2019-07-01 00:59:08 Gobbins [HORDE] : OFFICIAL STATEMENT ABOUT THE DRIFTER EVENT:  We've had several days to gather data about this event and can now conclude that: - the npcs are not clearing bots (see killboard) - the  npcs are not clearing low-power citadels spam, they seem to mostly hit active ones - the AI is not dynamic is is simply spawning waves in the same systems every day - there is no reward whatsoever for killing the npc waves - there is no story/progression like they had the Triglavian phase with the sites evolving  The whole event appears to a purely punitive design where large null blocs are forced to deal with tedious waves of the same npcs every day, several times a day without any reward. From a customer point of view, this is purely a time waste inflicted by the company on null members for playing the game along the mechanics they themselves implemented.  At the same time, the event is used to score popularity points with another group of customers that resent the null block gameplay. A lazy shortcut appeasing some revenge fetishes instead of the hard work required to fix the deeply rooted issues affecting the game right now.  My view is that this is unacceptably dishonest behavior for CCP as a company, and as such we support cooperating with other null entities as customers to keep the company honest. I do not believe in big hyperboles of outrage, but I do believe the nullbloc entities are a large stakeholder in eve as a game, and in eve as a business. If the company cannot deliver a fair service to us as customers, it is within our right to react in kind.    -Vladimir Ilyich Gobanov :dagger: