Player Features and Ideas Discussion

During the Alliance Tournament I believe it was CCP Greyscale that mentioned in the distant future he might even consider mobile POS's. You could attack a jump drive and after it spins up for 48 hours you could perhaps jump it into another system.

Great idea, but not a capability all POS's should have.

Instead, take the module POS idea you are working on and instead make a proper mothership... one that is modular in design (something of a cross between a modular POS and our current Tech 3 cruisers).

Give it the capacity to jump of course, and also the capability to go into seige permanently around a sufficiently large gravity well (as long as it is supplied with fuel). Give it POS like shields and defenses that it can deploy, and there you have it... a moblie POS that actually makes sense.

It would be more limited than a standard POS in some ways, so it would have to be put together with very specific purposes in mind (temporary mining outpost, forward rally point in a war zone, etc.).

I think this would make you happy, and finally give us a true mother ship that we can wrap our heads around and make full use of.

You could move it without needing to unanchor and fly it in a non combat ship?

The advantage is that you would have a large, fully equiped and customized base that cyno's into position from several systems away. It can also cyno out, but how practical it would be is dependent on how long it takes to do so.

You would have the option of having it mobile in system, or going into siege... and in siege a mothership would likely be an incredibly tough nut to crack.

My point is that mobile POS's have been discussed as a future option, and that a mothership (in the classic sense) fills that role in a far more believable way.

Keep in mind POS's are going to fundamentally change, and may well end up being a poor choice for a forward base in a hostile environment when all is said and done.

Fair points. Pretty much anything you would use a Death Star for if you could simply cyno it in as was mentioned.

1: Like any other asset you would not send it into a hostile situation alone. If you send in a Mothership to act as a base of operations that means you are serious about taking and controlling that system. You would cyno in a support fleet at the same time.

2: You could also move your "base" where you want it in system. Remember, they are also talking about making it so that multiple POS's and such can be anchored in the same area. Now wouldn't it be handy to be able to move your heavily armed base onto the same grid as the Outpost, POS, or infrastructure Hub you are attacking.

3: Other key abilities I could see a true Mothership having would include substancial ability to repair ships, carry spare ships, carry huge amounts of ammo/drones/fittings, have man-able turrets (when in Siege Mode) like a POS does so that the Mothership pilot does not need to be online all the time,... the list goes on and on.

Really, pretty much any role you could use a mobile POS for a Mothership would be a better option.

And a Quaf dispenser!!!!!!

ORE ships should be able to target from within the shields too. Need to be able to enjoy your Quaf!