Wormholes

Well, I think you are right on the money with this point. Only speaking for myself, I'd say regardless of where I'm playing the game, I still argue wormholes have had some of the best stories and adventures, and have provided most of my favorite memories playing this game.

So, we can say that wormholes are still actively providing content for many players. I recently acquired access to some old CCRES mails and am going through their last days, and it is really cool. Although my last few years playing with wormholes, growing from a small nothing corp/alliance playing in low class wormholes to having the opportunity to participate in the higher class wormholes, the politics, the trolling, evictions, and wars have been a blast. So, looking back at all of that, I absolutely still care about the direction of the gameplay.

Believe it or not, I'm not really a super troll or drama"king" that only wants to enjoy content for myself and yank on Lazerhawks' collective chain for lols... I want other wormhole prospects and rising stars to enjoy the same fun I enjoyed, and I also want new and gifted forum gurus to rise up and stir up drama for overall enjoyment of everyone. I get that some people don't like that kind of fun, and some people are sensitive regarding it. Those people don't have to read the forums... Easy fix :)

My hope is that groups are replacing the ones that are leaving and that new people find the fun that was once there for some of us. I think that today's wormholes with various changes that CCP made for the overall game (Discovery Scanner/API/and such) are things that are making the wormhole experience very different, much like how the 3rd Party Mappers, Deployables, PCHA, and Corp Bookmarks made it different from when I started in wormholes. Quite a few wormholers don't know what it was like before Siggy, and that's cool, but for those of us that do remember, it's a very very different experience.

What G0hme said about inflation helping the increase in ISK efficiency of wormhole PVP is also important to note. Wormholes are changing and perhaps it only seems to be dying as we have reached the end of our current tech tree and experienced everything we could at this current level, became bored and see friends and foes leaving leading some to think things are going in a declining direction. WHoverlords dying was something of note, but like the cycle was replaced with a new channel with different rules and people. And as you said it would be nice to shake the structure loose again. No idea really how to do that, but would be nice.

It's always a struggle about accessibility of wspace. One the one hand, it would be nice to keep wspace unknown, exciting and very hostile to retain the thrill of the days long gone. On the other hand, it nice to have it populated, so you actually come across people to shoot. Its nigh impossible to have it both ways. And I remember days before corp bookmarks... it was not good. The excitement of being the explorer doesnt last that long...

Most CCP changes were geared towards making wspace more "welcoming" (except API changes) and I kinda agree with that... with some exceptions. I think corp BMs and Odyssey were the big changes, rest didnt have that much impact. So I really dont think we are currently living through any notable change (BU probably think otherwise tho). Its just a regular ebb and flow of wh community, peeps come and go as they always have.

Regarding the shake-up, I think the ball is with CCP. And short of any major changes from their side (the alleged "new space"?), all we are left with is some massive holy war and even that would probably be just temporary reshuffle until the dust settles.

Did you see the shitstorm I stirred up on Reddit pushing Axloth's Dual-Static C4 idea as the "C4 Super Highway"? It was simply wonderful for a thread, but so many hated it. You're right though, we should do more dynamic as that as it would radically change things.

Also, I agree 100% that SD in POS's should be removed. I've always hated that mechanic.

Death to Statics and Removing Moons might be too much though. In my opinion.

They already say they want to remove entire forcefield. Think this will happen in the same bag :)
Tho never underestimate the power of loot denial

We are talking "RADICAL" here.

Okay "Add NO SD in FF" but Remove Capitals, pushing more for a team based approach regarding main Wormhole Mechanics (Sieging, Rolling and Hole control)

Of course you still can build as many Capitals as you want but for anything else Class 4 Laws are in effect.

But that would take away Dropping into Null ... soo yoink

Dota as Pos Defense.


LADIES AND GENTLEMAN WORMHOLE SPACE HAS BEEN FIXED

You don't need to LIVE in a wormhole to do that.

That is correct in theory. I'd like to see a kspace group that is actually successfully doing that, though.

Each type of space ends up being what the players are making of it, with the rules sets by CCP. W-space had its pioneers, and is now in a settlement phase. There is no point in changing that...

instead, CCP should create new space type where they can introduce these concepts. I would totally see a Z-space for example which would not allow permanent settlements...

Changing the current rules of the various spaces is not the way to go (except for SOV rules in general but just to make sov grinding more entertaining)