Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Been giving this some thought lately, since it can take a LONG time to travel around and do things in Eve. How to make travel faster but still have that element of danger and risk in it. I was thinking of a pos that has a special new module on it that allows people in said corp / alliance to use it to jump to 1 system in said region. Uses fuel per jump like jump bridges in null sec. And always to a fixed point like a stargate to where the ever loving gankers and war decc'ers can be waiting for unsuspecting victims. And can take said region jump point back to your pos.


So basically, a player would have to be in a player made corp / alliance to use it, special module that can only go on a pos, each jump uses fuel. 1 jump spot per region, fixed point in space. And can take one back to your corp / alliance pos.

To me if people can spend more time doing what they want to do in this game and less time traveling, can and will make the game much more fun for most people. Now sure some will like it and those that will be OMG worst idea ever, but if you like it or not, just try to actually say what you like or dislike about it instead of the normal NONONONO you stink and leave it at that. Lets try to have a constructive discussion for once.

What you describe sounds strangely familiar to the Player Gates concept described and discussed in one of the stickies in this forum. Furthermore, what you describe is already in existence in form or Titan and BLOPS bridges.

We have had a time in the past where traveling was quick and easy, when capitals could cross the cluster in a matter of hours. CCP's goal now is to make you settle in an area, live there and defend your "home". If you do that, the activity that you search for will come to you on its own. For instance, mining fleets have proven to be a very attractive magnet for roaming gangs and PVPers. Mission hubs in Low sec or Null sec that are well-populated are also an attractive destination for people looking for action. However, without people in space even tools such as titan bridges are rendered futile.

There are some very fast ships in Eve - Blockade Runners and Interceptors. Plus rigs and modules to make them even faster. We also have wormholes which totally annihilate distance - problem is they don't always connect you to where you want to go, which can lead to interesting gameplay, which is intentional.

While it can be tedious to fly long distances in a freighter, there are ways around that without resorting to terrible ideas which enable you to avoid more contact with your fellow Eve players. Instant travel is not something this game needs.

If flying 20-30 jumps to Jita is so repugnant to you, then I suggest some options:
1. Move closer to Jita.
2. Don't fly to Jita. Do your shopping somewhere closer. The slight premium you save in Jita will be paid for by spending more time doing something else.
3. Hire someone else to do it for you - Red Frog Freight has an awesome service. They totally put my hauler alt out of business.

The more time you spend in space is more content and eye candy for everyone else. I can't support ideas that encourage more ship spinning in stations.

After dismissing your "EvE is dying" whine as the garbage it is, let's see what else of little substance you had to say here.

You make isk in EvE by being faster, stronger, and smarter than the other guy. Tens of thousands of people have figured this out without having to have the rules changed to fit the way they play. Some, in the case of the gankers, have managed to do this despite repeated nerfs to their play style by people like you.

Show me a graph anywhere that shows most of the EvE population are carebears living in highsec. A baseless claim like this demands proof. Last I checked, entities like CODE., Marmites, RvB, and many other PvP organizations also resided in highsec, who would probably take offense to being called carebears.

People make ISK all the time everywhere in Eve.

CCP has given you all the tools and then some to be safe in highsec. If you cannot figure out how to avoid or fight back against wardeccers you have no business being in a corp. If you cannot figure out how to avoid gankers, then you have not lifted a finger to learn about all the strategies that will make you almost perfectly safe from suicide ganks.

Better yet, just get out of highsec. A few months of living there and you won't think twice about these wardeccers and gankers that scare you so much.

Highsec has never been safer and yet you claim that it is not enough safety that is causing the recent downturn in player counts. Right.

The last thing we need is to make the game more boring. Despite what they think, pure laine carebears are not the majority of players in Eve - those highec population numbers include a huge number of alts from players who live elsewhere in New Eden.

Anyways -1 to this clearly self-serving "idea".

needs to be harder to move around new Eden not easier

-1

Moving should be hard, moving should be slow...