Player Features and Ideas Discussion

The idea is not bad. There should be several options for capital ships to do FTL.

I don't know if "Jumping to Star" is a good one though. I fancy that idea of using the Stars, hands down (also had that idea in earlier suggestions of mine), but I have doubts that cap pilots would really use it - and if, they'd only abuse as a swifter way to overpower any opposing forces that may not have such.


Counter proposal:
Instead, I'd say more of a Blind-Jump as several had suggested over time, with the small twist of the server randomly tossing you somewhere in the system around a random xxx AU radius or so. You can toss your fighters/fighter bombers around, but you'd be a sitting duck for some 5 mins. The other guys should have the time probe you down.

So you want to turn power projection from an account-bound option (requires a character online with cynosural field operation skill and properly fit ship (even if it is a noob ship), to an option that has no such limitation and allows them to jump to literally every system in range with absolutely no effort?

Hell no.

Idiots will die in droves, which is good. But the good players will abuse the crap out of this.

been playing bsg lately?

they have something similar there already, as well a similar kind of skilling as is done on eve, might cause either company to flare up with a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

A simple yet elegant solution.

Systems with players willing to make the effort can easily maintain a 'Sun Guard' posting.

Just my opinion, but like anything else in EVE, if you choose to operate solo or simply with less help on this detail, you can and should be able to do so.
The additional risk present for solo or small group activity is an expected thing.

Add in to this, jumping caps can use this to have a different style of help, in the form of more dedicated support clearing the LZ, not a cyno ship specifically taking the place of a better fighting option.
(Be it fitting choices or actual ship hull for cyno use itself)

I've always wondered why there even needed to be this "cyno alt" person in a noob ship with a lightbulb equipped and water in their hull to "shine a light" for a capital to lock on and jump to. It would just be simpler. Capital locks onto a system, spools their drive, then jumps.

If the system is a sov owned system and the owners have a Jump Portal Generator in a pos, the person would jump to that. If not, just randomly in the system (nearby some celestial, but the sun's probably optimal). This would not stop people from using an alt to scout the system, this just would not require them to have a cyno alt (or in some cases, several dozen) just to jump a ship. Afraid a system in camped, ask your buddy to check it. If its clear, target the system and jump your boat.

Yea the location is random. Yes you run the risk of losing the ship, but you are no longer required to maintain this chain of cyno people just to move your carrier/freighter/supercap around in.

I just found this "you need a cyno alt" to move a capital silly. A scout should be the only thing you need if you want to move your ship around safely, not some sub 900,000 skill point character in a noob ship with a lightbulb attached.

Give this jump a 30-45 second delay (locking onto the sun or some jazz) and put a warpable beacon in the target system somewhere ongrid with the spot the ship will pop out (not right on top though). Defenders can respond in time. So this cant really be used offensively ( aside from as a distraction tactic)

All stations should have a cyno beacon that anyone can fuel and light. bam problem of noob ship cynos solved for normal caps.

I have empathy for your view, but I am thinking if the landing zone is the star's default grid, it can be gate camped, and bubbled.

This would give sov holders additional incentive to defend their space, as well as create a bottleneck to promote interaction.
(The sun would effectively become the gate for caps, unless a cyno is used, and that has a beacon as well as a name in local to advertise it's potential)

My figuring was anywhere around 50km from the center of the sun grid. (That way one could land and cloak up and have some ability to escape detection.)
A few bubbles around the area. And now the carriers and dreads will have to sloboat it out the area.

Perhaps another thought.

Carriers and dreads can land anywhere in a 50km radius. Moms would land in a 25km rad. And titans would land on point.

No bridging though. If you send someone in first with a cyno thats 1 thing. But no bridging to a sun.