Wormholes

Chitsa, WTF? pull your damn head in.

I don't understand how the 2 of those particular systems impact on capital reps anyway.

If any systems need addressing more than anything else it's the fact Red Giants can give some stupid buggy bonuses up from a c2 to a c6 and the stupid slowcat cataclysmic variable carriers

Now is the time to ask those questions to James and decide for yourself if you're going to support him for a second term. I haven't read the minutes yet so I have no idea what the fuzz is about yet.

To be fair, there have been plenty of townhall meetings and forum posts asking for opinions and from what I have been hearing is that the C4's could use double statics. If there is such an opposition against it, I have yet to hear it in masses. I have heard more people speak in favor then against, actually, you are the first...

Based on the reading of the Summit minutes, the following was brought up during the Wormhole discussion:


My understanding of this statement would be that due to the “Shield HP” bonus of Pulsars and the “Armor Resist” bonus of Wolf Rayets, that any subsequent buff to capital reps implemented by Team Five 0 would break the gameplay in those systems. However, it isn’t mentioned that the “Overload” bonus of Red Giants and the “Remote Repair/Transfer Amount” bonuses of Cataclysmic Variables would also be impacted by any buff to capital reps.

My opinion is that these wormhole effects for all four of those wormhole types should be unchanged. I spent the better part of a year as a Pulsar resident and my Daktak brethren spent much of their time in their adored Wolf Rayet. The amount of fun we had in those systems was uncalculable, and I have spoken with many people who share their enjoyment of these system types.

I’m also of the opinion that capital rep buffing isn’t a broken mechanic, at least based on my knowledge (however, Team Five 0 may have a different vision that involves buffing capital reps) and as such shouldn’t justify negatively impacting wormhole space and our effects. Black holes should be changed, although I’m not avidly supporting any “industrial” bonuses, as I don’t see the increased resident/activity potential there.

As an aside, Kynric mentions that “it bugs [him] a bit that most of the current reps and candidates who also don't live in them want to change them in a fundamental way which is likely in opposition to why the current people who live there live there.” I did propose my view about the C4 Super highway, and I wrote an article that spurred quite a lot of feedback, debate, and discussion (including many normally quiet residents). That led to me writing a follow-up article where I took the feedback and expanded the discussion to further the various alternatives being proposed. I’m not suggesting that your comment was directly pointed at me or whomever, but I thought I’d provide feedback to your perspective.

These minutes confirm what anyone with half a brain already knew. The current WH CSM's HAVE TO GO!! Thank God it's only one to get rid of.

Every new iteration discussed have been around making it easier and fluffier for C5/C6 folks (to the point where these minutes are even specific about it being mostly related to cap reps and I would bet my left nut that over 90% of caps in W-space are in C5/C6 space).

So summarizing whats going to be cool about being in a C5/C6 soon. You'll be able to armchair roll knowing any targets you find can't see you until its too late. Haven't got the fleet comp to combat a pulsar fleet? No problem we nerfed the effects for you guys! Black Hole? thats ok because everybody moved their hulks into them now because they really are as stupid as you think they are.

But hey let's not forget that James looks at his Siphons everyday and then gets the kid at the end of The Simpsons to say "I made this!"

Looking at it top down, the only real representation is going to come in the future from people in lower W-space or outside of W-space because it is obvious none of our recent CSMs can make a decision without running it through the C5/C6 "What's in it for SSC and bros?" mill first.

I pray the current candidates can make a strong and compelling condemnation of the current CSM and sell the community on being able to think of us all as a whole but I would not be surprised to find that the WH community start to believe that WH's are best represented by proven CSM "listeners" outside of W-space than those in them.

Ball's in your court guys.

Fixed to what you are actually saying

I'm impressed with how much you involve yourself already, lets just hope you will keep it up but you got my vote +1

Also chitsa.. WTF?

******* **** quote and edit are too close to each other.

Honestly I must have missed the townhall announcements/ C4 threads.

As C4 dweller I don't think they need dual statics. But we would adjust to them and it would be fine I'm sure. Personally I would just like to see C4's get the same kind of random connections that every other class can get. A big part of the reason C4's are so isolated is not a single vs dual static, but because they never get any random outgoing connections. Even C5/C6 WH's can get a random HS connection, or connection to another WH class etc. The only way to ever get anything but your static in a C4 is if someone else rolls into you.