Jita Park Speakers Corner

November wrapup: discussed some issues with Crucible and learned a little about what is upcoming. In brief, more crucibility.

Nullsec: discussed many tweaks to nullsec to promote conflict, including possibility of destructible stations and changes to drone loot and moons.

Little things: FW/Wormholes: presented lists of small changes to improve these areas of the game. Hopefully they will get some love.

Game balance: discussed ships, classes, the new ships, global issues, possible new role for EAS ships, continued evolution of supercaps.

Future highlevel discussion: very broad discussion of where the game is going in the longer term. Shorter term is fixing current systems.

Crimewatch: Greyscale presented a proposal for rewriting Crimewatch, the system that handles aggression, criminal flags, and so on. It's basically a big ball of tangled code, and CCP wants to streamline and move the various functions into independent units of code. We really liked the new concept.

No word on changing the way system "ownership" can change hands? So we're stuck with a light modification of the current SOV system?

Yay CSM

Awesome. Thanks for the updates!

I caution you, don't hold your breath.

Thanks for the update. I can't say I feel good about that list though.

More stuff to be destroyed by the east/west block and drive out the small and even larger independant alliances from null. Actually, those types of alliances in null will be pretty much extinct next year, so I guess it really doesn't matter. Why is it you think people will go to null again?

Definately not looking forward to the changes in high sec. Not that it doesn't need work, but it seems to be tailored more and more to help null sec again.

I voted for you but I have to say that over the past year I have become very anti CSM. I don't have anything against you personnally and I know some of you are trying to make it work, but its broken. The idea was really good, but the results have been terrible. We'll see if there is another CSM or not. If it does go up for a vote again I think we can expect the same poor results.

How does addressing 2 items on that list translate to "everything"? A little bored are we? Maybe you have poor skills in comparing statements?

There aren't any independant alliances in sov 0.0 now, and I don't think there have been for at least a year (discounting the occasional temporary station-snatch) and perhaps more, depending on your exact definition of "independant".

Furthermore, unless CCP radically alter the way space works, there aren't ever likely to be any either. The place for small independent corps/alliances is W-space, where that radical alteration has already taken place and numerous small entities are quietly going about their business as you read this.

ok ill propose that null systems have dead space pockets were corps can anchor and password protect warp gates in to the pocket. sizes on the pockets can restrict number of ships in pockets and dead space anomaly's could give anchored pos's a better resistance to attack. granted this does not give small corps or groups sovereignty but in effect allows squatters rights in system that are low traffic high yield systems and allowing a coded homing beacon could allow any ship loged off in said pocket to warp back to dead space pocket by passing any warp gate camps . pockets could have riods minable gase even ice for that matter . further allowing the anchoring of jump portals would alow said corp to move goods out of the pockets to a safer spot in low sec for transport to market. certain restrictions should be applied to make this none exploitable corps anchoring warp gates in dead space should not be allowed to be in alliances should not exceed a preset maximum number of members should receive the same invunerblity to attack on structures as the sovernty holder of the system that they are camping other restrictions may be needed to ensure the safety of squatters

short of turning wh space in to upgradable and claimable systems this would be one of the few things that could benefit the smaller corps and still give them access to null space

I am working along the "cross section" concept: introduce something that hits harder to bigger targets; somehting that hits elephants but misses maggots.

FAI, NPC uber-fleets wreaking havoc on player-owned assets, depending on how big is the owner corporation/alliance as measured by sovereignty, member count, blued players, and so. And I mean wreak havoc, drop whatever it takes to annihilate a structure within minutes and do so without warning. Preferably when most of the alliance is asleep. Also, NPC won't drop anything but garbage when blown out. Let the universe predate on the bigger fishes for a change...

Or, FAI 2, something I already suggested in the past, a stacking penalty for fleets based on both raw and differential EHP & DPS, dynamically adapting, and fit with various safeguards to prevent cheating the system with partial drops, retreats and reinforcements.

Being big should have shortcomings and handicaps, being small shud allow escape, evasion and surgical capability. Being big is a win-win because CCP wanted to brag about thousands of ships in a battle, but they're killing the game to themselves and everyone...