Player Features and Ideas Discussion

OK so we have Sansha incursions throughout the universe and they seem to be doing pretty good and well accepted by the community at large. So how about Incursions of a different sort.

The large empires have a terrific back story in the Eve Universe but at this point that is about all they are, a back story. After all this time there have been no wars outside of player driven faction warfare; which is being re-worked and revamped over the next year.

How about empire fleets performing incursions into enemy empire controlled territory similar to the Sansha Incursions. The idea behind this is to add the empire's as more than just a back story or a faction warfare aspect. After all this time isn't it time for some of the empires to mix it up a little bit?

To add a little bit of flavor pilots with good standing in the area being attacked could be notified via mail (the standing system is already in place and tracked by concord) and they could join in the fight for whichever side they have better standing with, either for or against. This may be an addition that would mix a little bit of PvP and PvE both into the mix at the same time. The basic premise is war on a larger scale than just corp vs corp and alliance vs alliance.

This is also a good premise to add additional ships into the mix (which CCP already plans on doing) since war tends to push the envelope in technological innovations. Much like the Sansha incursions BO could drop from new ships never before seen by capsuleer's giving a good premise for the new additions besides hey here's some new ships.

With Sansha launching assaults in various systems around the Eve Universe it would make sense that the empires may seize on the opportunity to gain some additional ground as well by attacking rival empire space, which most nations are in reality always looking to do anyway. The loyalty system is already in place for Sansha incursions as rewards anyway and this would just add to the already hectic mix caused by Sansha. This is just an idea at this point but input would, as always be welcome.