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Greetings capsuleers,

I often repeat the mantra of be the change you want to see, so here goes nothing. I am sick and tired of stagnant null, so that is my only platform. I know there are other issues facing all areas of the game, but this to me is THE most important, so I am starting a crusade to make a change. I know many people are probably asking who the heck is this guy, and those that aren't are likely laughing their asses off that I even threw my hat in the ring, but nothing ventured nothing gained I guess. So on to a little about me.

I have been playing EVE since 2009, and have a somewhat diverse background, but nothing really special. I have lived in both sov and NPC null with the likes of the CFC, PL, Tri, and BL. I have also lived in both low and high class w-space. I enjoy PVP, and only do PVE to make isk to buy and replace ships. Sov null is, to me, the best part of the game, but as many know it has grown stagnant, and I would like to see that changed. Instead of just complaining about how sov sucks, or even worse just quitting the game, I hope to at minimum offer insight on how I think we can improve the sov game even if I don't win, so here goes.

Many people have many different ideas on how null sec sovereignty should be handled in EVE, so I figured I would weigh in with my 2 cents. Many of these ideas have been offered before in various forms, so I am really just compiling what I personally feel are the best options and plans. My goal is to make sov null sec more regional, and less universal. I would love to see sov held by hundreds of smaller alliances constantly warring with their regional neighbors as opposed to being held by a few power players that keep everyone else at bay by their sheer number superiority.

Capturing sov - In my plan we do away with TCUs, IHUBs, and SBUs, and go back to a system similar to POS sov with one slight twist. Instead of using POSes we use POCOs. I feel this plan is better for 2 reasons. 1) There are considerably less planets in pretty much every system, so taking/losing sov is easier/faster. 2) There is no fuel needed, so you don’t drive your logistics/industry team out of the game trying to keep 40 POSes fueled just to maintain sov. Owning sov is as simple as owning >50% of the POCOs in the system. In looking at sov null the average system has 8.5 planets with the minimum being 1 and the maximum being 16. On average you will need to own 5 POCOs to own sov, and worst case scenario is 9. By moving to a POCO based system this also allows for split fights and strategy instead of all parties blobbing onto one objective.

Stations - If there is a station in system then it is automatically controlled by the sov holder, however if no alliance owns >50% of the POCOs in a system, and for 72 hours after a system changes hands, the station will allow FFA docking and services rights. Once an alliance owns a system for 72+ hours they once again have full control over docking and services rights/fees.

Occupancy based sov - Lots of people talk about this, but rarely have I seen anyone put metrics on how it is measured, or what it does. In my plan “occupancy” is based on 3 metrics, two of which are already in the game, military and industry. These two would continue to work as they currently do except there would no longer be IHUBs, so no IHUB upgrades would be required for better anomaly and belt spawns. The third metric would be a war metric. This metric increases for every ship killed in system either for or against the sov holding alliance. This metric would be weighted based on the class of ship lost/killed. This should encourage sov holders to fight when roaming groups visit, and especially when their sov is under attack. I am sure some alliances will choose to have a thunderdome to increase their war metric, but since it is weighted based on ship class if they want to blue on blue a bunch of dreads and carriers to keep an enemy from taking their sov instead of fighting for it then death to all caps. These 3 metrics are averaged to determine the strategic level of a system instead of it being based on how long you have held a system. So what do you get for higher strategic indexes? I am glad you asked.

POCO HP - For every level increase the HP of the POCOs in system owned by the sov holding alliance double. This means if an alliance never does anything in a system they own, and thus has a strategic index of 0, the POCOs can easily be RFed/killed in a short time by a 20 man sub cap fleet(roughly 10-15 minutes for 20 bombers per POCO). If they are active in a system they own, and have the strategic level at 5, then their attacker would need to bring a much larger fleet or caps, or be on field longer to allow a defense fleet to form and drive them away(roughly 10-15 minutes for 20 dreads per POCO).

RF timers - Instead of giving the defender 2 days to a week to decide to fight let’s make it more urgent. Once again we will start with a base level of 0 and double for every level increase. The minimum RF timer would be 2 hours, and max of 64 hours. Once again unused sov is quick and easy to take, but used sov provides the defender with more time to prepare. Like now we can throw in a deviation of X% also.

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The hero Gotham needs...

you have my vote.

What are your thoughts on the current state of:

Capital class warfare - good place or in need of some work? What are the areas that you think could use some work?

Interdiction sphere spam - What are your thoughts on this? Working as intended? Or cowardly abuse of game mechanic? Would you suggest changes to this either in the form of anchor distance restrictions, material input adjustments or something entirely different?

Sov resources - do you see a need for changes in the distribution of resources in sov null? If so, what changes might you suggest?

Local channel as Intel - problem or non-issue? What are your thoughts on intel gathering currently in sov null and do you think it's in need of a change? If so, what change(s) might you suggest?

Thanks for your time and good luck.

Thank you for the responses and I think I mispoke on point #2 when I asked about Interdiction sphere when what I meant was achorable bubble spam. Could you respond to that, if you have time?

This seems to promote the idea of (super)capital-only fleets with no subcapital support being viable, because they can deal damage to both subcaps and caps. Do you believe that is a direction the game should go in? Why or why not?

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