Player Features and Ideas Discussion

In that situation you would need to wait for you current cycle to complete, then activate the module again (triggering another warmup cycle before the module starts capturing). This means if you lose lock, you won’t be able to contest control of the structure for at least 2 minutes, and up to 4 minutes (the remainder of your current cycle, then the warmup cycle after the new activation).

I don't want a discussion.
I want a system not made for one coalition, not made by people who balance the game exclusively in the interest of the said coalition.

And as was stated here, evasion tactics not being optimal is also a goal of theirs.

Changing the subject a bit, what about swapping the ranges on the T1/T2 links?

T1 links would have the 250km effective range, but with a 5 minute cycle time. That would mean that someone using a T1 link who lost lock or had to evade would suffer a much greater time penalty before being able to make progress on that (or another) structure. Kiting ships would be forced to remain on field much longer - up to 5 minutes at a time - since the Entosis Link would prevent them from warping out.

While T2 links would have a shorter range, they'd connect much faster, making it easier to stop someone else's progress and to reconnect should you lose your own. It would also allow you to disengage from brawls faster, rather than being pinned on field for 5 minutes in a brawling comp with no remote support available.

This would also force capitals / supercapitals to either remain close to their objective to take advantage of the 2 minute cycle time on the T2 link, or be forced to face tank an enemy fleet for up to 5 minutes at a time.

Something to consider at least.

EDIT: Thinking a bit more about this, it could actually force "interesting gameplay choices". You can either choose long range and be forced to stay on field longer, or sack up and go for a brawling comp and be pinned down for less time. Of course Bombers would have a field day with a brawling comp balled up within 30km of an objective, but bombers are up for review anyway.

Not only is this important, it's fundamental. However, the idea that ANY large bloc would be able to refrain from attacking each other once trollsov goes live is simply laughable. The decision will no longer be in the hands of bloc leaders because it will no longer be relegated to a relatively small group of cap pilots flying ships very few people can afford to individually lose without SRP/alliance support.

The decision will be made by line members flying cheap subcaps doing serious sov damage and/or provoking routine fights with formerly blue neighbors because they are bored and tired of stagnant null. The moment they realize that standings the diplos have set mean squat, 80% of coalition PvP pilots will be rolling the sov of anyone not wearing their alliance tag. And there's nothing their alliance can do to prevent this. Kicking these folks will merely serve to weaken that alliance's ability to defend sov while simultaneously adding to the numbers of ronin intimately familiar with local geography. Each and every one of them capable of contesting sov in a relatively meaningful way and now pissed at the alliance that just kicked them merely for the desire of finding fights nearby with groups they mostly already don't like.

Probably the funniest part of this change is the number of people that seem to have forgotten their alliances are NOT made up predominantly of people with capital ships or the budget to lose those ships on their own whims. Pilots who don't actually need or care about 20m ratting ticks in a Nyx with perfect IHUB upgrades in a system. These are the faceless line members making up a huge portion of your numbers that will suddenly have the tools to contest sov whenever they want in the cheapest ships available; SRP and diplos be damned. Goon core should do well as usual, BRAVE, etc., but everyone better be taking a serious look at their demographics if you think you will have ANY chance to control who your line members are attacking once this change goes live.

And best of all, if this DOESN'T happen, it will expose baldly the lie of nullbears claiming that they are tired of stagnant null. It will be in the hands of each and every 2 month old pilot with a hangar of subcaps to vote with their sovlasers, so to speak, as to whether or not null should remain blue and stagnant. Bloc leaders will have pretty much no say in this choice.

Not only is this important, it's fundamental. However, the idea that ANY large bloc would be able to refrain from attacking each other once trollsov goes live is simply laughable. The decision will no longer be in the hands of bloc leaders because it will no longer be relegated to a relatively small group of cap pilots flying ships very few people can afford to individually lose without SRP/alliance support.

"Optimal" and "Viable" are two different things.

Optimal would be if a kitey Link boat could always win, never be caught, and never be countered. That the only way to stop him would be to either bring your own kitey stuff or sit at zero with a defensive link and wait for him to get bored.

That's not the case here, however, now that we know how losing link works - you have to wait for your current cycle to finish, then spend another cycle reconnecting before you begin making any progress towards capture. That means that there are a multitude of counters to a kiting comp that do not rely on bringing your own kiting comp.

if you made Entosis Links inflict a severe speed penalty, kiting comps would not be viable - they would be unable to hold range.

every person who tries to post complicated anti-interceptor vignettes assumes the interceptor is orbiting

why would you do that if no one is on grid

A typical trollceptor would be...

So trollceptor and antitroll falcon. Good job with that sov mechanics.