Wormholes

I'm glad you listened to the first SOZugu too. And I understand that posts on the WH sub forum don't really need to be related to wormholes at all, but still...

All I'm going to say is that I wouldn't expect something like this even from HerrBert

Listening to Endie talk about it, the idea sounds good and well thought out. But I'm still not sure why this warrants a post sans the fact he says "nullsec sov mechanics can learn from informal WH tradition" and that this section is currently devoid of a pointless post.

Making comparisons between NS and WH space is so fkn irrelevant that I can't believe it still comes up.
Bottom line is that the 2 regions are completely different, cater to completely different people and play styles and should absolutely NOT be made similar.
If you like WHs, play in WHs. If you like NS, go play in NS.

Personally I think 90% of NS is fkn stupid and hence I don't go there basically ever.
That said, I don't care because I don't play there and I think WHs are absolutely great.

On the other hand, I know lots of people who love NS.

Asking CCP to make NS more like WHs is exactly the same as asking them to make WHs more like NS and we all know how well we take that...

I was sad to see most of my friends go back to 00. Because I knew I wouldn't go with. WH is the best thing about Eve.

I will have to read this one when i get home from work, i seem to be too sober to understand right now.


/reserved...

Must be all those kegels, I hear he does a neat 1400 impression with a lemon.

Working on fixing that .. gimme 30 minutes

I give you (again and refined) the Bert Site Blockade Unit (BS-BU)
This is concerning the notion of the lack of ACTUAL conflict drving in wormholes that is not based on someones mother working overtime in a gulack in kasastan.

Size: 1000m³ (making it "hard to transport)
Anchoring time: 30 Minutes
Onlining: 30 Minutes
EHP: Over 20m mainly shield (yeeeeahhh pulsar)
Systemwide Beacon with Timer announcement
Unit value: 100 Million Isk fixed (re-deployable)

The initial effect is pretty harmless it just blocks site spawning, unless it is supplied with an item, let's say Blueloot (idea is to keep that commidity wormhole based) or low priority gas. The supply item will be used and make sites disappear [all sites GAS; RADAR RELIC ANOMS ORE NOT WORMHOLES], so give that a 15 minute cycle at 10million isk Value that needs to be fed into the BS-BUS per Site, BUT make it so that you cannot just fill up for 20 sites. The "cargo storage" of a BS-BU should only allow a max. of 2 sites per cycle, so that it requires a constant resupply by hauler. (give it an ESS Bubble so viators arent that easy to pilot)

You could also say different sites need different commidities, exposing the supply line even further to bombing runs or snipers.

Additionally there are "Tier" version, that effect "escalations", "PI" or disrupt scanning in a way that it is more harder to actually scan because of interference causing deviation. So it can be also used as "log in trap mechanic".


The issue i m argueing is, how can game mechanics be good for conflict drving in a space where its always ... if you fudge it you fugde it up for good.

The main arguement against it, is the notion of conflct driving in wormholes is not "feasable" because of "Podexpress".

Why is podexpress bad for conflict driving? Well if the aggressing force kicks out half the population or more because of a gf ... the next step would be PURGE because the pilots are all outside.

Snake eating itself.

Now how to fix Podexpress? Now this is delicate given the nature of wormholes. The best option and i cant believe i m suggesting it. Is a "unit" outside of a pos that allows players to Clone Jump back. (hopefully with skillpoints somehow)
Now at first you go BOOOH, but you have the option of killing that unit infront of the FF in case of siege (aka this should be a primary objective then)

But Bert: Cant i just warp to the sites to despawn them? yes but then the conflict is only emerging 3 days later and gets solved by "well they are not connected now those basterds) and if you being honest the current site mechanics of wormholes are horribly broken and this is what need actual fixing.

CCP this one is for you:
- Fix refarming of Escalationwave (Yes one site should not be able to be farmed 3-4 times) BLOCK THIS SHID!
- the only acceptable mechanic to make sites despawn should be when at least "one objective" has been fullfilled.
Kill 1 wave of Sleepers (normal Wave or escalation) and the despawn timer will kick in
For gas sites this means the initial sleeper wave, once that is dead you have 3 days.

And here is a little treat for discussing. Aussies complain about getting always the short stick of the eve development and to some extend they are right, but for them DT is maybe a scanning pain, but for farming.... knock out sites before and after DT ... Double Payment :D


TL:DR: Meaningful conflict driving is not feasable thanks to podexpress, while established groups in their homesystem just drop 150 dreads.

yeeeah had to rewrite a complete new post because the original thing broke remaining characters.


i m not even sure how many issues i mixed up in that one xD


And before people go all ... Crazy...
BS-BU... get it? Bullshit Block Unit.... ...