their pockets with technetium isk.[/tinfoil hat]
3. What is your opinion about the war dec mechanics, and by extension war dec shields? Should CCP iterate or start over?
CCP really screwed the pooch when they allowed dec shield. No doubt having less people available to handle the numerous petitions was the main reason for the rule change, but having nothing in place to pick up the slack was a terrible idea. War decs should mean something and shouldn’t be easily evaded. I have no problem with a corp joining an alliance during a war, but if they then leave the alliance a day later, the war should go with them. War decs need to stick to pilots as well if they drop corp, as you paid for a weeks worth of war against them you should get it. tl:dr EVE Uni is why we cant have nice things
4. Dust 514. What are your hopes/thoughts?
If you can spawn camp your own team without getting kicked from the game, then I’m in!
5. What are you going to do that other candidates haven’t, can’t, or won’t do?
Firstly, I’m not here promoting some nulsec power alliance agenda, im just here to represent the little man. I’m not going to promise to people that I’ll implement certain changes, or scrap certain mechanics. I’ll just be myself, have some fun, and make great forum posts!
6. What does the phrase ‘risk versus reward’ mean to you? What facet of EVE is not worth the risk involved, and what needs to involve more risk?
Autopiloting through Sivala with a shuttle full of plex isn’t worth the risk IMO.
7. How would you define the role of CSM in Eve?
In my mind the CSM is supposed to troll the forums while simultaneously taking notes of the mood of the people, then herding CCP in the right direction to keep the game on track, and then looking smug when it all goes to plan. No more Incarnas!
8. What are your thoughts on Sansha Incursions? What kinds of changes would you advocate, if any, for incursions?
I think that incursions are great content, but they need rebalancing. The amount of isk that incursions generate is ridiculous. Incursion runners are going to disagree with me, because their wallet is on the line, but its true. They need to have a pay out more in line with lvl 4 missions, the LP should be the major reward. Also, when are the other pirate factions going to get some love?
9. What are your thoughts on PVE in Eve? Would you advocate iteration or starting over for any PVE category? How would you rate the necessity of such changes on a scale of 1-10?
Missisons in general need updating, as I imagine its what the majority of ‘normal EVE pilots’ get up to. If the agent were to offer a choice of several missions that would be interesting? Or restricting ‘faction missions’ that drop tags to faction warfare corps possibly? Most people don’t mission for the pure fun of it (though some do), so having to reject missions that damage standings with empire factions and wait a timer to do them again is stupid.
10. What do you think is the biggest deterrent in the New Player Experience that prevents players from sticking with Eve?
I don’t think we need to change anything in the NPE. As long as they got a decent enough tutorial in there, the game will and always has weeded out those who cant play/don’t enjoy it.
11. Outpost destruction. What is your preference for how that should be handled or implemented if at all?
I’d preferably like to have everything destructible in the game given enough firepower, (with the exception of stargates), this includes outposts. Whether I’d have the contents stuck in an outpost wreck that are only retrievable when a new outpost is built in its place, or have the contents hauled by Interbus to the nearest NPC station I’m not too sure. Destruction of its contents is probably not something I’d wish to see happen.
12. In your opinion, what is the most pressing problem in Eve right now?
The ongoing war against bots. I’m no computer buff, so I don’t understand what ‘injecting python code into the client’ means, but lets stop that please. A related problem is the proliferation of isk in the game, the isk faucet seems to be out of control. The easiest targets presently would be Incursions, Tech moons and lvl4 missions.
13. What is your primary goal if elected to CSM?
To have fun representing Joe McNormal EVE player and drink beer in Iceland.
14. Which expansion was your favorite?
The current one, where CCP shrugged off most of that Icelandic Banking Bubble bravado and started listening to its consumers and started fixing stuff instead of adding new things. The hybrid buff was also pretty awesome (and a long time coming).
15. Which ship/class of ships need the most love and which needs the most nerf?
Whatever ship Xenuria is currently flying is the ship I want nerfed. EAS and BLOPS ships need a buff, as the numbers flying them indicate they aren’t worth buying atm. Railguns are also spectacularly crap (buff max lock range, nerf ongrid warps).
In answer to that question, Xenuria flies Gallente ships. Looks like he flies Iteron 2′s and 3′s. He was flying a Proteus for about a month before it died in a LOL way. After that, it looks like he took to mining in a hulk, before Lady Spank (another forum troll) popped it.
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