Warfare & Tactics

CCP is not going to implement this kind of nerf, main reason why cpp boosted lowsec farming is that it is hidden nerf for highsec mission income by lowering income from lp store items.

Plexing Proposal:

FW plexs spawn in hostile space. They degrade the level of occupancy without player intervention. When occupancy degrades to 25% systems are at full scale war and plexs from opposing factions start to spawn equally within a system. This troubled equilibrium is the natural state of the war zone prior to intervention.


When a player intervenes in a plex to halt incursion they help to solidify the occupying militia's strength. This yields benefits. What do they get? They do not get lp. They do not personally get anything that the rats haven't dropped. Instead, their corp gets victory points for that specific system. If the corp intervenes sufficiently to secure occupancy they get the right to levy taxes upon that system's population. Thus FW plexing does nothing for your personal wallet, it is instead a strategic aim to strengthen corp and alliance backbone. 

Plexing Mechanics:

1.  Plex spawning times as they are at present would require too much effort in maintaining occupancy and would have to be reduced.
2. Plexs are stupid at present. I would propose that they look something like DED sites. You get in and have to destroy npc ships and then have to take down a hostile installation. This should take something close to the present time necessary to cap a plex. Once the initial spawn is dead the playing field should be reasonably even for 1v1 combat.
3. I like the idea of navy commander spawns as a slight player incentive, not really worth it for farmers but a nice gift to reward effort.  
4. In terms of taxation, hostile space should yield greater taxes. There would also be variation between systems due to differing populations. Under the proposed conditions much of FW space would be in chaos as it is hard for a corp to maintain occupancy over multiple systems. This is fine.
5. Full occupancy allows perks such as a cyno jammer, dock blocking, manufacturing slots etc. These perks degrade as occupancy degrades.

FW Missions:

LvL4 missions should not be an isk faucet for null bear alts with no interest in the war. They should be really hard and give really good rewards for team play. My proposal is that they should require you to roll a sizeable pvp force in to hostile space and should be risky. If successfully completed the destruction of hostile targets should make an impact on the hostile war effort via system occupancy. I.e. lvl4 Amarr Navy Munitions Works, Minmatar Secret Service Renditions Facility. Rewards will be greater for attacks on fully militarised systems. Lvl5 missions should be introduced which are ungated and allow capital ships. Opportunities for shiny ganks ahoy! 

Lower missions classes should be soloable but pretty difficult still. Not really worth it as an activity for experienced players but a good isk source for noobies.

Tiers:

Get rid. The prize for greater occupancy is corp funding via taxation. In terms of isk, plexs and missions should reward either side equally. Additional rewards in terms of occupancy will depend on the dynamics of the war zone.  The returns should still be very good but would require substantial commitment of assets from waring parties.

1.I don't like the 15 minutes to cash out system. Tier i think would be better to be solely based on the # of systems.
2Lp store back to pre inferno for tier 1. Scale down prices for increased tiers.
3System upgrades only for adding perks to the system such as industry slots, cheaper tax, no docking, cyno jammers, and lower repair costs (examples). Other ideas could be the anchoring or making gate guns station guns do increased damage.
4I would like to see that ANYONE except opposing militia can donate lp to hub (based on above).
5I do like the"unique" lp store items idea. I don't know which items would be best or new items.
6No missions in home systems.
7I disagree with resetting timer when warping out of plexes IF all rats must die.
8I think all rats should die, but I agree with x gal that the dps is lowered, but the tank should stay the same imo.
9I would like to see diminishing marginal returns for lp in combat to encourage sub blob man fleets (not cheap shotting LNA/IO) maybe have sub 5 man KMs pay the most.
10I like infinite vulnerability to secure ihub bash and I like the 110% cap that was mentioned.
11Defensive plexing should pay 1/10 of offensive plexing.
12Slight lp modifier based on rank (i.e 1.01 up to 1.10 for highest rank)
13Lp can be donated to decontest. This should be an absurdly expensive investment such as 100,00 lp per %
14Absolutely no mails if someone opens a plex. Undock to find out.
15no gcc for attacking neutrals who enter plexes

Forum ate my reply :( grr.

1-I am of the opinion that militia wide tier should be kinda hard to get past 2 or 3, and should fluctuate often. basing it on systems controlled could lead to T5 being a 'normal' thing.

4-Having non-WT influence a FW system mechanic is bad practice i think.
9-This is in place already, rewards are divided. 800 LP split 20 ways is not much.
10-IIn my proposal if the 'hub' has no LP in it, your just O plexing for nothing. i don't think the issue will remain.
11-I don't like PvE actions that effect the 'war' being a limitless supply of LP for an individual no matter the return.
12-I like this, but In my proposal Im not sure how to integrate it.
15-To GCC or not is a decision everyone makes. While i know it encourages meta gamming, its a part of the game.

If I didn't say anything to a point it because your disagreeing with someone else, or I had no comment.