Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Is call a Lasso, open you orca window and lasso the station.

A space anchor ?

Actually that's quite interesting.

I could see it being related to the way that a Cyno ship can't be moved; a module that adds ship mass perhaps ?
Everything needs a counter ...

Lets hear some fleshed out ideas!

Edit: Apologies to Akirei Scytale who already mentioned the mass thing ...

This. A MWD not only increases your speed / acceleration, but also your mass. In theory you would be harder to bump when stationary using a MWD. Its not something you could just leave on though.

When a dreadnaught or carrier enter siege/triage, their mass becomes far heavier and they become something akin to a brick in space. I suppose it works kind of similar to a cyno in that aspect, as you can't move whatsoever unless you already had momentum. Perhaps that sort of trick might work, although I'm not entirely sure how it could be worked into a mining module.

The downside is it uses a slot, and hence nerfs your tank or mining yield.

Balancing to make it not all or nothing may be hard. Based on reports Ive heard, no one has a counter now so its a one sided battle ATM. A pure anchor, like a POS has, would make it totally one sided the other way. Maybe your anchor can resist a certain impulse (speed x mass) before breaking, and how fast you go increases as the bumper overwhelms your anchor by larger amounts. Your anchoring capability would be something like your mass times skill times some constant. The issue there is at that point you might as well not be anchored at all, as the bumper can just keep moving you, and you, having an anchor module on, cannot get back. Turn it off and we are right back to where we are now.

If the anchor, or the anti-bump module, can keep you in range long enough to finish an ice mining cycle then it is of some use. Once the cycle is done you warp to a different spot in the ice field, re-anchor, and you can do another cycle before the bumper moves you out. As long as you are willing to fly your ship you can keep on mining.

Here's the best damn idea anyone's come up with so far.

You can drop a space anchor that has the same equivalent mass multiplier that a siege module does, but while it's activated you cannot move, warp, activate any modules, or lock anything. The module has a 10 minute duration and cannot be deactivated prior to that. Any ships that log off while anchored will not disappear until one minute after the anchor module deactivates, or 15 minutes after last received aggression prior to logging off, whichever comes last.

Before someone complains about this, here's a hint:

Afterburners add the same amount of mass an equivalent sized MWD does, and they're a lot easier to fit.

Ah, looks like I mixed up sig radius with mass increase. Yeah, afterburners do add the same mass as MWDs.

You undocked in an Orca while at war?

Trust me son, your problems are much more severe than worrying about bumping.

omg, attention seekers...

it is not likely that bump whining comes from genuine people. Boring.