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Should plex timers and LP rewards be reduced?
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callyptic
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#21 - 2013-04-07 11:15:33 UTC  |  Edited by: callyptic
Tbh i personally think that plexs SHOULD be defended. If you do not defend your plex the timer resets and you need to start again. PLEX'ing should be about PVP not waiting for a timer to despawn. Ships not considered a cloak ship should not be able to enter with a cloak on and the same goes for stabs. Similar to old MWD restriction.

This would promote people to fleet together and work in groups to defend there plex and system they are trying to deplex. It would also mean a lot more group cohesion would need to go into trying to capture or defend a system as anyone with a better ship setup could drive someone out of a plex. LP would be more difficult to earn and LP farmers would have to start actually pvping to earn lp. LP gains could be increased by fighting inside a plex and defending it.

Thats my opinion anyway and we all have one.
George Gouillot
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2013-05-27 12:48:36 UTC  |  Edited by: George Gouillot
callyptic wrote:
"Ships not considered a cloak ship should not be able to enter with a cloak on and the same goes for stabs. Similar to old MWD restriction."


+1 on this. Disabling cloaks and stabs within plexes will adjust the risk vs. reward ratio for farmers significantly without affecting any other game mechanism. It would not stop the farming but make farmers at least less annoying and frustrating for those that are in for PvP rather then for ISK.
Perkin Warbeck
Higher Than Everest
#23 - 2013-05-27 21:15:34 UTC
Kaivar Lancer wrote:
When I'm waiting for the plex timer to run out, I'm not really playing a game at all. Often I'll have my browser open on my second monitor watching Youtube or something. Every once in awhile I'll spam d-scan, esp. when there's a pirate or enemy militia on local, but otherwise I'm not interacting with the client whatsoever.

The problem is that the plex timer is too long. 10-20 minutes doing nothing is not playing a game. Probably the only joy I get from plexing is griefing pirates and enemy militia whenever I cloak or warp out.

If we reduce both plex timers and LP rewards in half, then there's more chance for PVPers to catch plex runners while they are in transit between plexes. And for plex runners, it actually becomes more of a "game" as they are required to hop around systems more often, dodge gate camps + PVPers, plan routes etc.


Moderators. Please can you move this thread to Missions and Complexes?
Merdaneth
Angel Wing.
Khimi Harar
#24 - 2013-05-30 11:58:42 UTC
Kaivar Lancer wrote:

If we reduce both plex timers and LP rewards in half, then there's more chance for PVPers to catch plex runners while they are in transit between plexes. And for plex runners, it actually becomes more of a "game" as they are required to hop around systems more often, dodge gate camps + PVPers, plan routes etc.


You can catch plex runners in transit between plexes? How?

You mean gatecamps with insta-lock ships? You want to encourage those?

/me shakes head
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