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I have a simple suggestion that I think would drastically reduce "Hot Drops", and restore the Cyno to what I assume was it's original purpose.... a method of fast travel and strategic placement of forces, NOT as an active combat tactic.

Create a new Aggression Flag.... Any ship lighting a cyno or jumping thru a cyno, or any form of bridge (Titan and Covert), CAN NOT target anything for 1 minute. (or simply add this to the normal 1 min aggression timer that prevents gate jumping.)

If the Cyno ship has something locked, it should break their target locks (much like entering siege mode on a dreadnaught) and they should get the timer as well.

This should be a very simple thing to add, and not require much Dev time, as the mechanisms for this is already in the game.

This change does not nerf anything.... it simply would be too risky for people to "drop" directly on top of someone, as they would be sitting ducks for 1 minute. Instead, they can still drop into a system, but it would have to be done at a safe spot, and then the entire fleet warp into the battle.

Yes I realize this would not completely eliminate hot drops.... it could still be done, but would require 2 ships instead of 1.... a cyno ship, and a tackle ship. and at least the Victim(s) have a chance to kill or jam out the tackle ship and get away during the 1 minute timer.

It sure would be nice to go back to the days of normal roaming fleets, instead of suddenly getting 50 guys dropped on your head out of no where, from many light years away, with absolutely no possible defense or escape.

While your at it, it would not hurt to make the Cyno Jammer mod for the POSs also block covert cyno's. As it is now, its an insane cost added to SOV bills, and is almost worthless, as people can still drop in a 100 man SB fleet and kill a cyno jammer in 5 minutes or less.

Thanks.

So...what your asking is to make the deployment of capitals for any purpose other than structures to be pointless. The fleet who deploys their capital fleet first on field gets a MASSIVE advantage over the second to arrive who has to wait out 60 seconds of being cyno-falconed. Good luck ever disloging a sov-holder when the aggressor is going to welp caps without firing a shot.

Blackops ships are the most fragile bs hulls in the game, their best use is in deploying cloakable fragile ships into combat and fast ganking enemy ships and gtfo because if they get caught they die. Your change would deny them the only real thing they have going for them.

And finally: here is the obligatory doll. Please point to the location the hot-drop touched you.

Like this dude said.

Why do defenders, and above all, supercapitals, need such a tremendous buff?

Delete cynos.

Problem solved.

Yes it does nerf something. Cynos. That's the entire point of your suggestion. Your suggestion specifically exists solely for the purpose of nerfing cynos.

Come out and say it. Have conviction for your ideals. Don't start backpedaling before you've even begun. If you believe Cynos have to be nerfed, then convince me.

Good luck on that, though. Your suggestion is so completely rediculous and over the top that I'm not even going to bother aguing against it.

You see, the BLOPS things was to allow small groups to hit targets, soft and what not, and cause disruption of a an alliance. You know, gorilla tactics.

It is working as intended.

The years of wailing to the CSM and CCP to allow the "little" guy to have have the ability to poke the "big" guy in 0.0 using small groups of players.

The problem like most ideas the player base come up with is the fact they are so focused on what they want in a such a narrow view, they do not even understand that once you allow this to be, EVERYONE, including the bad guys you and others want to nerf so badly will take the same tactics and punish you with it.

And thus this swirls own the shitter as the push continues for a e-honor solution to have WoT type conflict that is arbitrary and artificial.

Tl;dr:

The game is too hard, I want to change the rules..

What an incredibly non-constructive post.

Could you please address the original issue itself, instead of making sarcastic comments that add absolutely nothing to the discussion?

Cynos are a way to project power across many systems. Combined with T3 nullified cloaked ships that are practically invulnerable, we have a situation where that projected power can be brought to bear with little risk in return. After the warp changes are put into effect, we'll also have to deal with cov ops ships that can enter a system and warp to an asteroid cluster in 10 to 15 seconds, and light a cyno.

That isn't much time to react.

Local is a great if you are not NRDS...however these guys are and thus self inflicted.