Wormholes

AHARM should be thankful that they have such a good reputation, especially right now since they're weak in active numbers, though I don't know why they keep a certain few people around. Corps have been evicted for less than this kind of garbage.

Two Step, I would really like to know what you are basing this assumption that lower wh space needs to be nerfed on? Do you have an alt in a lower wh space corp or something, because I don't see where you are getting all these beliefs from.

We (KAIRS) live the lower class wormhole life everyday, and none of what you have talked about we have seen. I can't even begin to tell you how many reinforced pos's we find regularly, or the handful of caps we have seen that just didn't matter when it came time to siege the system. You make it sound like capitals are the be all/end all and they just aren't for us, or anyone we have seen.

Also, as one of the big fish in the lower wh space pond, forcing smaller corps to use lesser POS's puts them at a SERIOUS disadvantage. One where, if we decided to show up, they could not hope to keep their system. This is assuming that KAIRS even remains in wh space if these changes were put into effect.

Two step: I asked about 5 pages back whether you thought (based on your NDA knowledge) forcefields had to go and received somewhat of a non-answer. I've read the minutes, your blog, this whole thread, etc. I know what's been said on the issue, so let me clarify:

There are some ideas that could allow these new POSes to keep most people happy, but it would involve a smaller version of the FF. Based on what you know about the "technical reasons", is there room for any type of FF mechanic, or do the technical reasons require that they be abolished in any form?

Rough idea: The new POSes are going to be an actual structure instead of a space stick. I'm ok with the docking environment, but not so much actual docking. Mooring is going in the right direction, but it needs to be expanded on. The POS should have places to moor all over it, but still limited, and expandable by expanding the structure. No docking module. Instead, when you moor, you get an option to enter the station environment (Captains Quarter's) but your ship stays moored to the outside of the POS and shows you are piloting it. This allows intel preservation for both the enemy, and you, when you exit the station environment, still moored.

The catch, is that to prevent you from unmooring into a kill zone, the entire POS still needs a reduced FF (preferably asymmetric per POS setup) that is big enough to allow you to fly near the POS and exit the FF where you need to. This retains the need to bubble a whole POS, and allows pilots to avoid kill zones. The FF needs to be small enough to let CCP do whatever they need, but large enough you won't fly into a satellite dish while POS hugging and get bumped out.

So...are FF mechanics still on the table in any form, or is this idea not feasible? If you don't know, that's fine, but in that case, please consider presenting this idea to find out.

Thanks.

He's not speaking on behalf of c5/c6 dwellers in general either, since none of us want stupid docking games.

I'm basing it on my experience, and talking to lots of people. I don't think capitals are the be all and end all, but they are a tremendous people multiplier. A triage carrier in a C1 where no Bhaalgorns can come in and neut it is very powerful.

Right now, many of the larger w-space alliances could kick just about anyone out of c1-c4 space. The only reason they aren't doing that right now is because they have no reason to do so.

I've asked for some clarity from CCP, especially public clarity on FFs. My feeling is that they are probably gone. I'm not sure what exactly would be different in your proposal than just having a spherical FF. Your request for showing the active ship someone is in when docked is *exactly* what I asked for in the minutes:
Two step pointed out that this system might be nice for docking as well, so that people can get some indication of how many people are active in a starbase, especially in w-space where there is no local chat.

As for the big fish comment, that is already true. Right now, many of the larger w-space alliances could kick just about anyone out of c1-c4 space. The only reason they aren't doing that right now is because they have no reason to do so. I don't see how making them more vulnerable to smaller groups changes that in any way.

Do you know how much everyone in AHARM is wishing someone would step up and even attempt to invade?

Again, I am not going to let people throw around completely false accusations. Please point to where I said anything at all like that. I'll wait....

If you did not wear a monocle I might almost have regarded you as reasonable

Looks like I was wrong about your blog post, does not change the fact that your support base is NOT your reader base. It is much larger and when we supported your vision of POSes we supported YOUR vision. Not this entire-city-made-of-poses-away-from-celestials-unavailable-in-low-class-wspace monstrosity that we are facing now.

Make Gaint post ... gets ignored by TwoSteps..... You are a mean person ;.[

Firstly, that was a sincere question and you made it sound like that was what you are saying, so don't get personal and start calling me stupid because i ask you to clarify, rather than flying off the handle and making wild accusations that you don't give a crap about what anyone thinks.

Secondly, I try to keep up with what's going on with the CSM as much as possible but i must have missed your proposals to remove FF and force us into small gankable pos's. If i knew that at the time of the elections i wouldn't have got my entire alliance to vote for you. My bad.

But all this arguing is pointless. All people want you to do now is convey are feelings to CCP and put your personal views to one side because it is clear that you are out of touch with the rest of us.

The first part of the question may have been sincere, but the "everyone else is irrelevant" part clearly wasn't. As I said above, I wouldn't be here responding to this thread if I didn't consider all of you my community. After all, the reason this forum even exists is because I asked CCP for it over and over and over again.

Of course, after the first paragraph, you drop right back into unconstructive mode, so I will not be responding to that.

Telling CCP "People like Forcefields" isn't all that helpful if they are set on getting rid of them. What is helpful is to talk to them about the reasons people like (and dislike) forcefields. That is what I have been doing, and what I plan on continuing to do. My job is not to design the new POS system, it is to tell CCP what people want from a new POS system.