EVE General Discussion

the way ccp presented this expansion train we are on is exploration for the small guy.

I assume the design is that you go explore lowsec and null setup camp without having to hold sov or even a corp for that matter.
You then probe stuff down with your brand new SOE covops cruiser refit for the sites u wanna do and deploy and use the different new toys to be able to do it for a living.

We are just at the beginning of a train of expansions following this theme and we dont see the whole picture yet from what i understand.

Um, in case you didnt notice, not every highsec system has a station. The new depots, let you base out of stationless systems away from other folk allowing you to reap the reward of a system that is not swarming with players.

It cannot be over-emphasised how useful the MJD is for sniper boats of all flavours!

Ah, I see. I hadn't checked the details of the thing, and assumed that the depot would be like a superior version of the jetcan(larger space, accessible by anyone(this latter being based on current containers and the siphon)). I was wrong.

Having read the devblog, I will revise the list of High-sec uses.

1. Mid-mission refitting.
2. Ganking. (Ganker ganks target, stores his modules in the depot, and returns to collect them after GCC.)
3. Mini-POS in systems sans stations. (Especially if combined with GSCs anchored nearby for the storage aspect of a base.)
4. Decoy when encountering gankers. (When ganked, deploy the thing and hope the gankers targets it instead of your pod when your ship goes boom, and run.)

Or just refit from a "mining yeild" fit to a "tank EVERYTHING" fit

You can never be too sure. It pays to be prudent!

While I'm generally in favor of shooting anything at any time, the depots have a 48 hour reinforcement mode that would make that rather futile.

This means the 40M ISK/hr crowd will find a way to use them to make 41M ISK/hr based on this lack of being targeted in mission rooms, and once it's realized how dumb it is that dropping a structure into an NPC base has no response from them, this will be fixed so that they do get attacked.

The hue and cry will be all about how CCP hates mission runners, while the nullsec people will gloat as if the "day has finally come" to (pick one) eliminate highsec/move all missions to lowsec/ make everybody not in a nullsec alliance completely immobile and helpless so they can be shot at while their ship makes squealing pig noises.


Meanwhile, the change in mechanic will also mean that NPC pirates in belts will also attack depots, as well as sleepers in wormholes too. Therefore once the buoyancy of our life vests has been compensated for the first wave of tears, another one will come in to drown us all.

In the end civilization will be completely under water and CCP will have to make this "Water World Online" and we'll be using boats instead of spaceships. Kevin Kostner will be happy and Chribba will have the only highsec aircraft carrier that will be used to harvest lobsters.

After that 48 hour reinforce, the shield takes ten minutes to charge back up to 25%. Then you need to reinforce it again. Also it can be scooped and redeployed while in reinforced.

Of course the attacker can see the timer and know exactly when it will leave reinforced. If the defender does not return to reset the thing it will be simple to remove it.