Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Sure, but fix to what problem?

Not really, no.

You're only saying that something should happen. There is no reasoning why. This is not a matter of opinion, but of fact.

Answering the question of “why” means detailing the problem you're trying to solve — why it's a problem and why it needs to be solved. It means explaining your solution in full, both in terms of how it will actually serve to solve the problem and what the consequences will be. You also need to argue why the good consequences are enough to outweigh the bad consequences.

Again, none of that is present — just a lot of “I want” or “it should” with no reasoning behind it.

well, first, I don't know where you saw a problem.

This section is call "Features & Ideas Discussion"

so, i'm proposing a new feature, that already got improved by others. A feature that would modify the game in a way that it'll be more "realistic", that will present a challenge to gankers, and that will spread the risk among every system, pushing the gankers & the victims to change their habbits.

if you don't like my ideas, and are just saying no, then fine, say no, and stay out of my threads.

Ganking has always and will always be part of EVE. Deal w/it.

where do I suggest anything to stop the ganking?



interesting idea!

Shooting fish in a barrel.
Choke points have always been the biggest road block in EVE.

JF and JB are examples of solutions and everyone who used choke points hate them with a passion.

Yes, and neither of those are problems. Quite the opposite: they're solutions to the problems of making it too easy to dodge enemy patrols.

As mentioned by others, a new feature just for the sake of a new feature is silly.

You need to be solving some concrete PROBLEM or GAP in the gameplay with a new feature. Otherwise it's just wasted effort and pointless. I see neither here.

Ganking freighters is not a problem at all, because it's already strongly tilted in favor of the freighters, not the gankers. One freighter pilot requires half a dozen gankers at least, and with every additional escort to the freighter pilot, you need an additional several gankers. Thus, freighter pilots have a huge, unbalanced advantage, if anything, in manpower required to win the contest and travel safely, and pirates have a huge disadvantage, if anything.

Nor is there a gap in gameplay potential. You haven't made any argument for actual additional FUN that would be introduced by your idea that is not available in the game already.

No problem + no gap = no feature needed, period.


This actually does address a problem in gameplay, potentially. But it's not ganking. It is stagnation. It would make alliance blocs more interesting and less static, and it would make both piracy and hauling more interesting if people had some way to strategically adjust the security status of systems in EITHER direction.

If we imagine CONCORD has a fixed pool of resources, then people could vote, for instance (one vote per activated/paid account) on where those resources should be allocated. With certain restrictions. For instance, security status of a system can only be a limited amount different than its neighbors, and security status can only change by 0.1 points per week, etc.

Every person could be allowed to vote on any number of systems, with either a +0.1 or a -0.1 vote, within the restricted rules (like those above), and their total votes have to add up to 0. At the end of each week, systems are adjusted based

Meh, ill just make a new thread, come to think of it.

How about this. Raise the sec status so us freighter pilots have a fighting chance. WHY? because we are in essence deffenseless. Yes would could not go through that system, but miners could not mine in lowsec, it still happens. It's not like we can ecm, shoot back, rep, we just sit and die. I have seen more Tornados in Udedma than in Oklahahoma. the only defense we have against this is EHP, but as the KB's show can be taken down under the Concord response time. I honestly dont care about the ganking, i really don't. but i'm flying a hull, thats it, give me chance to get out in structure at least. or give me the option to go around the system thats not in low sec. At least in Null/low sec i have a chance to escape a gate camp in a smaller ship, or i lose a cyno alt. But absolultly cannot in a freighter.

please, tell us, how in 10 (often less) seconds you can defend a ship. you can't even target it that fast, and eve if you can, you can't attack them until they shot their first volley, and then it's too late, the freighter is gone.

please tell us, once you start getting bumped, you're going to align and warp, against 2 mach, even with 5 friends. even with a webber, that's still really hard to do.

anyway, again, we're deviating the thread from "please change the way sec. status works" to "you need an escort for that freighter!!"