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So still no word on deploying in WH's?

hmm titans in WH space would be nice :p

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No one is perfect I guess

Correct there will be no automatic guns, but the concerns about trollceptors have been heard loud and clear.

What role do you see Capitals playing in sieging these structures?

The decision to only affect new structures via Entosis is both a mistake and a missed opportunity; a kneejerk reaction to the bogeyman of structure grinding.

While the majority of us have a healthy distaste for structure shooting, it does still have a place in the game and shouldn't be dismissed entirely. We have entire classes of ships based around delivering and repairing high quantities of damage and this is an aspect of the game that should remain, albeit in a less central role.
Dreadnoughts have always been really well balanced in this regard, with siege mode forcing them commit to an attack for a minimum period of time. Triage carriers patching up starbases have a similarly mirrored role, frantically trying to restore these assets while making themselves vulnerable.
This was always a fantastic avenue for content, with opponents setting traps or scrambling to catch unexpected sieges. It would be a real shame to lose this aspect of EVE. It feels like you're scooping a load of sand out of the sandbox.

By all means allow sovereignty mechanics to favour grid control over ability to inflict damage, but actively maintained structures should still require a real investment in firepower to destroy. The simplest approach would be for Entosis Links to have a disabling effect on structures, but actual damage should need to be inflicted in order to destroy them for good, while an investment in repair ability should be required to restore them again.

It appears that you're using the term "vulnerability window" for two separate concepts:

1) a period in time that occurs according to an owner-set schedule during which the structure can be attacked
Ex: "The duration of a vulnerable 1 window is a mandatory timer expressed on a weekly basis, whose length varies depending on the structure size, location and role."


2) the stages by which a structure is reduced by an attacker's actions
Ex: "All Citadels, no matter their size, will have 3 vulnerability windows."


This will be confusing. Vulnerability window is a term you're already using for the scheduled time at which something can be attacked, so I suggest you change the other term to:

* Reduction Stage
* Attack Stage
* Destruction Stage

or the like.

Jakob

What size hauler is required to transport the M, L and XL deployables respectively. This is significant because it would limit acess to some wormhole locations if a freighter were to be required.

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