Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Can some of them be placed in wormhole space?

Observatory arrays become incredibly relevant if CCP bite the bullet and finally change how local works in null-sec. The possibilities for new features based around this are endless.

I am assuming that gate structures are going to replace Jump Bridges?

What kind of range limitations are you planning on them? Intra-Constellation for T1, Intra-Region for T2, Inter-Region for Faction?

Are we going to get fatigue for using them, or are they going to work as stargates do now?

I seem to recall that the original stargates were designed with the capability to be able to select your destination w/in range when you jumped....is that something that could be added/considered?

Are gates going to be able to be player owned, or is it something that only alliances can afford?

If hugely expensive alliance assets, maybe to allow players (and corps) to own them, you could enable mass restrictions based on size of the base structure?

I really like the "mesh network" idea that got floated during the Fanfest presentations. Removing local by default and clawing it back with structures is a very satisfying mechanic and I hope some serious work goes into making it happen.

Anti-AFK Cloaking is a pretty hot-button issue. How dedicated is the team to making this happen?

And if you would place them in a good way, you would have an early warning system for cloaky ganks.

With a grid like that you could search for tachyon emissions that would come from a cloaking device.. -wait, hold on that sounds familiar somehow

You cannot allow any combination which becomes a carebears paradise - i.e. it needs to be LESS safe than today. Not more.


Gates cannot be used to undo/udermine fatigue changes either

Alright so, my two cents about these structures :

- The idea of having a net of structures throughout your space sounds cool!

- As for obscuring map intel, I'd dislike to see a way to create false stats. It would render map filters useless. Instead, I'd prefer either showing the information or not showing it. It would create a more emergent way of hiding intelligence, for instance by obscuring the information of quiet system to make things not-so-obvious as to where true activity is.

- Just bouncing an idea around: What about a drawback if the map-filter-structure is hacked, that makes the system somehow glow on the map? Like, you wanted to be discreet, and suddenly it turns into a beacon for everyone to see on the galaxy map!

- About cloak pinpointing: One idea would be to uncloak people who stay for too long without player input. So maybe a system-wide pulse that with a spool-up time? The more anti-cloak structures, the less spool-up you have. And it warns people in local when the spool-up is initiated. This way, an active cloaker can just recloak instantly when it happens, while a true afk cloaker will.. well, be killed.

- For gates, I find it quite odd to have gates affect the warp speed of players in the whole system. How does multiple-gate systems work? Will a gate affect its companion on the other side? By having gates able to slow down the ennemi, you encourage the concept of "buffer space", something that is highly detrimental in sov null.

- Still on the idea of gates, I'd suggest modules that change the spawn distance from the gate after a jump, and modules that change the cloak duration after a jump.

- Again bouncing an idea: What about a temporary effect to warp speed that only affects ships who have recently used the stargate?

Because of course, a roaming gang hunting 'bears TOTALLY bring enough power to the field to start blapping structures

If it gets safer, you might as well add a new structure called "The Batphone™" which will cause concord to come blow up "illegal" aggressors in your space.

I do not think, sir, you've ever hunted ratters.

A ratter will escape in 30 seconds, not the 20 odd MINUTES a link takes. Plus the RF timer measured in DAYS.

No-one gets to "afk defend" by virtue of spending isk. It is the antithesis of how the game should work, you don't get to buy protection - you make it yourself with ACTIVE players.

Imagine if someone posted "I should get to spend isk to make me all but impossible to gank in my freighter, even though it's already stupid hard to gank. To balance it, a bunch of people can RF and maybe destroy the protection over a period of days. This will totally make my ship vulnerable and completely balanced". That's pretty much what you'd be asking for here.

At BEST the level of safety at maximum level should be equivalent to today.