Player Features and Ideas Discussion

A list of ideas for POS's that have come to mind.

Backstory:
While talking with a few friends about POS mechanics, gameplay and usage, we came to some points thet we tought were somehwat illogical in how a POS works.
So we started debating on how these points could be improved to have a much more interesting and somewhat realistic gameplay.
After some discussion I came to a conclussion on 2 ideas that look good, so now I'm looking for feedback.

Ideas list:

1) POS's modules unanchoring

- Unanchoring POS modules after bashing the control tower should give you everything inside the modules.
- Destroying the module (as it works now) may drop some loot (that wasn't destroyed).
- Unanchoring the module will give all of the loot.

The logic states that you anchor a module, "Personal Hangar Array" for example, and then you put items inside.
Following the reverse logic is to remove the items safely and then unanchor the module.

Now a mechanic could be added, since the module is owned by an enemy corp, it could have some kind of defensice system to protect the items from non-corp members.

A "Hacking" like mechanic could be used where you have to "hack" the module to get the items safely.
- If you fail to hack the module then it could blow off and you lose both the itmes and the module.
- Or after you hack it and start taking out items, a "self-destruct" timer starts and the items start being destroyed randomly, or the whole module blows off.
- Or... (any other ideas?)

2) Claiming Control Towers

- New ship module: "Boarding Party Pod Launcher" BPPL
Basically you get in range of a Control Tower and start deploying pods from your ship that contain soldiers, crew, etc.

They'll attempt to claim the Control Tower.
Might fail a couple times and the better the skills the faster and higher chances they have to claim it.

Working prototype:
- 2.500 meters maximum distance from the tower to deploy the pods.
- Little animation of the pod slow boating to the tower and anchoring to it.
- If it fails the pod returns. (Just animation, you don't get the pod back)
- The pod acts like ammo, fails and you need to load another one into the "BPPL" to start the claim again.
- Since its a physical (boarding) and not digital (hacking) attempt to claim the Control Tower, a longer time is needed, maybe in a couple of minutes. 5-10, depending on level.
- As said, success chance depending on level too.


So far those are the most developed ideas I worked.
I'm sure if I give it some tought I can come up with a couple more.

If I come up with more I'll add them here.

Let the feedback fest begin!

I like and fully support the idea that a POS should be capturable in some sense. I generally favor the ideas floating that requires hacking of the tower itself followed by a cool down period of a few days with notification to the true owner to allow them to try and re-claim the tower by on lining it. If unchallenged then the hacker can claim the POS and any modules there by onlining it themself.

I like the idea of boarding PODs, but think they should be usable in high sec only if there is a war dec. Otherwise it would make taking POSes trivial rather than tactical and strategic.

Definitely would like to be able to capture all the contents of a POS module on capturing/hacking it when unanchoring following a POS bash or POS boarding.

if pos is offline for more than 1 month it should be hackable with hardest minigame it can be , if you success you gain control over the pos and modules around it and either you can fuel it to use the pos or unanhor and sell if you like

I made a thread about a year ago about this.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3671262

POS are an (albeit small) Isk sink.