Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Recent discussion about how hard it is for new groups to get into null got me thinking. The idea would be to allow carriers and dreads to use stargates to travel through high sec and allow dread and carrier production in high sec from a new less efficient array. This would create a place for new groups to build caps without getting dropped by supers 23/7 and would promote more war decs in high sec. Possible problems are the price of decing large groups and the possibility that high sec would be a staging area for all null operations though I would think the tedium of jumping dreads gate to gate would stop that from being a realistic option. Any opinions?

Maybe if there was a way to package them up so that they couldn't be handled, flown or transported through gates in high, but could be sent through WH's in bulk...

Actually I just like the idea of a WH suddenly spewing out a 100 capitals somewhere deep in null, and a frantic rush to get as many mobile depots up and have them fitted before the AFKer in the POS wakes up long enough to ping a fleet.

Vote for equal blobbing rights for high sec!

This has more to do with the availability of that power not at what level that power should be. My idea has nothing to do with the power of capitals themselves but the difference between what a fledgling entity can field vs what an established one can. This change could very well happen alongside a capital nerf.

Can we still get blobs of capitals spewed out of wormholes at random intervals, in random places?

I mean, is there really any reason to stop this from happening? It'd be something interesting... Null sec could use more than 1 interesting event a year...

Within reason, certain ships could be given a tool to collapse and respawn wormholes.

Or perhaps a deployable. Either way it would need to have a really high barrier to entry so as not to transform the game into "Wormholes R Us!".

People will build caps in highsec and then join the big blocks because for the most part its always the side with the most people that wins.

This is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.

This would turn capital ships into a defensive only weapon, since you never know you could get them to anywhere on time. Which of course means that no one loses systems with capitals in them since you can't attack with capitals to counter the defender since yours can't move.

Honestly, did you think before you typed that out?


That's 10+ people, not just one. You're making a great case for banning NPC alts like you from the forums.

There is already a decent supply of reasonable priced caps on markets already. If a fledgling crew cannot have pilots pay for them now....they will have issues out of empire. They are failing at step 1 and 2. Can pilots keep up pvp costs? No. Can corp/alliance offset costs? No. Welcome to out of empire, it takes isk. Even for the crews who opt to work out NPC 0.0. This has killed crews big and small. A line from an old song comes to mind.

No money, no honey. No cash no ass.....

Secondly you are assuming this will be cheap caps. I remember a pre PI eve. As PI was coming there was the talk of yeeees, player controlled markets for some mats, cheap gear for all. If I dig up my old indy spreadsheets I can see this was a strange definition of cheap. I saw some of my mats shoot up several hundreds of % in price. Call me jaded by I just don't see empire cap builders discounting price too much from a nice low sec stationed cap. Oooh,, they will cut out fuel costs of jf hops. Maybe....

Build them in a low sec npc station like everyone else. It is 100% safe.

its a made up selling point. If they wanted caps that bad, they'd be in the "blob" already. Or in wh. Which provides ample pve and pvp time in caps if so inclined. Which is what I think one the root of this. They have the common sense to at least not go I want a cap to spam lv 4 ( without gates) and incursions lol. As they know they will get the domi says hi line lol.



Or they' d be in an NPC 0.0 resident corp/alliance. Many of whom skip over this whole matter. No blob cap sov warfare imba to whine about. They roam in smaller ships. And many seem to enjoy it greatly while doing it. I have had friends in RK who loved it. Many side chats in private channels they were going on about fun roams as I lingered pressing f1 on a pos.

Take away I get from these rants is players just being narrow minded as to what life out of empire like say in 0.0 should should be really. Always have the skirmish option I say if , insert obligatory goons, not your cup of tea.

First step is to actually leave empire and see what works for you. Which is very doable if as one poster said they are maxing out their marauder. BS 5 right there and I can assume good weapons skills. Already meeting many fleet requirements right there alone. I have been in the blob. To me its just a name people throw around. Been a goon pet and even in IT so I got around. Could not care less if in blob a or blob b or skirmish crew C. Do I get to shoot stuff with time to rat and buy stuff sometimes? Yes? Well all i need...I left caod to caod and much happier for it imo.


Or if they want to fly a cap so bad...train it in empire and run on sisi. I am stuck in empire atm. trained caps. Nothing else to train...why the hell not. Will I use one day....maybe. When rl not so busy I will at least fire up sisi and play with them on there till a hopeful return to 0.0.