Player Features and Ideas Discussion

WH stability/mass attribute modifying deployable ("cork"). With appropriate consequences of course. Scannable from both sides.

Like a Protoss pylon that provides power to Protoss structures, I propose that some deployables require power to be fed to them by a separate power providing deployable. So if 3 mobile warp disruptors are being powered by a single mobile power unit, if you shoot down the power unit, the 3 mobile warp disruptors go offline. Add to this some kind of “bandwidth” mechanics that limits the amount of deployables that can be deployed on grid where self powering deployables are exempt from this limit. So if the bandwidth limit is 6 deployables you have to make a choice between using 5 warp disruptors with 1 power unit or using less disruptors with some backup power units so everything doesn’t shut down after killing 1 power unit.

Others have mentioned similar ideas such the post above this one and this post also mentioned using power relays.

Energy Barrier Node

Place one nothing happens. Place a second one within 20km and a twinklie sci-fi-ish energy beam appears between the two. Place a third one within 20km of the first two and more beams appear and form a triangle. And within the triangle a glowing energy grid appears. This energy grid does huge damage to anything that collides with it-- enough to be fatal to most frigate-class ships and painful enough to most cruisers that they'll strongly want to avoid it.

It'd be like a giant bug-zapper for drones and interceptors.

But you don't have to stop at three. Add an additional nodes and extend the structure. Rules are: minimum connection range of 5km, maximum of 20km, resulting lines and polygons may not intersect existing lines or polygons. After the first three nodes, an additional triangle can be created using only one more node.

*** I drew some lovely ASCII art of a triangle strip here, but I didn't come out right. You'll have to use you imagination ***

You could build flat walls, boxes, pyramids, and sufficiently industrious players could build whole isospheres. 3D mazes, even.

There are a few ways this could work:
- You can fly through it unimpeded (if you can tank the damage), and can shoot through (just a bug zapper)
- Can fly through, but can't shoot through.
- Can ram your way through with enough momentum (with insufficient momentum you bounce off, but still take full damage), can't shoot through.
- Can't fly through, can't shoot through (solid barrier).
(The exact behaviour is to-be-determined. This post is just mile-high brainstorming.)
*'shoot through' includes line-of-sight for propulsion jamming, e-war, target painters, neuts, etc

Possible uses:
- Defensive fortifications. Many of the posts on this thread suggest various things that would be anchored and then may need to be defended.
- Offensively, to box-in ships. This would require that nodes be quickly placeable (instant anchor) and able to form tight spaces to make accelerating to 75% speed difficult. Or better, they block the jump to warp along line-of-sight.
- To box in enemy structures, including POSes
- Add layers of defence to POS shields.
- And other miscellaneous ways of shaping the battlefield.

How do knock it down, or prevent it from being knocked down?
- Direct assault on a triangular pane until you break through.
- Assault on a node, destroying it and any pane it was essential for.
- Or maybe the nodes are invulnerable while they are powering at least one intact pane.
- Or destroying a section fries the three nodes that were supporting it (kabooms).
- Can be reinforced with remote shield boosters or capacitor transmitters.
- Perhaps shield reppers fix only the targeted pane, and cap transmitters on a node will recharge shield panes throughout the interconnected structure, but less efficiently.
- After the attackers breach a barrier they can place two nodes such that the beam between them intersects with where the knocked-out shield pane was, thereby preventing the defenders from reactivating it.
- While anchoring would be quick, unanchoring/reanchoring would take more time, if this is the method of reactivation a pane that has been fully taken out.
(The game-balanced way of reactivating a destroyed section during battle needs more thought.)

People are going to cry, "Oh no.. but the server load!" The server already tests for collisions between ships and other objects, so that's no different. And very efficient algorithms have been developed to test whether or not a line segment intersects a plane within the area defined by three points (used quite extensively in many aspects of 3D game engines). These checks would only need to be made with relatively few triangles and only as often as a ship fires in the vicinity. Compared to all the other stuff the server is doing, this is negligible.

The idea of constructing of wall, barriers, and other fortifications to give yourself an advantage over the enemy has been around for millennia. It's as old as the bone cudgel. Every military force in history has erected field fortifications. And how many times have force-fields and energy barriers appeared in Star Wars, Star Trek, and other sci-fi? (practically everything except Babylon 5. I was gonna list that too, but I can't for the life of me think of an example of when one was used)

A concept as old as warfare and presented as a staple of science fiction surly has a place in Eve.

