Player Features and Ideas Discussion

You were doing fine until the 3rd comment. Now you're just going to get told to HTFU

1) No. There already is PI specialised transport/hauler ships

2) LP stores in general need to be looked at. Some LP stores are pretty terrible and others have all the good stuff. The issue with tag balancing is also present and needs looking at.

3) No. Low sec is designed for you to protect yourself or bring some protection with you. Work as teams and you will be safe. I believe there just needs to be better rewards to draw people into low sec.



And the Rattlesnake is receiving a phnenomanlly bonkers and obscene buff. Can't wait for it to go live. So no, please give me the new RS over the bland ****** old one.

FTFY

That's their problem. The beauty of EVE is that every single one of us can do whatever he wants. If your buddies don't want to go to lowsec, they don't. There are a lot of players out there, young and old, not playing solo and in highsec only like the people you're talking about. If you want to do the same, why don't you just do it ?

Just because you don't go into low, doesn't mean everyone doesn't. Personally, I think they should either nerf CONCORD in high or make lowsec a lot more rewarding so people do go into low, not make low a second carebear circlejerk.

1) I'd say the PI ships (epithal and the like) are fine, I can haul around tons of PI stuff in mine.

2) LP needs fixing but it will wait a while yet I think

3) losec is fine as is I think, just needs more incentive to visit, missions that cyno you to the site (at least 3 systems into losec) but you fight your own way clear maybe.

First of all, there is a popup warning that your going into low, so it's not so accidental. Secondly, if your not checking your route to see if it takes you into low (there's even a "choose safest route" option!) then your responsible for whatever befalls you. So I don't really think the transition from high->low is underdeveloped. Finally, once upon a time it was possible to tank Concord. Dev's had to get involved when the mother of all gatecamps appeared. Let's just say that removing Concords effectiveness in any area of space would render them defunct.

They've been called "Blockade Runners" for at least the last 7 years ...

I take it that you haven't looked at the Epithal Lately then? Specialised Planetary Goods Hold, means that you don't have to use Cargo Expanders in the lows to get a decent sized Hold, fit some Warp Stabs, some Inertia Stabs in the Lows and Shield Extenders in the Mids, should help you survive at least one or 2 volleys from most Solo PvPers. Put a cloak in the high and you can warp somewhere cloak up and wait for the heat to get bored and then continue. If you need to move command centres around use a different hauler, but most of the time you don't need to do this)

Sample Fit, nearly 10K EHP, Aligns in 6 to 7s (depending on skills)
[Epithal, PI]
Warp Core Stabilizer II
Warp Core Stabilizer II
Inertia Stabilizers II
Inertia Stabilizers II

EM Ward Amplifier II
Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II

Prototype Cloaking Device I
Small Energy Neutralizer II

Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I
Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I
Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I

Hmm number 1 is ok, 2...I dont think Interbus would work well for that, CONCORD lp should stay with the incursion side. As for 3...lol oh boy so here is what I think:

I think the number of players in low/null is higher than you might believe. If you open the map and check players active/docked you will see a huge yellow blob in the center, obviously high sec, and sparsely scatter yellow areas around the cluster. This is somewhat of an optical illusion though. Think about it, you maybe what...800-1000 high sec systems all next to each other showing yellow. Compared to the null sec systems which are at least triple the amount and not only that, but have systems of no one in them spaced between the active ones, giving the appearance of not as many players. True, high sec is more densly packed, but it is also approx the same number of players in both low/null as high. I suspect its more in low/null though.

I dont go to null space because I dont want to take the risk, once you are there its actually pretty quite, getting there is the issue and getting back. Frankly I dont want to go through all the camps to go there and even if I did, I dont want to hunt for stations since some wont let me dock anyway. As for low...well thats just an odd child of EVE. Id rather go to null/wormhole space and in terms of system security both those options are more dangerous. Low sec tries to bridge the high sec/null sec gap, and not really that effectively. If you look at high sec, there is a noticeable change as you go down from 1.0-0.5 CONCORD takes longer to respond, the sec status hit gets less, and the number of CONCORD/faction police gets fewer. Then suddenly you hit 0.4 it just drops off a cliff and pretty much stays the same all the way through 0.3, 0.2, 0.1.

I would definitely not approve of putting CONCORD in low sec, but perhaps another option. In 0.4/0.3 systems only allow a couple faction police frigates. Obviously less in 0.3 than 0.4. The idea here is that faction police can be killed by players whereas CONCORD cant, and they dont hit as hard as CONCORD does. They can still respond to criminal actions in the system, but they would use warp drive like a player ship does and not spawn next to you like CONCORD, they would also be governed by a slow response rate. The question is...what about FW systems, they flip pretty often and it would look silly to see caldari police in a gallente system. The solution to this could be allow the gallente and caldari police to engage each other at the gates. This might make FW interesting, do you show up to defend your faction's police or leave them to die? Thats a stretch...but interesting to say the least.

The goal here is to provide slightly more security but not enough to kill off pirating period. Just enough to make 0.5 not seem like a drop off the cliff. I suspect the crimewatch rules would still apply as well, you can blow up a ship and get flagged suspect but if you pod, the faction police show up to deal with you haha at which point you can choose to run from the law for 15 min or deal with them instead and get a slight chance at a nice drop off them. Of course you obviously kill your standings with that faction so you wouldnt want to go to a 0.4 and just shoot caldari police over and over for drops...unless your standings didnt matter. At any rate, this would be the only level of increased security presence in low sec that I would support, definitely no CONCORD.