Player Features and Ideas Discussion

this is my idea to counter blobs...



edit make it sig radius based...
so you can still have an infinate amount of people shooting a titan... but it would not make sence to have an infinate amount of peole shooting a crusier...

something like the total amount of sig radius multiplied by 12 = the total amount of added up sig resolution before the damage gets deminished... same with rr...

how so?

The only mechanics that allow smaller gangs to beat larger ones are calling primaries and remote repping.

EDIT: and bombs, but they don't really count.

i did not say how the stacking would work... i dont think it would be wise making it a set number then makes more damage obselete...

i am thinking more a sig radius mechanic...

so you can still ahve 1000 peeps shooting the titan but it wont make sence to shoot a frig with with more then 1-2 b's...

that way its way more open to tacktics then just primary and put a billion reps on that guy...

Sounds like a more useful stealth bomber.. :P

In my opinion you're looking at the problem from the wrong angle because blobs are only a symptom of a much larger problem. Of course it ought to be very, very difficult for a small force to defeat a larger, better equipped force. Common sense dictates that. And aside from some very convoluted work-arounds, there isn't very much the developers can realistically do to alter that equation.

The problem isn't so much with the inability of small fleets to defeat larger ones, it's one of there not being relevant tasks suitable for small fleets to accomplish. Which is why I've written numerous times in the past that the current sovereignty system needs to be thrown out in its entirety. In its current form, sovereignty is nothing more than a glorified game of capture the flag with some convoluted timers thrown in just to add to the confusion. Sovereignty needs to be re-designed from the ground up as much more than a "go here and capture/destroy this" system. Taking and holding sovereignty ought to be a multifaceted undertaking that involves small fleets as well as large ones, and it ought to be designed to engage alliance members in interesting and challenging ways. Really, it's terrible game design the way it is now. It's boring, time consuming, and generally an unrewarding experience for the majority of gamers. People only do it as an means to an end, not because it's fun. Without even mentioning all its other flaws, that alone makes the current system a bad one.

Small fleet warfare ought not to be something that's artificially engineered, it ought to be something that occurs as a natural byproduct of the basic design of nullsec and the player-run organizations that operate there.

CCP needs to have the courage to follow its convictions and return EVE to its roots as an experience driven by player vs. player conflict. To do that, we need to flush the current system down the toilet and replace it with something deep, fun, and richly rewarding over time. A good start would be to take a look at how empires and superpowers exist in the real world and then extrapolate a few key gameplay mechanics. This ought to be a top priority for CCP as a truly excellent sovereignty system would do wonders for EVE as a game and attract players of ALL TYPES to nullsec.

Awesome, let's wipe out all ships under a certain size class from the battlefield!

Can't bring a double DD-tanked BS? GTFO back to empire, noob!

Line of Sight is the answer you seak

The real issue with blobs is how hundreds of targets can attack a single one, insta-popping it.
If important internet spaceships were real, this would be terribly inefficient.
Stacking the damage or limiting the number of ships firing at once is a bit brute-force, and other changes should be made.

On land, if 50 musketeers had to inexplicably attack a tank they would surround it rather than grouping together and potentially all dying to a single shot. However, by surrounding it there's no way there can be 50 places of adequate cover where they can be protected by snipers/other tanks/orbital strikes from Russian Moon lasers/etc. Their cover choice is limited by musket range.
So, maybe only 25 musketeers could attack the tank efficiently. The rest will need to find another tank, which will be somewhere else on the battlefield. Or, well, they could all attack the tank and suffer greater causalities than necessary.

Somehow integrate that stupid analogy into EVE and there'll be improvement.

Need to change the way space works, the need to assault multiple things at once would help too.