Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Squirrel and lost nuts. Or broken clock, if you prefer.

indeed, i am thinking of fleets that can build up in WH's with free cloaks on all their ships. like:

Inty warps into nebula and then MWD's to just within the boundary. Fleet warps to inty and then slowboats into the nebula where it cannot be scanned or probed. The anomaly spans several grids, so u have no chance of finding the fleet even if u knew it was there. Then when the fleet is ready, it can slow boat it back out the nebula and is free to warp away.

if the nebula sucks u in if u try to warp nearby it would alleviate this problem at least. and making the warp in point change location within the nebula at intervals might mix things up.

I really doubt that it could move, as we don't even have planets and moons that move. Locations inside a system are basically static at this point, and so are bookmarks. A way to make different entrances would be to make them sort of like districts on a planet. This would most likely be the easiest way of opening different ways to enter the "null void" instead of just a single entrance.

From what I've noticed, the EVE engine doesn't do much besides have things be drawn in static location, so I don't think there is a lot of room for dynamic moving content really anywhere in space till the engine is fixed to support it. Changing a bookmark location server side constantly would be the only way I see to fake it.

A fun though would be to add WH style effects to the nebulas also.

What kind of shiney could be in these though, to make some one want to enter them for an extended peroid of time?

I like the idea of different entrances.

+1

fleets get lost in in? You mean they would have to selfdestruct then?
sounds like a fun feature.

This is a very interesting idea, I anticipate your expanded post with interest.

Supported.

This makes me think of nebula in Freelancer. I think a great way to combat the issue of this just providing safe areas to get good loot would be to make these nebula risky.

What if some of these nebula had pockets of explosive elements? These could be randomly dispersed throughout the nebula. If a ship ran into one it would deal massive damage. Enough to instantly pop a frigate while dealing large damage to other ships. Perhaps on the level of the damage found in ghost sites currently. They would not show up on the overview or anything, however they would be slightly different in color to the surrounding nebula so they could be spotted and avoided as long as you were paying attention.

Another option would be pirate bases. Naturally pirates would find nebula to be a great place to hide a base of operations. Players could accidentally stumble into these heavily defended bases and with no way to warp out be forced to run, or if they are to slow to do so, fight. This could be a source of good loot however would be a very difficult fight.

Or how about ancient minefields from wars long past? Imagine massive mines larger than frigates rising out of the dense gloom of the nebula like old lurking ghosts. With spiny barbs reaching out to detect nearby vessels. These mines would do MASSIVE damage. Even more then the gas pockets mentioned above. More on the level of instantly popping most ships smaller than battlecruisers while killing battlecruisers and battleships in 2-4 blasts. The minefield could be riddled with the wrecks of ancient ships full of valuable technology, but be careful reaching them, lest you join them.

Better yet? Just make all of the above possibilities. In these nebula you may be safe from being scanned. But you are far from "safe".

It's fine. Post it. Split it into 2 if need be.