Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Hey all EVE players,

When Sansha's Nation invaded the empires, I hoped for a severe disruption of the status quo, as he promised. When the empires however invited all capsuleers to fight for them, it became mostly a fenced gold farming entity, somewhere on the map. Now with the drifters, I would hope for the promised disruption.

Proposal

Let the Drifters disrupt gate traffic on supply lines used by the empires. When a gate is disrupted, all capsuleers and empire forces could not navigate such a gate.

How to accomplish that? And what about lore?

The Drifters want to cripple the empires, the Amarr have felt that in the dead of their empress. Would it not be logical to try to isolate the Amarr empire by disrupting the main highways of New Eden, especially highways in and out of Amarr space?

How to get a gate back to working again?

Maybe it can be disrupted until it was entosised back into service. For that to happen, capsuleers and the empires would have to fight off the drifters first, including reinforcements. Maybe the DED could amend the Yulai convention rules wherein the capsuleers would have permission to fight in the interest of undisturbed interstellar traffic.

Why do I want this?

As a trader, I want market disruptions. The bigger the better. All the capsuleers in New Eden just go to the main hubs for supplies, but what would happen if the drifters quarantined a constellation? Or a region? Stockpiles would run out in such a region, wormholes would be the only way in and out. That would be a big challenge for market forces and local industrials. People choosing the challenge of Wormholes travel, to replenish the quarantined zone, could end up with a big opportunity.

Practical remarks

• Of Course, just one side of the gate is effected, the twin gate just will give a negative traffic status (since its not getting a connection).
• By the quarantine, people inside the bubble have to fight the thread, without help from the outside, or daring people coming through wormholes.
• When a constellation of region is the target, these system channels can be great ways to unite the region. Its a good use of tool that is not much used nowadays.

Of course, this is just an idea, its open for suggestions.

TheSmokingHertog

I have been always a fan of the unpredictible, and the fact that a new non player controlled faction could influence the pase of the game is somewhat interesting to me. By confronting a new grated threat players who are or once were enemies are forces to work together to battle a greater force, this is always the pinnacle of every MMO game. Thumbs up for a great idea.

Would be nice to make my HQ even more isolate than it already is.
Then all the sites would purely be mine.

Yes please for more isk.

However, as much as I love good lore... I am going to say no, as it will make the noobs leave.

I personally think permanent lowsec surrounding each of the empires is a better way to split up highsec.

Wormholes.

The majority of EVEs population is centered in Caldari space, how difficult would it be to get a group going to defeat 1 gatecamp of drifters and make a beachhead. Every other capsuleer then can help free up all other gates. With the ingenuity from EVE players I do not believe such a constellation would be unreachable for a week.

Let me add, when a less populated area is attacked, its up to local community leaders to form up and create a beachhead with local resources, or they could pool isk to hire mercs. In any event, its a great way to meet new people and explore new eve content.

If you just want to PVP, move to low-sec or null-sec. PVE content was always the major content in high-sec, why complain about it if it becomes a mandatory thing once in a while. Locals can adapt or hire help and move on.

What I'm trying to point out, is that what if somebody takes a trip to the nearest supermarket and all of a sudden a man in a ski mask takes you all hostage, and you can't get home to cook dinner or watch TV? That wouldn't be very fun.

And by 'we' you really mean 'all those guys over there I don't like and want to laugh at' right.....
Because I sure don't remember seeing you organising fleets to fight the drifters in any channels I've been involved in and complaining that they are too easy to beat and need to have more effect on things.

When you can kill an entire drifter incursion with your fleet that you are FC'ing (not simply a member of doing what you are told) and take no losses with no significant outside help, then come back with this idea to make things harder as a possibility.

Maybe a gate that is enthosised should accept incoming traffic from its twin gate and just refuse outgoing ships. Then people can roam into the systems more easily. Then its just getting grid control while the first wave of drifters is on the gate. See it as a period where capsuleers could ship in reinforcements. When the next reinforcement of drifters arrives, more people will be on grid / in system to secure the beachhead.