Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hi!

Some days ago I had an idea that would make things a little bit easier for corps that use w-space.

So far you always need to have someone in w-space who can scan down the exit, use it and create a new corp bookmark after the wh collapsed and respawned somewhere else in k-space. That means that other corp members can't access "their" w-space without scanning down signatures in hundreds of systems if those players in w-space aren't online after the wh collapsed.

So I was thinking about something like an "automatic wormhole locator", that can be deployed next to a control tower in w-space and automatically adds new wormhole location in k-space to corp locations every time the entrance/exit in/to k-space collapsed. So nobody would need to stay in w-space all the time and w-space is accessible for all other corp members all the time without having to rely on someone updating location from time to time.

For those who need some "realistic" scenario: AWL monitors wormhole signature from inside w-space, if signature has gone it sends scanner probes to find it again, then sends one scanner probe through wh to see what system is in k-space and then sends that location to corp.

To make things not too easy, that device could be loaded with normal scanner probes and must be reloadad from time to time because that one probe that goes through the wormhole to k-space will not be able to return.

Good idea? Bad idea?

Bad idea is bad. Things like that are supposed to be a chore, this is why you make the big isk.

Effort free. in the higher end whs, any reasonable cost for the module is trivial.
Also lacking is any method of getting the intel from such a structure.

The rule for my corp is this. If you want unlimited access to the WH even when I'm not online to scan it down, train a scanning alt. If you don't agree to that to bad.

The responses to the OP make me feel like there's hope for EVE. You're all too much. I need a moment to myself.


As for the OP, absolutely not. Wspace is supposed to be some of the riskiest space in all of EVE. Not being able to find your way back home is one of those risks. Deal with it.

Lets just all agree that it is a seriously bad Idea, and pray to bob that CCP Never ever see it.............

Absolutely. And I also want blue sky, white clouds, palm trees, meditative background sounds and local working like in k-space. And of course you should be able to kill all sleepers, get all ore and gas clouds with only one simple mouse click on a big flower-shaped button while you are on the k-space side of the wormhole so you don't have to enter. And some unicorns and rainbows would also be very nice.


Can somebody explain to me what in w-space gets less dangerous or risky by having constant access to the entrance location?

As mentioned: hostiles.

The common knee-jerk reaction when a new sig appears is to head back to the POS so that you don't get caught in your ratting ships. Some inhabitants are pretty quick about this, and they're also pretty quick about having a scanning alt to pin down the new sig and get eyes on it to make sure no one slips in unnoticed. You wish to remove the 15-30 seconds it takes for that scanning alt to find the new WH when it's already extremely easy for people to just hole up and log off for the night and let the POS stare the enemy down instead of defending their territory. Since no one stays neighbors for long, there is little motivation to put it into reinforcement and/or evict people who just run away from the responsibility they accepted by choosing to live in a hostile and isolated environment.

When WHers are actively hunting, the advantage of being able to slip a couple ships in unnoticed during the first few moments a new WH is opened is essential to finding out whether you've found your prey, whether your prey has smelled you out and ran, or whether you are the prey tonight.

This POS fixture would just guarantee that the prey always gets away.

Thread closed at OP's request.