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CCP Omen: POCO Anchoring at POS/Station Problems
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Bull Eramix
Tir Capital Management Group
#1 - 2011-11-17 13:12:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Bull Eramix
We were messing around with POCOs on the test server and noticed that they can be anchored in some odd places, namely:

Immediately outside stations, which makes PI collection nearly risk free, as well as affords protection from roving gangs looking for targets. (Presumably they could be located on gates as well, although this was not tested)

At POS's, in fact they are able to be placed inside of POS shields.

Pictures can be found at:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6215/6352412024_775ee727c9_b.jpg

http://imgur.com/REHaC


Is this working as intended? or is there ongoing work to prevent this from happening?
Jack Dant
The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
#2 - 2011-11-17 16:31:26 UTC
These made me chuckle.

It shouldn't be possible to anchor a POCO on grid with an existing structure. A simple limit of 250km from gates/stations/towers would be enough.

What happens in lowsec, stays in lowsec, lowering the barrier to entry to lowsec PVP: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=476644&#post476644
Bloodpetal
Tir Capital Management Group
#3 - 2011-11-17 16:38:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Bloodpetal
POCO Designers!!


As quoted from HERE:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=205891#post205891

CCP Omen wrote:


The Customs Office can be anchored a certain distance from a planet, it doesn't perform any more checks than that. So I guess you can have it close by an Outpost but not by a POS, since they are around moons.



There's a serious issue with POCO's being put up at a POS, although you said that it wasn't possible! This moon happened to be within 100k KM of a Planet on SISI and we were able to deploy the POS and then place the POCO INSIDE the POS!!!


Seriously need you to look at fixing this ASAP!

Also, the Customs Office can easily obstruct the undock point of a station as demonstrated - you need to revisit your placement mechanics for this.


I LOVE the new POCO system, and want to see it excel, but it has a few problems, so please make sure you get a good look at this!





BTW, I love your comment @

"a) Will it be possible to set a tax rate for different standings/groups? Say, Alliance has 0%, +10 has 0% too, +5 has 10%, +0 has 20%, -5 has 50% and -10 has 100%?"

Quote:
Wow, that was a good idea but it's not the case. If the time fairy smiles, then maybe...but don't count on it.


We gots it! Twisted

Where I am.
Zaine Maltis
Innsmouth Enterprises
#4 - 2011-11-18 13:28:54 UTC
Bit of a bump here as this seems important!

CCP: Is this intended? That you can deploy a POCO next to a station, or within a POS bubble?

Innsmouth Enterprises
Scrapyard Bob
EVE University
Ivy League
#5 - 2011-11-18 15:10:07 UTC
They should have been set so that they could only be anchored on the same grid as the one used for the existing COs.
Jack Dant
The Gentlemen of Low Moral Fibre
#6 - 2011-11-18 15:38:51 UTC
Just make them like towers. You can drop a tower anywhere you want near the moon, but once you click anchor, it "teleports" to a specific point that's always the same for that moon.

What happens in lowsec, stays in lowsec, lowering the barrier to entry to lowsec PVP: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=476644&#post476644