Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Let's face it, if you get blown up in bubble, you can kiss your pod good bye. I would propose to give player an option to "fit" in implant that will give capsule interdiction nullifier capability.

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Of course it would only apply to the pod, not the ship you fly and it would be put into omega slot so it balances the ratio. You either fit that or omega implant.

I don't. Not with this toon at least. But seems like there is no defense for player who get blown up if he is in the bubble. Bubble should have at least some way of foiling, as everything in the game.

And if you give a mouse a cookie...

So you put your fancy nullifier implant in, get blown up in a bubble, then get smartbombed before you can warp out, or the moment you hit a gate, etc - do pods need to be smartbomb proof too? Or TiDi prevents your warp and you get blapped - do they need to have something against that too? Pods are supposed to be vulnerable and helpless. That's what makes them pods.

If loss of implants is preventing you from PvPing, there are bigger problems here. There's already jump clones to mitigate expensive implants,and +3s are dirt cheap with what, ~80% as effective at learning? Hint: you only need two of these in your clone at one time.

That's sort of an extreme solution. I'd wager pods get away at least 80% of the time in high and lowsec encounters. There are plenty of chances for an exciting getaway when you are in a pod in a bubble. What if your friends destroy the anchored bubble right in time? What if the bubble was from a dictor and was about to poof? What if your aggression timer was just about to run out and you are on top of a gate, or right on the edge of a bubble? You know, opportunities for good piloting to give you a memorable experience, and I dare say it, fun?

Everything can't have a direct 'one up' counter, otherwise there would be an infinite number of mechanics in the game. Bubbles are already one of few direct ways to force a fight, or at least a costly retreat, increasing the number of ways to trivialize their utility just reduces their meaning.

You say there's no counter for being a pod in a bubble, but then what if I want the counter to your implant? This line of thinking goes on ad-infinitum.

Sure there is. Cloaky, nullified, T3s get blown up from time to time precisely because it is possible to de-cloak them, and land several points on them before they can align and warp out. There's a big difference in how fast a pod aligns and warps compared to ships - it is much harder to lock a pod than a tengu.

Put it in slot 6 and give a 50% reduction to implant secondary effects.
There, you can save your pod but you end up in it more.

Also, smartbombs.

Make a pod-interdiction implant and have it be ludicrously expensive. The howls of laughter from their corpmates over the fact that they lost a super expensive item specifically designed to prevent them from losing a super expensive item will keep people from using it unless they're absolutely sure they know what they're doing.

there are only two way to loose a pod in high / low:

1- you are incompetent
2- smartbomb

outside of a few known lowsec, smartbomb are not occuring very often, meaning it is more often #1

the first thing you teach in low is how to save a pod, and it works because of the games mechanics.

when blown up, you should already be clicking warp repeatedly to a celestial witch give your pod a insta warp before it even appears on the overview of ppl around you.

this is why often, pods appears distant and already in warp when you kill someone in low.

now, another thing is that you require at least 2 server ticks to lock and point anything, while you need 1 tick to order warp for a pod

my main has 9 +5 / 5% implants since 2011, and almost never left low, does pvp daily, and all in all, i lost only ONE pod in low in that timeframe (with +3, we were at war).

and i'm not special, meaning if i can do it,anyone can!

Implants are pricey and give pretty significant bonuses. So, EVE game design implies they should be fairly easy to destroy.

As it stands, pods are almost invulnerable in high/low sec, which is already a bit against game design imo. Why should they become almost invulnerable in null/wh too???

You can smartbomb the bubble