Player Features and Ideas Discussion

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I am not going on some shady website to read it.

Harvesters - Passive income

Unless we want to reinvent the wheel when it comes to moon mining then it needs to be considered as part of the POS revamp. With it potentially being nerfed with the introduction of ring mining it should be made easier to manage, for the small base of logistics guys which an alliance has as this simply makes sense on a cost/benefit analysis level.

As a nullsec POS manager I want to be able to monitor all of my POS’s current status easily without having to fly to each one, so that POS workers can be assigned tasks.

As a nullsec POS manager I want to be able to build a POS in the same way you would a ship in station ready to be deployed, so that I can separate the building and deploying POS workflows.

As a nullsec POS manager I want to be able to build POS’s using saved fittings in the same way as ships so that I can save time and conform easily to alliance POS standards.

As a POS worker I want to be able to set up a new moon mining POS with minimal amount of baby sitting time so that I save time.

As a POS worker I want to be able to adjust a POS fitting in space so that on the fly changes can be made to POSs with ease.

As a POS worker I want to be able to haul the required modules to change multiple POSs to a new fitting and simply apply the new fitting all in one without having to manually anchor each item of the POS.

Note: The above user stories also apply to other POS users, it should be noted as well that there should still be anchoring timers and onlining timers for separate guns etc but a user shouldn’t be manually required all the time. There is no fun in taking 2 hours to fit all the bits of a large POS but there is logic behind the timers to ensure that a defender cannot simply throw new POS modules on whilst under attack.

Harvesters - Active Income

Currently there is no mechanism for POS’s to enhance active income outside of construction at the POS, I think this could change to bring benefits for small groups in lowsec and non-sov nullsec. Some potential user stories with this in mind are below.

As a miner I want to receive greater rewards in high risk space, so that I am rewarded for taking a risk.

As a PvE’r I want to receive greater rewards in high risk space, so that I am rewarded for taking a risk.

As a miner/PVE’r I want to be rewarded for operating out of a system I call my home so that a POS is useful in more ways than a safe log off spot.

Note: A potential way of doing this is to provide benefits like those from sovereignty but nerfed down in line with the expense of running a POS compared to owning a system. I have also toyed with ideas such as having gang boosting like modules, effective ore refiners and compactors as well as PvE site scanning modules for POS’s. There is a lot that could be done I am more interested in the higher level what we want to achieve than the how it should be done CCP has better data to determine that.

Builders - Reactions

Reactions are relatively hard to understand and are not something that players are trained to do, we need to introduce this at a low profit level to high sec in order to get more players involved. It may also be in EVEs interest to separate harvesting from reacting more distinctly. So materials are harvested, then go to a building POS where they react.

As a POS reaction worker I don’t want to have to offline my silos between POS ticks to empty/refill them to prevent losing product so that the system is easier to understand and requires low effort for the low return.

As a POS reaction manager I want to be able to view the silo status of all of my POSs so that I can send a worker to empty or refill them as appropriate.

As a POS reaction manager I want to be rewarded for having my POS in logistically challenging areas of space, such as deep 0.0, so that there is a reason to do them in areas other than lowsec entry systems and C1 WHs with HS connections.

As a POS reaction manager I want risk and reward to scale so that I can do reactions even in high sec space but at a reduced reward.
As a solo player I would like to be able to react all of the materials to build all of my components for my current production run from a single POS so that I can increase my profit by doing more work and having a larger POS.

Note: Example of reward for being in logistically challenging area is having larger silo space. We could also consider process flow as part of reactions can we make it easier to go from moon goo and minerals to T2 ship without removing process stages but instead merging them all in a single POS with a higher maintenance cost.

Builders - Science (invention, reverse engineering, ME, PE and Copying)

If there is an area that needs some risk/reward love this is it.You can hold your nice shiney BPO in station with zero risk and copy away making a reasonable passive income. I am not against this but believe we should scale risk and reward.

As a science POS user I want to be able to risk my expensive stuff in space such as BPOs with the reward of faster processing time, so 5 day copy time becomes 4 day etc and I see increased reward with risk.

As a science POS user I want to be able to take even greater risks by holding expensive BPOs in my POS in low sec for further faster processing times, so that I see yet further increased reward with risk.

As a science POS user I want to be able to install identical jobs all at the same time so that I can save time.

As a science job manager I want to be able to request jobs from my corporation and set a reward for doing them. i.e I want 100 badger max run copies of at least ME10 PE5 so that I can manage workflows on a greater scale.

As a science POS user I want to be able to queue jobs so for example I can start my invention of my copies when they are ready straight away, up to a 24 hour period, so that small tasks are easier to manage. *High priority*

Note: The 24 hour science job queue is something that would really benefit EVE across the board. Right now copying and invention for T2 modules is a bit too time consuming especially on a large scale, the 24 hour limit on the queue would keep this true but would allow you to not have to log on every 3 hours to set the next T2 module invention jobs going but keep it so that being involved in the task every 24 hours keeps your profit at its best.

Developing corporations and alliances

EVE is hard, I like that, but it does need some stepping stones to make development easier. The most successful groups in EVE have been established groups coming in, this is a pity EVE should develop groups not be host to them.

As a small corporation owner I want to be able to easily grow my POS assets as my corporations needs expand so that we can grow and scale.

As a developing groups leader I don’t want to be influenced by recruiting low standing players so that I can no longer anchor POS’s in high sec so that I am encouraged to engage with other players.

Summary

The major issues that run as common themes across all of these user stories are:
1) Risk and reward - players who take risks or dedicate time should receive bigger rewards.
2) POS work is too slow - being able to bulk anchor and online would solve a lot of issues.
3) Encourage engagement with the feature - opportunists should be able to make ISK attacking POS’s and industrialists should be able to make profit without long term commitment to the feature.

These core points if attacked together could create a very engaging expansion for EVE with a core industry theme that provides opportunity to pillage from said industry players for the PvPers.

The perfect expansion for me this Winter would feature T2 capital ships (including no jump drive highsec lower DPS dread), T2 capital modules and new capital T1 modules (plates, cap boosters, ASBs etc), POS revamp and industry usability improvements. Combine this with increased nullsec to nullsec wormholes and balanced risk and reward for POSs and you would change the face of EVE for a lot of players.

Bump - because we know everyone loves talking about POS's

Thanks for taking the time to reply. With regards to the POS as a mining tool this was for two reasons primarily to give small roaming groups an advantage to having a POS mobile home and secondly to counteract the off grid boosting nerf which hits miners hardest as there aren't many idiots who would risk a rorqual or orca in belt in low and null sec. The tears will come flooding in when this change happens, but its not really needed so a module to help these ships project their bonus's from their POS would be cool also.

No matter what in belt boosts should be more powerful than remote to keep in line with EVEs risk and reward system.

As for the passive income section I'll agree to disagree on that one, thanks for your reply and sharing your thread!