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Agreed, there should be a "Contracts available to List" feature like they do with comms channels and mailing lists.

I think this is a great change. The upgrade level of a system right now doesn't actually cause any changes to the actual combat or contestion level of a system. This could be modified in multiple ways. You could have it have changes to the required victory points required to flip, similar to the dust modifier. You could also have upgrade level effect tank of the NPC's, meaning that sieging a level 5 system may very well become incredibly difficult with just a single person in each plex. I'd be all for either option, and it would give far more interesting implications to leveling up stronghold systems than just bumping tier and a few other industry-related changes that most people don't notice.

Whilst I do not think full separation of the hisec factions by low sec systems is truly practical (it has been argued elsewhere) I do think that, perhaps, the following suggestion might be practical and fun:

1. Create a highway of low sec systems between Amarr and Jita (shortest route by 2-3 jumps)
2. Create a highway of low sec systems between Dodixie and Hek.
3. Create a link between the central points of these two highways "an intersection".
4. Connect each to both FW low sec Warzones (maybe link them twice to each warzone at the heart of each factions home systems).
5. Each of these systems can be captured by any of the four factions - as long as it is held by one of the two enemies.
6. The system would be captured by the militia whose pilot dealt the final blow ( don't really like this part but I think iHubs should be captured by a different mechanism anyway so this could be done another way)


Now everyone has a choice between the market hubs. Risk the fastest logistic routes or take the traditional hisec "safe-ish" route.

Pitfalls:
a. Could become plagued by constant null sec super cap blobbing
b. May contract the FW zone as militia's "cluster" into the hot zone.
c. Routes will just be used by jump freighters (well the systems do not have to have stations or moons).
d. I'm too am tired but there are bound to be more, keep 'em rolling.

I disagree but continue to live with the status quo.

Simple result is that everyone has to consider the sec status hit when engaging.

This is fine if you live for -5 and more or if you have gallons of time or isk to repair lost sec status. However when this is not true, then the result can be warp out rather than take a fight that you would have done if you were able to strike first.

Result: you have a PVP suppressant. Not to everyone but to some and possibly many.

Statement
FW already has a population crisis (active) and I firmly believe the removal of suspect flags within plex's for all would increase PVP fights within FW plex's (from three things: an increased population in militias, an increased amount of time spent fighting in low sec rather than fixing sec status and a decrease in combat willing pilots warping out of fights (particularly solo) because they have decided they don't want to go fix their sec status rather than PVP (consider casual play of less than 10hrs per month before you discredit this)).

I have yet to see a convincing argument to discount this statement. Removal of the suspect flag in FW plex's is simply a combat stimulator / driver. Thus making content.

Btw: the HTFU cliche is weak. It can be quoted by both sides and a number of pilots arguing for this change are clearly combat willing.

I disagree with needing to remove suspect flags in plexes. We are on a militia, warring another militia. We do not suddenly gain free reign from Concord to attack anyone we want in low sec. Yes, it's a plex, but I still don't feel the mechanics there should change. If you want to shoot first ask questions later, you should have the same penalties anyone else would.

In regards to those complaining about repairing sec status as a faction warfare pilot, there really isn't much room to complain. If you are in plexes, which is where people are complaining about this problem, you are plexing and therefore earning LP. I just took my sec status back to 0 the other day and it only cost me a couple hundred mil, which is a negligible amount of money in FW. I make that much every couple days running a few plexes here and there, and the amount of time required to get my sec status down that low took me FAR longer than that. I don't see an issue with the current system.

I'm stating I don't think the plexes should have special rules regarding suspect flags. The penalty for attacking first is very low. There shouldn't be special rules because you entered the plex that aren't seen elsewhere.

I see your reasoning, I just don't feel it's valid. I have people in my own corp that play less than 10 hours a month in actual PVP and they don't have an issue with fixing sec status. It costs a small amount of money and a few minutes to get to a Concord station and poof, they are 0.0 again. The only reasoning I can see for not wanting to attack first is actually for those that have positive sec statuses, such as the 5.0 players.

However, I feel that anyone living in low-sec needs to understand that they can be attacked anywhere at any time by pirates, not just in plexes but DED sites, gates, stations, etc. Not firing first is a risk they have to take in to account regarding whether their sec status is truly that important. If you make these plexes free fire zones with no sec penalty, what's to stop people from then saying okay, plexes are great now, but it sucks that pirates are attacking me in my DED site. Now we'll have people asking for that to be fixed so they can attack first without a hit too. They can even use the same grounds. Somebody coming in to my occupied DED site is there for combat not just floating around in space, therefore I shouldn't get a penalty for attacking them. It's a slippery slope in my opinion.