Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Either remove ALL API end-points for system activity for every system in EVE or add a way to see this data for all systems in EVE client.

So this change in its current form ... I vote NO

Has someone created a poll yet?

"oh noez! Getting easy risk free kills might suddenly require some effort?!?"
WTF is wrong with you people? If you want free intel and risk free PvP go back to k-space. You don't belong to w-space!
API powered logoff traps are the most carebearish sh't I've ever come across in w-space.

The gist of the change is that we would like to remove information about NPC kills for wormhole systems in the API.

QFT - In essence this is not about Siterunners getting to be more "safe", its the PVPers whining about not being able to get risk free kills with zero effort. Well said!

CCPFoxFour,

Let me just clarify a few things as to why us WH pvp entities have a problem with this.

Most of the time, when we've had our static open for a while, we end up with quite a "chain" (basically a long line of WHs connected to each other) that is somewhat difficult to constantly monitor. While this nerf would make that an issue, that isn't our main problem.

The problem we have is, at present, carebearing in wspace is far too safe/secure. Right now, it's almost impossible to actually catch carebears by rolling into their system. The second you initiate warp to your side of the WH, a new anom pops up on their (slightly overpowered auto dscan tool). This alerts them that it's time to leave the site. All capitals immediately cancel whatever siege or triage they're involved in, and promptly refit to stabs to warp back to the "safety" of their POS.

Unless you happen to roll into someone who just started their siege cycle, it is INCREDIBLY difficult to land tackle. When we go to jump into a WH, we DON'T know if anyone is in there, we DON'T know if the residents are even running sites (should they exist), and we DON'T know where they are even if they do happen to be running sites.

I understand that you have a problem with us having real-time info, or that our internally developed tools are too powerful, and perhaps that does give us a slight advantage. The problem we have is that is our ONLY advantage at present.

The only truly consistent way of being able to kill competent WH bearing groups is through login trap mechanics - aka by taking the time and effort to actually move capitals and subcaps in, log them off, and then patiently wait for said groups to begin running sites. Currently, there is only one way to determine if a WH is worth seeding/active, and that is by checking the HISTORY of NPC kills through the API, aka seeing "oh these guys ran sites 18 hours ago" - this information allows us to make a somewhat informed decision on whether we want to seed the WH or not. Without this, the only way we can possibly seed a WH is by making a complete shot in the dark.

Removing the API npc kill data completely stacks the odds in favor of the WH NPCers - the npc kill data was our best, last, and ONLY advantage over someone PVEing in wspace.

From reading your posts, I assume the problem you have is us being able to passively gather intel on our chain while not having pilots in space doing the work - would you feel that adding in a delayed API would be a better choice?

Perhaps write it in so the API gives us the NPC kill history of a system - but it's delayed by 8-12 hours? This way, we cannot get "live" intel on systems easily, but we can see some trends of NPC kills in order to determine if there is even anyone active in that WH (online POS mean nothing in terms of activity).

Additionally, I would politely suggest/ask that you implement a modified version of the "delayed k162 spawn" suggestion discussed earlier. I feel that Wspace PVEers are given too much free instant intel through absolutely no effort of their own, making them far too safe. I don't want to punish someone willing to do active intel, so I would hope this wouldn't extend to probes, but delaying the built-in passive dscanner from picking up a new sig by at least a minute would go a long way towards leveling the playing field in terms of wspace pvp groups being able to catch PVEers.

One of your stated design goals of wspace is that lack of intel, or a local chat - right now, being able to see new sigs pop up instantly acts in exactly the same manner as local does for most nullsec PVE residents, and I would assume THIS goes against your stated design goals.

Please give some consideration to my thoughts, and try to keep things balanced for both sides, rather than handing all the advantages to one side.

Appreciated,

Servant's Lord, Disavowed

I developed one of the most popular 3rd party tools that uses this API data so I am a bit of an "expert" on this API end-point.

Yes, that right there, why use a program to avoid playing the game? smooth way to pass by the actual action of PLAYING the game, come on, get in a ship and play EVE, not some third party program.