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[Phoebe] Change to Interdictor Bubble and Station Mechanics

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Andrasta Syne
Perkone
Caldari State
#81 - 2014-10-09 21:30:44 UTC
Overlord Invictus wrote:
the mechanic as it currently stands is not broken, it actually promoted teamplay. but it seems fozzie wants Eve Online to not be a massive multiplayer online game, but a massive alt-iboxer online game.


dem tears

No but guys really it's totally cool that one guy can seriously delay/trap an entire capital fleet while completely immune.

TOTALLY

FINE
SFM Hobb3s
Perkone
Caldari State
#82 - 2014-10-09 21:41:40 UTC
Good riddance to a ******** tactic. It did make me miss the times when dictors were much squishier and easily blapped by my ol' arty loki.
Overlord Invictus
The Graduates
The Initiative.
#83 - 2014-10-09 21:48:59 UTC
Andrasta Syne wrote:
Overlord Invictus wrote:
the mechanic as it currently stands is not broken, it actually promoted teamplay. but it seems fozzie wants Eve Online to not be a massive multiplayer online game, but a massive alt-iboxer online game.


dem tears

No but guys really it's totally cool that one guy can seriously delay/trap an entire capital fleet while completely immune.

TOTALLY

FINE


yah cause heaven forbid a capital fleet moving around with a support fleet.
JEFFRAIDER
THIGH GUYS
#84 - 2014-10-09 21:59:22 UTC
Overlord Invictus wrote:
Andrasta Syne wrote:
Overlord Invictus wrote:
the mechanic as it currently stands is not broken, it actually promoted teamplay. but it seems fozzie wants Eve Online to not be a massive multiplayer online game, but a massive alt-iboxer online game.


dem tears

No but guys really it's totally cool that one guy can seriously delay/trap an entire capital fleet while completely immune.

TOTALLY

FINE


yah cause heaven forbid a capital fleet moving around with a support fleet.


let it go bud you lost

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Kenneth Feld
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
#85 - 2014-10-09 22:01:15 UTC
Anyone with dictors in station, feel free to contract them to me before you rage quit
Aram Kachaturian
Aram Pleasure Hub Holding
#86 - 2014-10-09 22:15:35 UTC
Show us your main Overlord Invictus

By the way lets start a poll

http://strawpoll.me/2743969

Servant of the Secret League, Wielder of the Monocle Clubhouse Flame.
Overlord Invictus
The Graduates
The Initiative.
#87 - 2014-10-09 22:22:52 UTC
Aram Kachaturian wrote:
Show us your main Overlord Invictus

By the way lets start a poll

http://strawpoll.me/2743969


this is the highest SP character on my account m8
Swiftstrike1
Swiftstrike Incorporated
#88 - 2014-10-09 22:25:34 UTC
Did you consider "interdiction sphere launcher cannot be activated within arbitrary distance of stations"?

I'd be interested to know why an entirely new mechanic was chosen over something with precedence.

Casual Incursion runner & Faction Warfare grunt, ex-Wormholer, ex-Nullbear.
Lelob
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#89 - 2014-10-09 22:26:40 UTC
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FT Diomedes
The Graduates
#90 - 2014-10-09 22:33:25 UTC
Aram Kachaturian wrote:
Show us your main Overlord Invictus

By the way lets start a poll

http://strawpoll.me/2743969


Isn't it obvious? His main is Capqu. ;) How else do you explain that he always knew when to undock and screw with you?



CCP should add more NPC 0.0 space to open it up and liven things up: the Stepping Stones project.

Aram Kachaturian
Aram Pleasure Hub Holding
#91 - 2014-10-09 22:37:34 UTC
FT Diomedes wrote:
Aram Kachaturian wrote:
Show us your main Overlord Invictus

By the way lets start a poll

http://strawpoll.me/2743969


and screw with you?



1, 2, 3, 4, 5 sec and we are already danking renters 15 jumps away

Servant of the Secret League, Wielder of the Monocle Clubhouse Flame.
Overlord Invictus
The Graduates
The Initiative.
#92 - 2014-10-09 22:38:22 UTC
FT Diomedes wrote:
Aram Kachaturian wrote:
Show us your main Overlord Invictus

By the way lets start a poll

http://strawpoll.me/2743969


Isn't it obvious? His main is Capqu. ;) How else do you explain that he always knew when to undock and screw with you?





i do deliberately miss a few jams, else its far too obvious.
Alyxportur
From Our Cold Dead Hands
ORPHANS OF EVE
#93 - 2014-10-09 23:17:55 UTC
Predictions on whether this will work as 'well' as drones returning to a player's drone bay when he disconnects?
Archetype 66
Perkone
Caldari State
#94 - 2014-10-09 23:58:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Archetype 66
I don't understand something: in 2011 CCP set an agression timer for launching an interdiction probe. When did they change that back ??

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=38950

Edit: Patched back in 2013/2014 as it seems. Weird. May we expect to have the timer back in 2016 ? Lol
Lolmer
Merciless Reckoning
#95 - 2014-10-10 00:41:50 UTC
Why not just give the dictor pilot an aggression timer if their bubble includes a station/stargate/pos module/other anchorable or NPC stationary?
Seros Kal
Trainer Corp
Clever Use of Neutral Toons
#96 - 2014-10-10 00:44:47 UTC
Overlord Invictus wrote:
err Fozzie, do you play eve online at all? how is this apparent 'fix' in any way playing to the sandbox when a single bomb launched at the bubble resolves the problem of hobo jamming entirely and promotes teamplay?




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BadAssMcKill
Aliastra
#97 - 2014-10-10 01:19:39 UTC
This thread is gold
progodlegend
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation
#98 - 2014-10-10 02:08:08 UTC
This thread is so hilarious.
Terminal Adtur
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#99 - 2014-10-10 02:38:29 UTC
Swiftstrike1 wrote:
Did you consider "interdiction sphere launcher cannot be activated within arbitrary distance of stations"?

I'd be interested to know why an entirely new mechanic was chosen over something with precedence.


I like that idea, it would make it easier to defend a station from attackers. Just drop all of your supers into the no bubbles allowed zone around the station and enjoy your near invulnerability because nobody can lock them down.
Voyager Arran
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#100 - 2014-10-10 06:01:58 UTC
This is probably the best solution that could be had for the current problem. It solves the problem of untouchable dictors annoying cap fleets in NPC null (and as someone who has done it, I will agree that it was an abusive mechanic, even if there were some solutions) without breaking any other interactions with light dictor gameplay. If your fleet controls the station grid, your dictor can still keep it locked down. Dictors in roaming actions can still bubble and crash (and this isn't the same kind of problem because they can still be caught on the other side of the gate).

If you're asking why Light Interdictors can do all these cool things and HICs can't, you should be pushing to make HICs less awful instead of trying to crush dictors down to their level.

Seriously I bought a pair of Broadswords as soon as GSF announced 100% reimbursement bonuses and I still own both of the damn things because there is almost never a time when I have a legitimate reason to use them instead of just hopping into a Sabre.