While initially the Drifter attacks appeared unmanageable since the extent and scale of those attacks had yet to become completely comprehended, after a while what seemed as a exciting new wrinkle in the Invasion expansion storyline soon became bothersome. Attacks seemed to stop about a week into the invasion, but had been immediately picked back up within
EVE Echoes ISK a day or so. Player structures have been destroyed by the invasion, such as a Citadel according to Jin'Taan, a former member of the Council of Stellar Management, via Twitter.
Leaders of the great player-run corporations are meeting to determine how to respond to the Drifter attacks, especially how to push back at CCP Games for launch these NPC invasions. A lot of people in Nullsec feel like the emergent player gameplay is being jeopardized from the Drifter invasions. Many alliance leaders are mad that the drifter invasion disrupted participant conflicts, many of which were months in the building. Imperium's leader, The Mittani, summed up what many are feeling when speaking to PCGamer:
We are annoyed that we have had to stop our player vs player warfare and mill through what numbers to World of Warcraft-style raid content, but we've already broken down how the Drifter AI functions and have successfully defended our constructions thus far. I anticipate moving back to actual player vs player material, which is the reason why I quit WoW for EVE at the first place."
Because of this, the significant alliance leaders are planning revenge which can negatively influence all of New Eden. Embargoes placed on Tier 2 goods - which can be harvestable in Nullsec and then sent to hubs like Jita - can compromise and starve the PVE market, something which is felt even more in a game like EVE Online versus a traditional MMO. While over an embargo was proposed, 1 thing is for sure: EVE's great corporations won't take the disturbance of Nullsec space lying down.
Because of this, a blackout of local chat in
Cheap EVE Echoes ISK player-owned space will happen, effectively altering how intelligence is gathered in Nullsec.
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