Player Features and Ideas Discussion

If you have a decent internet connection and aren't in a bubble or being smartbombed, you can always get your pod out. The system works perfectly well as-is, just requires a competent pilot.

Not for nothing, but you just gave three specific conditions, (none of which are rare events), where a smart pilot would not have a good chance of getting out.

Also, this would not be free, and for newer pilots would not even be cost effective. (Clones at lower SP are not too much ISK)

So, for the pilots who may be concerned with bubbles, smart bombing opponents, or just worried about lag hitting them at the wrong time, here is this idea for you to consider.

Actually, I belive pods should take 30 seconds to get into warp and like the new CONCORD fix, pods should be able to warp at all when the ship is destroyed (By CONCORD, another player, self destruct, NPC). Why? Because from the emergency of being jettisioned from the ship causes the pilot to be ejected from the ship at high speed to save his life and the pod needs time to reboot systems. Hey, our computers still need time to reboot when turned off and even putting to stand by...takes a few extra seconds to go to fully operational standards.

And no more need to clone updating but you can still lose experience, since EVE needs more risk and all the hardcores want it (as in, remove the need to update a clone but you still lose SP like you forgot to upgrade the clone). Now everyone loses SP with higher risk, since the pod can't get away as quickly .

*munches popcorn* Oh yes, this is a good and viable suggestion to make EVE more risky. Don't want to lose that pod *tosses more popcorn into mouth* don't engage what you can't take on . Also, gankers can gank a hulk then bring another ship for the pod knowing the miner lost Exhumer level 5 by their action

There's only two ways to lose SP: die in a T3 (not a big issue, just a little loss), or be a moron and fly without a clone.

Losing a pod is a reasonable and real consequence of losing a fight and screwing up your escape. All of your ideas were bad ideas. Either being completely and utterly gamebreaking (like AoE jamming when a ship dies or your pod suddenly jumping 1k km away) or pretty much pointless and lame (decoy pods).

You win the award for quoting out of context.

As you had already given the conditions that justify my idea, I find your comments with no further justifications pointless and somewhat of a let down.

Please try harder to be constructive. Some of your other posts indicate a decent mind at work.

You just advocated for my idea in a backhanded way. Thank you for pointing out these details.

Put differently: Are you willing to sacrifice your ship, and risk being podded? Then if you plan ahead, you can take advantage of the countermeasure's effects in an offensive tactical maneuver.

You will need help to pull off the stunt Kusum described, but an offensive strategy to gank gate campers is sure to put an exciting spin on events.

Noone should be safe in EVE, even gate campers need to have risks...

Pods instawarp, they don't NEED countermeasures to survive, their speed is enough. Even with a ****** internet connection spamming the "warp to" button frequently will get your pod into warp before you have even finished loading.

This.

I used to have a 4k scan res loki for use in low sec (I really hate interceptors), even that thing didn't catch pods 100% of the time.

Under many, probably most circumstances, you are probably right.

But, as MX pointed out:
If you don't have a decent internet connection, you are in a bubble, or you are being smartbombed, then you are not in a good position to survive a podding attempt.

Like any countermeasure, they gives no gaurantees, but it does improve your chances of survival.

And as Kusum Fawn pointed out, they can become clever weapons for those willing to sacrifice their ships to use them.

I wouldn't really call an Atron warping into an enemy fleet, blowing up, and jamming all of them a "sacrifice".