Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Yet more threads about 0.0, lowsec, the "Great wall of Carebear"...


now is the time!!



It's time to be able to dial in a point-to-point warp or system-to-system warp just like they do in Star Trek and Star Wars. I don't care how far, whether it's a ship rig, hull, module, or skill.

The ultimate answer to all this "highsec too populated/0.0 not populated!!! Nerf highsec buff lowsec!!! Marsha Marsha Marsha!!!!" crap is to get rid of this dependency on gates, get rid of these gank pipelines, bring about the end of the Reign of the Bubble and herald in the Reign of the Combat Probe. Blobs and cap drops fall aside to combat patrols and small engagements that can become large ones.

A good time will be had by all!

(get rid of local too in 0.0 and it will be the ends of the reign of the bots).


Anyone who does not like it: don't hide behind any facade of caring for the game. I know that this game would benefit from ending this reliance on gates for ALL.


Set us free!!

This idea, while created with good intentions, is terrible.

Transportation is definitely a problem. It sounds like CCP is aware of the problem though...

That said, if nothing else changes I don't see a problem with just adding "teleport" to any ship. Might as well enable any ship to teleport to any connected system, given the current status quo

I hope and believe that another jump nerf is in the works though...

Close gates, KILLL PVP

oooh i like the idea of more local hubs and a death to jitas stranglehold on the economy.

Are they talking about cynos? Removing gates would be a really strange idea and I doubt CCP will do such a large change to the game.

OP: This could only happen if the big computer working on the "42: What does it mean" question actually completes the job in our lifetime. Gates are a computing crutch that keeps the whole server from imploding.

You wanna do the Star Trek thing - get back to invention!

^^this

I would imagine that hyperwarp would not be possible if being targeted, like a cloak, but I am leaving out the mechanics of it all - if ever implemented, how would they do it?

Let me point out something.

I have a BC with a large rig in it.

It's a gravity cap rig, for scanning.

Even worse, it's an exploration fit, because CCP ignores those great designs by Nova Fox and while gankers, miners, haulers, and even now the salvagers have their own ships, there is nothing for explorers except a SB or Covops which means that you are hunted wherever you go - though what does a system defender known when they see one?

I have had this ship in service since the spring of 2009, but have been to very dark places. Wormholes of all classes, sometimes passing through, and low enough I could actually solo them with a nearly impossible gimp fit.
I use the wormholes to go to 0.0 where, regardless of it being NPC space or someone's "turf", I hit exploration sites.

Then I use a WH to get back to high sec to stash, use, or sell the booty.

All of the tools afforded to me, maps, scanners, etc, I use to keep from being caught. I have been caught, but a BS sized AB, ecm drones, nuet - they help get uncaught (and thankfully I never got caught by a Lachesis).

I have never seen a bubble camp, and was only caught in one abandoned bubble or I think whoever was watching it was not sure of what they were against.

There is one strict rule followed: no gates unless it's a short jump in a closely watched system. You see I am behind the legions of renter fodder and right under the noses of those interior places where few expect trespassers. No scout to make a call.

Using worm holes to get around is what kept my ship in service for a almost 3 years.

As for killing PVP, how? That I don't get caught in someone's bubble camp or gank pipeline is killing PVP? Those are not elements of PVP. It's more like PVV (player versus victim). Perhaps a suitable war target does come through once in a while, but nobody bothers to ask.

Now with POCOs (player owned customs stations) and the possibility of raidable moon arrays, the ability to get past the renter fodder, the bot runners, and gank pipelines could make for more interesting situations. Are not people tired of this camping business? Are not those in the outlying regions of the larger alliances working the security for their bosses while they suck moon goo and rat in the interiors in relative safety?

Point to point warp - though a teleport reminds me of the "Probability Drive" - would open up a new realm of possibility and promote PVP because an access to most if not all systems (disregarding mechanics, rules, etc) freely means patrols and smaller engagements.

I see that getting asked for a lot.

My perception is that I see people wanting more targets, and people wanting more opportunities, and believe it or not people do want to leave highsec but there is virtually a wall around it. The wall is not Concord keeping baddies out. It does more to keep people in. The wall is well described.

What players want, I think could be better delivered by a point-to-point warp feature. How it's delivered, I won't address, because that can take a long long time and most of it will be reaching into our butts for a feature that does not, if ever, exist.

The game would certainly be jazzed up, and I care little for the existing power structure of 0.0 who has made it the way it is. They are the one claiming Leet PVP status, they should welcome the targets.

Tell me then. What would be the solution? I know that goons don't bot, so you can be more constructive.