Warfare & Tactics

I will be brief. Let's face it. No one likes reading.

FW plexes are crap. The empires defend their space by spewing forth a weirdly homogenous structure and a crappy rat every 15 minutes. This looks rubbish, feels rubbish, plays rubbish.

Instead:

- Plexes must be scanned down with probes. They appear on overview after the gate is accessed for the first time.
- Plexes are proper plexes with npc spawns, loot drops, lp for the destruction if hostile infrastructure.
- Plexes have cool names such as Imperial Correctional Facility, Federation Naval School, Tribal Ammunitions Dump.
- Plexes have DED like ranking and ship access requirements.
- Plexes which are more important have a greater impact on system control.

Why? Did I mention that currently plexes are rubbish? Lame also. My proposals would make for interaction of npc and player generated content. They would combat farming. They would provide dynamic disruption to currently static occupancy (what happens when the opposing faction caps a 10/10 plex and racks up 20% in half an hour).

Lastly. Currently plexes are rubbish.

Thanks for the response. I can see your argument but I don't think these suggestions would impact on the small scale pvp environment much at all. People would have to adapt to it a little but so what. Goodbye to stabbed condors. Big deal.

What they would do is encourage more organised play to determine occupancy. The current blob the **** out of everything mechanic is pretty tedious. Player groups could get smart with their resources. Presently if you don't work at FW like a full time job you will never beat market forces.

novice = t1 frigs only
small = t2 frigs, t1 dessies, t2 dessies only
medium = t1 cruisers, t2 cruisers only
large = everything only

problem solved.
send isk to me now kthxbai

Still stupid. If anything gates should me mass limited for a start rather than class. And why should the mere presence of a ship capture the flag? There should be a deployable hacking structure or something that spools up to break the installations security. This has relatively lowish hp and can be destroyed by hostile entities. Thus providing and instant rollback mechanic.

The whole thing is hopelessly artificial and naff at the minute. Get rid and start again with something that uses EVE's better mechanics to provide an integrated occupancy system.

That's too strong and you would eliminate lots of solo stuff. However, I would advocate something along this continuum making the individual plexes important rather than part of an endless grind which drives pvpers crazy. Would still have to be cooler than it is at present however, novice/small/medium is lame.

David is right to be frustrated. It's not working whichever way the Tier's swing.

There is a thread in "Features & Ideas" about suggestions for changing the plex's. FW Missions also need alteration.

Not sure I have seen solid ideas on the right improvement but, I bloody hope CCP is not going to wait 3+ years to look at FW again.

Are they planning on Pirate FW? ...which I would hope would have an offshoot effect on Militia FW.

Edit: Change FW Plex's

Plexes will still be for pvp. Stop shitposting. Content or **** off.

Edit: Have clarified original post to state that plexes would appear on overview once activated.

Plexes are a pvp utopia that generate a ton of content for a LOT of people (not just FW). The current iteration of plexes is the best it's ever been in the history of FW. You use to have to use probes scan for plexes (or go to each celestial and d-scan) and they use to be able to flip a system in a single timezone....and it sucked.

While some of your suggestions may decrease farming they would also decrease pew

tell me about the SC fleets in plexs fighting amarr or minmatar

plz

I have no problem with these... Just add the timer rollback and allow only FW members to enter the plexes, irrespective of ship type, and it's a good start.