Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Create two new deployable structures, which affect the security status of star systems, one positively and one negatively. Initially, NPC-controlled copies of these structures are spawned, reflecting the current state of security status on the map. Players can then destroy the NPC structures and/or deploy/destroy player-owned structures. Eventually, many NPC owned security structures would be replaced by player-owned versions, so that security status is player-controlled across much of New Eden.

Encounter Response Command Center (ERCC): +0.2 sec status in system, +0.1 in adjacent systems
An ERCC may be deployed by a player alliance that holds sovereignty over the system, or by a faction war enlisted alliance in a system that their faction controls. ERCC may be manufactured by players, and the blueprints are sold by CONCORD. The ERCC consumes fuel like a starbase, and has no effect when offline. It may also be destroyed by siege. Only one online ERCC is allowed per system. Attacks on an ERCC in high security space will summon CONCORD response.

Encounter Response Jammer (ERJ): -0.1 sec status in system
An ERJ is a starbase module, and may be anchored and brought online at any starbase by its owner, regardless of system sovereignty or security status. ERJ may be manufactured by players, and the blueprints are sold by NPC pirate factions. Multiple ERJ may be online in the same system, but they have diminishing effect with greater numbers, to a maximum possible -0.3 to security status. Also, ERJ has no effect in systems already at 0.0 security status or lower.

The initial spawn of NPC security structures can replicate the existing security status map with a combination of empire-owned ERCC and pirate-owned ERJ at rogue starbases. Players can reduce the security status of a system by building ERJ there, or by attacking ERCC in that system or adjacent systems. Players can raise the security status of a system by building ERCC there, or by attacking starbases where ERJ are deployed. In this way, the security status landscape of EVE can become a dynamic, emergent product of player conflict, rather than a fixed backdrop.

EDIT 1: ERCC can be deployed by faction war alliances in uncontested systems of their faction

EDIT 2: ERJ has no effect in systems already at 0.0 security status or lower

See my thread on a similar idea here

As far as I like the idea in general I have to say:
It's proposed several times before. Dynamic system security status never found a majority of likes. So, sorry, forget it.

There would be much more effort than effect or reward of.

I'd hope that players (and devs) would think about potential new directions for EVE on their merits, rather than just a general skepticism of change. Maybe that is not possible for a 10+ year old game though.

To give players more things to fight over. This would give players the power to fight to make a system more suitable to their play style, in one direction or the other.



Moon mining modules go offline during downtime, when a system rises over 0.4, doesn't sound that difficult.

Using this idea, every -0.7 and lower security system will suddenly become -1.0, with it's corresponding increase in income availability.

Not supported.

Ratting raises sec status, so in NS I think most areas would balance out between fights/ganks and ratting. If a system is simply guarded and ratted too long, it raises the sec status and encourages the farmers to move.

That is a flaw. Will attempt a modification.

The problem is not to make the hi-sec less safer but less rewardable to make the people move away and start going into null / Wh / Ls to make more money.

So Nerf incursions rewards, L4 rewards, minings rewards.

Those who cannot adapt die... jk, but seriously i dont like the fact that ppl live their whole life in HS, to me HS should be the starter area, where you can do the most basic things, like Darkfall UW, get money to begin with / basic raw materials etc... Feels like HS should be way smaller (less ressources, money), and have a bigger null-sec / Low-sec.

To me most of the hi-sec residents come from the theme parks mentality, get as much money as you can, don't risk your ships, buy the" best gear", etc etc....

A lot of Null-sec pets/renters have the same mind set but well, if the null revamp work well enought we could see the mega-coalitions "collaspe" and let smaller entities get territory, so those kind of people would have to "learn" how eve work.