Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hello,

my proposal is to add some skill(s) that influence Planetary Activities and make Planetarians as a separate specialty in EVE game. For example, i propose:

1.
Planetary Customs Office Connections
Explanation: Understanding of social concepts and mechanisms to decrease bureaucracy for exporting/importing
goods to/from planets.

Decreases the Export Tax from Command Centers by 5% per level.

Miscellaneous
Primary attribute :Charisma
Secondary attribute :Intelligence
Training time multiplier : 3 x

Required skills
Primary Skill required : Social Social III
Secondary Skill required : Diplomacy III , Social II

Structure
Volume : 0.01 m3


2.
Command Center Energy Management
Explanation: Understanding the ins and outs of Energy Management of a Command Center thus effectively optimizing
the Power grid Management of a Command Center.

Increases the Power grid output of a Command Enter by 5% per level.

Miscellaneous
Primary attribute : Intelligence
Secondary attribute : Memory
Training time multiplier : 3 x

Required skills
Primary Skill required : Engineering V, Science V
Secondary Skill required : Planetology IV

Structure
Volume : 0.01 m3



3.
Command Center Electronics Management
Explanation: Understanding the ins and outs of Electronics Management of a Command Center thus effectively
optimizing the CPU output of a Command Center.

Increases the CPU output of a Command Enter by 5% per level.

Miscellaneous
Primary attribute : Intelligence
Secondary attribute : Memory
Training time multiplier : 3 x

Required skills
Primary Skill required : Electronics V, Science V
Secondary Skill required : Planetology IV

Structure
Volume : 0.01 m3



Also, this way they can be a plethora of other skills that influence the various Planetary Infrastructure Items, such as Extractors, Storage silos etc. For example:

4.
Storage Facilities Specialization
Explanation: Ability to organize the storage of materials stored in a Storage Facility thus effectively
increase the amount of goods a Storage Facility can hold.

Increases the Storage Facility Capacity by 15% per level.

Miscellaneous
Primary attribute : Intelligence
Secondary attribute : Charisma
Training time multiplier : 3 x

Required skills
Primary Skill required : Science V, Trade V
Secondary Skill required : Planetology IV

Structure
Volume : 0.01 m3

Of course for Storage Facilities mentioned above there can be skills that decrease requirements for CPU/Energy etc.



I put also some amount of percentage arbitrarily, the numbers can be adjusted, but i think you get the idea.

The whole idea is to make Planetary Interactions a separate (micro)profession for an EVE player, much like Mining etc and not just a side activity.

TIA

The idea i propose is to make the PI activity much more like a full profession on itself like Mining. There would be a lot of skills that make this activity much more fruitful, as it happens to mining too.

No, i haven't to be honest, i just had an idea and just posted it. What you proposed is an order of magnitude larger of my current thought - i just went for a set of skills that would make current PI implementation more like a full profession for a player as i wrote above. The pros of this is that it's very realistic and achievable in terms of development effort - just a set of skills and balancing, it does not require extensive resources and cost to CCP.

What is proposed though in the link you posted, is i would dare to say ...another mini-game. Not bad at all ofc, but different magnitude changes and costs.

Thanks for responding!