Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This is just a list of changes that could improve empire space in a variety of ways. These items are not arranged in any particular order. They are numbered for ease of discussion. Some items may contradict other items, thus the entire list isn't being advocated, rather it is a discussion tool. Some of the items on the list are my own ideas, many are from others around the EVEosphere.

1. Player-owned planetary customs offices. Obviously this one is already in the pipe from CCP, but I wanted to mention it because it is an excellent idea. The main excitement here is that it brings a degree of sovereignty to lowsec, where corporations and alliances can effectively control planets. This, of course, will lead to conflict. In EVE, conflict is good. Conflict drives the game.

2. CONCORD in low security space. This is tied in tightly with #1 above. If a corporation/alliance controls 60% or more of the customs offices in a system, they can turn on CONCORD in that system. This would not raise the security level of the system, nor would it affect players with low security status, but it would offer a level of protection against aggression. CONCORD response delay would still be tied to the security level of the system. This offers more sovereignty like control in Empire space. Players would be notified of CONCORDs activeness in low-security system when a player approaches a jump gate leading to such systems.

3. Insurance voided if killed by faction police or CONCORD. The CONCORD mechanics should not be changed. CONCORD should not be made stronger or faster. Rather, the use of insurance to mitigate losses while ganking should be removed.

4. Empire space moats. Every racial region is surrounded by a two to three system ribbon of lowsec. Even the alliances between races are shaky and a no-man's land is necessary. Travelling from Gallente to Caldari space requires passing through two to three jumps of lowsec space. Travelling from Minmatar to Gallente space requires passing through two to three jumps of lowsec space. Shortest routes are still bottlenecks (e.g. Rancer), but ensure there are a number of choices for longer routes.

5. Variable system security levels. Every system in empire space can have its security level change over time dependent upon player activity.
a. The more missions completed in a system, the more lawful the region. The security level increases.
b. The fewer missions completed in a system, the more lawless the region. The security level decreases.
c. The more site and belt rats killed in a system, the more lawful the region. The security level increases.
d. The fewer site and belt rats killed in a system, the more lawless the region. The security level decreases.
e. An increase in player vs. player aggression decreases security level. A decrease in player vs. player aggression increases security level.
f. Ship losses which do not draw CONCORD or faction police (e.g. combat due to war declarations) are not used in the security level calculations.
g. The average hourly (or daily) population of a system is factored into the calculation. Thus, it would be quite difficult to alter the security level of systems like Jita, Hek or Aldrat.

6. War declaration mechanics need to be changed. Many ideas have been proffered, but the following is what I favour:
a. Flat 10M ISK fee to declare war on a corporation. Flat 250M ISK fee to declare war on an alliance. The fee does not increase if the declared upon already have wars they are waging (e.g., decshields have no effect on war declaration costs.)
b. Every war will run for a minimum of two (2) days (not including the 24 hour prep/warning time.)
c. At the end of those two (2) days, the declared upon can end the war by paying whatever it is the declaree paid to instigate the war. If no payment is made, the war continues for another four (4) days.
d. At the end of a six-day war, the war may be extended for another six (6) days for double the initial costs paid. Wars may continue to be extended every six days for double the previous cost. Thus an initial cost of 250M ISK is needed to declare war on an alliance. At the end of six days, the war is extended for another six days for 500M ISK. At the end of that six day period, if the declarer wishes to extend again, the cost would be 1B ISK.
e. Once an alliance has had war declared upon them, no corporation in that alliance may leave until the war has come to close. Any corporation not in an alliance that has had war declared upon it may not join an alliance until the war has come to a close. Players may leave a corporation that has had war declared upon it (or its alliance), but no players shall be able to join that corporation until the war has come to a close.
f. For every seven days that a corporation or alliance has had war declared upon it, the corporation (or every corporation in the alliance) can bank a ceasefire. A ceasefire can be used to put a war on hold for a 24 hour period, to allow a corporation or alliance some breathing room to perform their regular duties. Ceasefires can only be spent once every seven (7) days. When a ceasefire is spent, it is effective 24 hours later.

7. Level four missions appear less frequently in high security space. Only 25% of level four missions acquired from an agent in high security space will appear in high security space. The other 75% will appear in a nearby low security system.

15. Security status loss, due to aggression mechanics, are related to aggression activity over time. If you agress rarely (i.e., perhaps once per week), your loss is at the lowest level. If you agress frequently (i.e., perhaps once or many times per day) your loss is greatly increased.

16. Decrease rewards from high security-based incursions. A 10% reduction.

17. Decrease mining and planetary interaction yields from high security space. A 10% reduction.

18. Increase high-security POS related costs. Increased fuel requirements. Increased material usage requirements for T2 module (and above) production.

19. Third parties become aggressable. Third party reppers are immediately agressable, without penalty, to anyone who can freely aggress the person they are repairing. Any ship that an aggressed ship docks into becomes aggressable, as well as every ship currently docked in that ship.

20. Allow stealth bombers to launch bombs in empire space. If smart bombs can be fired in empire space, then so should bomb launchers.

21. Limited missions per agent. Each agent has a mission counter. If anyone turns in a mission, that counter is decreased. When the counter reaches zero, that agent will no longer hand out missions. (They will still honour any missions outstanding and completed after the counter reaches zero.) The mission counter is reset weekly.

22. Transferable kill rights. Kill rights are a transferable item, which can be traded to players or sold on the contract market. Allows weaker players to transfer kill rights to more powerful players, so that appropriate punishment can be eked out. The kill rights interface to be upgraded so that the offender knows who is in possession of their kill rights (so they can take appropriate defensive actions.)

Original post: http://poeticstanziel.blogspot.com/2011/10/evolving-empire.html

Nobody has to agree with them all. And they are numbered for easy discussion.

Yet another "Here's how to play my eve".

Yet another "Let's make life harder on Empire people so they have to go to Lowsec" fail

:yawn:

Nice typing skills though

reported thread as off-topic. Should be in F&I, where it can die a deserved death.

I was going to lol
then I realized you actually typed all that.

You need to seek professional help. If you can't afford it, just start taking random mind altering substances and ask a neutral friend "am I better yet?". Trial and error should get you somewhere better than where you are.

If you're currently on any drugs, be it coffee or lsd, stop taking them forever, your not a person that handles them very well.

What are you, in grade six, where writing is still hard?

really? Unintentional troll? Oh gawd that's sad, since that's all this thread is good for.

You didn't get your hug today, did you?

well from what i gathered and i just skimmed through it / your post history is the reason for it/

I actually kind of like the idea, however as an idea which has been or i guess has been discussed under faction warfare having an impact on empire universe.