Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Suggestion: Point based Sovereignty system which would reward participation from all types of capsuleers, generate more conflict and eliminate ineffectual "Poking" with Entosis links while creating a means of effective harrassment.

I was just reading how the mechanics of the Entosis links work and it just seems really gimmicky and single dimensional to me. It seems to me that a system which could include a more varied participation would be more fun. I would suggest a point system that determines sovereignty. To capture sovereignty would require a corporation/alliance to generate enough points to both take control of a system as well as maintain more points than any competing corporations/alliances.

Sovereignty points would be generated by all successful activities within the system. Kills would generate points based on the value of the target as well as deduct points from the victim's sovereignty point pool. Successful operations such as hacking, mining, ratting would also generate points. If you want to take control of a system and there is no opposition, you need to start working within the system until you've gained enough points, giving all professions value beyond just resource gathering. Capturing sovereignty would require more than jumping into an unopposed system and planting a flag. Strongly defended systems could turn into border fights that last for days, weeks or even longer, similar to faction warfare areas. If you don't defend your pilots working the system, you risk losing more points than you gain if adversaries get kills on your pilots within the system.

Sovereignty points would also slowly bleed away. If the system is not regularly worked, it becomes more easily taken. If a system is not defended, it becomes more easily taken. Sovereignty however would never be lost unless another corporation/alliance comes in and begins getting kills or working the system and brings their point pool above the minimum level necessary to gain sovereignty.

Corporations/Alliances who want to maintain strong control over their territory would want to keep a healthy population of capsuleers actively using systems within their territory or risk losing them to more active adversaries.

Yes, I realize that CCP is most likely already committed to their Entosis based system. However I thought about this today and decided to submit it. Any suggestions, criticisms and discussions are welcome.

Bringing PVP into the equation of who owns sov is a bad idea because it's utterly exploitable. CCP themselves have admitted that in the early stages of the Entosis discussion around what can influence the ADM.