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[IDEA]-Mobile Force Field
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Alyssa Haginen
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-08-22 15:54:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Alyssa Haginen
Mobile Force Field

Anchoring time: 3 mins

Force Field Size: 3.5km Radius

Normal mobile structure RF timer

Cannot enter with aggression timer



This is a good idea for a mobile safe spot. It's not the safest but it does have advantages. If you want to camp or run a system you can use this as a mobile resting area. To make sure it's not exploited you cannot enter the force field with an aggression timer. Not only that, it is small enough that a medium or large drag bubble can be place to cover it.


Edit: This months expansion is not that stimulating. A few more of these and everytime CCP tries to get vibe for a real expansion they will only get a meh.
Bohneik Itohn
10.K
#2 - 2014-08-22 16:11:13 UTC
Before there's a bunch of uproar about nullbears and free farm and such I want to point out something.

Aggression timers can also count for NPC aggression, meaning that anyone caught out ratting can't just pop one of these and slip in until help arrives or to log off.

If this were the case, this would have absolutely no effect on PvE or on catching lazy ratters. The rest of the discussion can now focus on how it effects PvP and whether that is balanced.

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Alyssa Haginen
Doomheim
#3 - 2014-08-22 16:26:09 UTC
Sounds good if it's the 5 minute timer I think your speaking of. It would be useless if you use the 15 minutes log out timer because of safe log off. Mixing the 5 min and 1 min will bring conflicts too.
Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#4 - 2014-08-22 18:59:11 UTC
give mobile depots bubbles?

EVE FAQ "7.2 CAN I AVOID PVP COMPLETELY? No; there are no systems or locations in New Eden where PvP may be completely avoided"

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GameFreak X
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2014-08-22 22:00:53 UTC
Honestly I would settle for something closer to a cheap mini-POS.

Anchored in space instead of at a moon, doesn't require POS roles, consumes half as much fuel (or less), and perhaps integrates a mobile depot.

Downsides are that it doesn't support POS modules so no moon mining or other industry, no ship storage, and no pos guns.

EHP is only 2-3 mil (similar to a dread or carrier) but only about 1/10th of that when offline (to facilitate easy removal of abandoned mini-POSes). Gets one reinforce cycle (I am ambivalent on whether it should need stront or not) which does not interfere with extracting stored items. Shield bubble is quite small (5-10km so no titans) and might not allow anyone but the owner (I'd rather keep that option but I would be willing to accept a lot of limitations for this).

I was going to suggest a setup time as high as 1 hour, but then I looked up how long POSes take and was surprised by how little time they take. So maybe 15 minutes (like a small) is fine.

I would strongly object to the weapons timer restriction. But if it comes down to it, the 1 minute weapons timer (the one that keeps you from docking or using gates) would not be too bad.
Jacid
Corvix.
#6 - 2014-08-22 23:05:22 UTC
What about without a reinforce timer..or with maybe a 3 minute reinforce timer. In addition make them relatively expensive (20-30mil) so as they aren't deployed like crazy every time someone want to get involved in a frig fight.. As to the EHP of the shields i guess it depends on the price but i was thinking 1-2 million depending on if their was a RF timer or not.
Anhenka
The New Federation
Sigma Grindset
#7 - 2014-08-23 01:14:46 UTC
Jacid wrote:
What about without a reinforce timer..or with maybe a 3 minute reinforce timer. In addition make them relatively expensive (20-30mil) so as they aren't deployed like crazy every time someone want to get involved in a frig fight.. As to the EHP of the shields i guess it depends on the price but i was thinking 1-2 million depending on if their was a RF timer or not.




If you want relatively expensive to stay out of frig figts you are going to have to go a hell of a lot higher than 20 -30 mil. I mean, with a run of the mill AF fitted clocking in at around 50 (without shiny bits) and a pvp well fit faction frig at 200+, dropping 20 mil for temp safety is nothing. t2 large bubbles run 35ish, and those get thrown around in drifts.

I think what you are looking for is a volume issue, not a cost issue, so that you can't fit all the random junk you want in a frig + one of these.