Player Features and Ideas Discussion

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So highsec POCOs are in a somewhat awkward position atm. In theory you have a vulnerable asset that could be fought over, change hands and create continuous rolling battles as groups move from one to the next. In practice running through even a single system can require multiple wardecs and even if the POCOs in question aren't defended they cannot be offered over as a surrender payment - your only option is to wipe them out and build fresh ones.

Would propose that POCOs become unattached from the wardec system, instead becoming a free-for-all much like they were as Interbus offices. However being player owned attacking them would give anyone on grid a limited engagement with the owners, an engagement that would refresh until the POCO hit reinforced/the attack ends and apply to anyone Friend, Foe or Neutral in an Epithal that arrived on grid for the duration. The same would then apply from the time it came out of reinforced to whatever the outcome.

If the attackers manage to get it down to 1% of structure they are offered an option to take ownership of the POCO or explode it. Should they choose the latter and no one else takes the space after say three days Interbus throw their own back up and the game starts anew.

Obviously an instant engagement is a pure griefing tool to gank haulers so perhaps a five minute grace/warning after the initial attacks would be appropriate. Could possibly require a lengthening of the reinforcement timers too to compensate the loss of the 24 hour wardec wait too.

So now the part where someone can point out a really obvious flaw.

Thoughts? Suggestions? Abuse?

So, by shooting a POCO every 5 minutes, I can force your corp to not be able to conduct anything that resembles PVE in highsec. Remember, limited engagement timers work both ways, so by shooting a POCO you own, it gives me the right to shoot anyone from your corp/alliance? Combine this with the current bumping mechanics and it would become suicidal for your corp to have anything anchored in highsec while operating a freighter.

Everyone that shoots the POCO would get a limited engagement timer. This timer lasts for 5 minutes. I see your corp has a freighter somewhere, I call up my friends in Machs and they start bumping it, I shoot your POCO once to generate a limited engagement timer with your corporation (They work both ways), and I burn to where your freighter is, and begin ganking it. As soon as I aggress the freighter, the timer refreshes itself.

Wardeccing a corp, then drawing them out to fight by shooting their POCO works just fine. They will either defend it, or allow you to blow it up, nothing will change, except you won't have to spend 50 million isk to do it initially.