[EDIT: Forgot to mention that there would obviously have to be some placement restrictions. We can't have people screwing with station undock or stargates. And not normally placeable in highsec, other than for special exceptions (faction warfare, around your own POS, within deadspace bases, etc (hint, hint) ).

Mobile Ship Anchor. Once launched the deploying ship is "anchored" in place. This could be employed as a defense against miner bumping, forcing the "bumper" to destroy (or overcome) the mobile anchor. Defeating the anchor could be combat and\or a skill based deal where stats decide the outcome (like ECM\ECCM). This small mod could enable players that mine a counter that would force bumping to a combat level but could not itself be deployed as a weapon (like a stasis field). Possibly also implemented as a logistic drone.

Mobile CAP Station. Once deployed will launch drones based upon load-out and threat \ scenario. Requires (new) skill to allow the system to control "x' number of drones similar to existing drone control skills. May support multiple drone load-outs but the player cannot control what the mobile CAP (Combat Air Patrol) launches if a mix is loaded on-board, the onboard computer would handle this. Skills could be created for type of drone load-out to be launched that may also include the number capable of launching.

Mobile Ice Extraction. Planets with rings could have a potential for ice, even if it's "dust". A mobile unit could be deployed and collect said ice over time. This is a realistic random chance opportunity that would help balance the overly small current ice field population in EVE. Best suited as a scanned down event (like prev. grav sites).

I'd like to see AoE deployables that project an EWAR effect, just like Mobile Warp Disruptors.

For example: Mobile Stasis Webifier, Mobile Energy Neutralizer, Mobile Tracking Disruptor...

It could offer interesting options, as long as their AoE's can't cross each other.

Mobile Hyper Spatial Accelerator

• Anyone who enters warp on grid (or X km range) of device gains a bonus to their warp speed for that warp.
• Not deployable in high sec.
• Help Null to have paths that alliances/corps maintain to reduce travel time of many jumps.
• Could improve force projection, but be vulnerable to attacks.
• Script could also make it reduce warp speed, so that your path could become a hinderance to your enemies.

mobile "pirate faction" comms decryptor

• Deploying player gains tactical knowledge against specific faction.
• Provides player with buff to dps / resistances etc.. many options that could benefit the player.
• Hacking mini game on deployment, with new nodes providing boost to the buff, or debuffs to the pirate faction.
i.e you have successfully implanted a virus into sansha repair systems reducing their resistance for the next 1hr.
when you overcome a node.

• No reinforced mode, maybe have fixed number of hacking attempts before it self destructs.
• Other players that destroy the mobile unit could get +ve pirate standing ( Open to abuse though ).

Concord APR

• Concord Automatic Pirate Recogniser.
• Increase player ( or fleet, if player is fleet booster ) bounties on npc kills in the deployed system.

Mobile Jump Generator (others have suggested )

Deployment creates a bridge to cyno.

Single Use.

Limited jump range ( 1-2 ly )

User subject to Jump Fatigue.

Mass Limit ( 5-6 frigates or 2-3 cruiser ) when reached bridge collapse with unit destroyed.

For small gang movement. ( i'm thinking camped null gates ).

warpable overview object.

Sisters Dark Energy Amplifier

Deployment opens a WH.

Single use, gets swallowed by the initial singularity.

K-Space->K-Space.

Generation Timer ( 5 mins, longer perhaps? ).

Creates new cosmic signature on deployment ( so probable ).

Restrictive jump mass and total mass.

Subject to number of wormholes currently in system ( i.e only enough dark energy to go round ).

Sisters Dark Energy Collectors

Collects Dark energy from the system background.

Skill based maximum number of deployables.

Requires fueling.

Has reinforced mode.

probable.

cannot be placed near celestials or pos, as it interferes with energy collection.

no high sec deployment ( sorry :( )

This could do with a new system map mechanic that lets you warp to spots of high dark energy, that you have surveyed.

I would love it if you could dock a pod at these things and then walk around in them. It would be a good way to slowly restart ambulation as something vaguely useful. At first you'd only be able to riffle through lockers to find sunglasses and jackets and crap. But it would slowing get people to warm up to WIS and wash away the bad taste left by Incarna.

Hyper-Capitals that have starbase hardpoints you can set with arrays and batteries. Death with feet.

Mobile cloak disrupters that burn out active cloaks within a certain proximity.

What's happening with mobile structures? Are they effectively dead?

I seriously hope not, but I don't like the fact this topic is no longer an sticky. Neither that the last CCP post is from 2013. Sure, this is a pure brainstorming topic to throw ideas on the cauldron, but I would appreciate a brief post saying "Thank you for the ideas, these are the most voted ones/most interesting ones".