Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I think they need to add new 0.0 branches and increase the size of high sec

It's not, if you look at the statistics you can clearly see that 99% of the systems have some form of activity on a daily basis.

Also, the number of systems in eve has not increased at all in line with the growth of the playerbase.
If you ask me, the universe needs to be doubled even tripled in size.
It will also make room for more and new alliances in 00.

And while I'm at it, balance out the tech moons better.

I'm pretty sure most of that new space would go to the existing alliances.

Activity on a daily basis does not mean much really. Does one guy moving through and maybe shooting a couple of gate rats count as inhabited? Pick any nullsec region on dotlan. Set it to NPC kills per 24 hours, or ship kills in the same period. See all those empty systems?

Honestly for some time now I've wanted to see something that's a hybrid between wormhole and nullsec. Maybe a stable wormhole in a high sec system leads to a small highsec territory (maybe held by SoE) then we have to explore it, establish stations, build gates and what ourselves. I don't know how you would get from system to system initially but there must be a way to do it. Some sort agent that will launch a cyno probe for you and it has a % chance to find a system within x many hours that requires a special cyno drive to jump to. I don't know. But it would be interesting to have to establish the spaces infrastructure ourselves. It needs to be more of a new game mechanic if they make more systems though like wormholes were rather than just a simple expansion.

Lord no, fishing is hard as it is, fishing in a smaller lake is easier.

It feels huge as is, 31 jumps or something like that, insane.

Why do people keep suggesting this? CCP needs to add more content to the existing space, not more wasteland.

Why would you want to turn W-space into null? That would pretty much kill everything which is unique about W-space and just replace it with... more nullsec.

Oh, and C5/C6s get more exits into null than anywhere else... W-space is pretty reachable from null already.

When I can find highsec systems with fewer than 5 people in them during US prime time, space isn't crowded enough.

When I can go a dozen jumps through remote parts of null and seen no more than one in local--and never a ship--space isn't crowded enough.

There are plenty of places for you to go. It's just CCP has created a universe where everyone tries to be in the same place.

1.) Increasing the distance (ly) between systems would go a long way in limiting the jump range of capitals, and make space feel larger. This is a good thing... as it limits force projection. This would be very balancing for the game

2.) How do you measure system activity? IMO, system activity can be measured in NPC's destroyed, Roids Mined, or Player Ship's Destroyed on a weekly basis. Much of this can be examed on a 24 hr basis, and most of nullsec and lowsec is nearly empty!!! Increasing the number of systems in the universe will do NOTHING to help this. The only solutions are to nerf force projection and change sov mechanics to be more dependent on system activity!!!

limiting jump freighter range and increasing transit time will be a boon to smaller alliances
big, easily cynoed powerblocs like Providence and Geminate will become "smallholder" havens like Omist and Esoteria