Player Features and Ideas Discussion

First up, something that's been fairly annoying for a long time: leaving drones behind when you're leaving field. Now, this is obviously for a reason, but I have a simple proposal that acts as both a skill point sink and something potentially useful:

Drone Signalling Control (or a less bad name):
1 non-sentry drone per level that isnot actively engaging an enemy will enter warp with you.
Requires Drone Interfacing V
x8 duration

The limitations help prevent obvious abuses, requirement and training time prevent it from being trained without heavy investment into Drones.


Additionally, freightering through high sec is slow, boring, and only as dangerous as the cargo you're carrying. So let's do something to make it suck less:

Autopilot Interfacing (or a less bad name):
Reduces the range at which Autopilot warps you from the gate by 3km per level. Only affects ships that require Advanced Spaceship Command.
Requires Advanced Spaceship Command IV or V
x10 duration

Avoids the low sec/null sec issues entirely (because if you're autopiloting in a freighter through either, you're not right in the head and the align time leaves plenty of opportunity for gank, even in high sec). Basically, it makes freightering through high sec something that takes an hour or so instead of all day. In the end, it's a boon to people with not-so-great PCs who can't run multiple clients.