Maybe Some Enlightenment

     I was just going to reposition some of my Jump clones to better highsec systems when we get hit by another Wardec.  This one will probably be just as interesting as the last few; highsec alliance members will scream and cry that they're being attacked unfairly and that we need to go protect them.  As they have been told many times before, stop operating in highsec and support the sovereignty that exists in Providence and no one will be attacking you.  Each of these wardeccing corporations just sit in the main shipping lanes and pick you off with little or no effort.  It's pretty predictable when you see multiple fighting ships with neg sec status, with one or two cargo ships hanging around gates waiting for the "right" cargo to come by the gate, even when you're not wardecced.  The travel around Niarja is becoming just short of lowsec nowadays as there is no AFK cargo pilotting like previously. Enter at your own risk, and beware of large groups. 
     Getting back to the proposed reduction of loot drops that is being reported after April 26th,  I think I can finally understand what CCP is trying to do going forward.  According to what I have been reading, the mining/producing component of EVE has been on the decline for a while now, and they are trying to jump start that profession.  I believe that a portion of the PVP/ratting population of EVE has been getting very brazen and wreckless that they have little or no aversion to losing ships, clones, etc in the game.  I think this concerns CCP and they feel they need to reign some of the "free will" of the game.  Unfortunately,  I also think this will reduce the amount of people that are willing to spend the time playing this amazing game going forward.  There's a reason why most people don't want to mine in EVE and I don't think this change will dramatically alter this reality: as dynamic as the EVE universe is, the short attention span that exists in most people tell me that something as tedious as grinding rocks will not appeal to most people playing any video game, let alone EVE Online. If a war over resources breaks out, as I think it might, CCP will spark a new struggle, aggravate the general masses again, and give most something to think about.  Maybe some risk aversion will start to come back into the game.  If mining becomes as lucrative, or even more lucrative than other aspects of the game, the isk hoarders will simply change professions.