Player Features and Ideas Discussion

First of all, you can take your "sense of equity" and go lose it up a wormhole.

Secondly, your suggestion is terrible because it relies entirely on one particular special kind of people not playing by the same rules as everyone else. Solo players neither deserve nor warrant such special considerations. Nevermind that it breaks several fundamental things about the game.

I don't see it quite so linearly. I think ideally the progression might look like:

-Fly without a fleet using the solo module
-Or fly with a booster alt to gain specific advantages or to augment specific ship traits to the maximum degree possible
-Fly in a small gang (2-3) without a fleet, all members using a solo module
-Fly in a small gang, without links, without logi, to gain the benefits of fleet warp and warp to fleet member functions
-Fly in a small gang, with links, without logi
-Fly in a small gang, or solo, in a fleet, without links, but with logi support
-Fly in a small gang, in a fleet, with links, with logi
-Fly in escalating fleet sizes, etc.

While you didn't really flesh out the idea, i like the idea. I would however not like to see them making catalysts, HACs and bombers any more powerful than they already are so perhaps restrict them to certain hulls like bastion is for marauders.

Given that you cannot be in space and in a fleet while this module is equipped, you cannot dock because you will not have undocked in the first place.

So as your question represents an utterly impossible scenario, let it go.

Let's not make it a module. Everyone should be equally free to be a soloist, so let's discuss ways to make soloing more viable without requiring special soloist gear.

I chose the damage control to replace, i.e. you'd be either able to fit the solo module, the damage control, or neither, because it's nearly always a good choice for PVP fit ships. A few fits that require other choices for low slots might help to keep some variety and retain the usefulness of boosters.

The reason that I've chosen a module is that it increases the viability of solo play sans links without having to overhaul boosting mechanics, fleet size, or any of a hundred other considerations and it does so by leveraging its bonuses with drawbacks. Having to fit a module, instead of it being an intrinsic property of a ship, is one of it's drawbacks.

Right now, I think that everyone is free do be a solo PVPer if they chose; there's nothing to say that you can't and you can certainly derive a good game experience from doing so. I'm not always a solo player, but sometimes it's nice to go it alone. I've got links that I use sometimes and others I choose not to because I think it's fun. For a big subset of the community though, there's a perception, and not just from solo players, that links, gang size, and alts create an oppressive atmosphere for the little guy. I'm not here tell anyone to take those things away, only that the thresh hold for competitiveness between those with lots of resources and those with little, be made a but more traversable. Again, I'm not asking to close the gap completely.

I think this deserves a light touch and a creative approach, I've come here to show you mine and defend it from or appreciate criticism where appropriate.

If you have a suggestion on how you'd like to see the experience of solo PVP improved, I'd love to hear it.

I've only made a suggestion of what I think the bonuses on the module might look like; that they should look like more general command bonuses, but they certainly don't have to take that form, as I indicated in my original post.

The module doesn't address changes to links because it's not intended to fix the hardships of players who already use them.

Fleet warp is considered to be a strong enough mechanic that CCP has thought about removing it. It's a major feature of what makes certain compositions work well, and it allows (for certain groups) the most competent and experienced individuals to make the right decisions for the gang. Moreover, if you're a skirmish PVPer that operates on the edge of a fight, as you say, you'll find yourself often warping off to save your self only to warp back in on a fleet member, or pulling range to warp to a mate; they're not trivial features, and they're not easily replicated by other mechanics.

Tedium and disciplined comms aren't going to give you back the time you lose by having to warp to a wreck, or back to a gate, and then to a can, or just burning back out to a fight. It will never give you the power of on grid probing. These features are mundane enough that it's easy to forget how strong they are, but they're not going to be things that everyone is going to be willing to give up, particularly if the right balance is struck.

I do enjoy solo PvP and the challenge it brings, replacing the isk I lose is my biggest issue but I do feel Eve would be a better place if there was a modifier regarding the amount of ships shooting at a target and their relative distance (and sig radius).

For instance if a frigate is surrounded by titans then any incoming damage from range realistically should be mitigated somewhat and spread to the surrounding targets as they are blocking the intended victim, a mechanic like this wouldn't remove the blob but it could provide a new angle of gameplay especially for those that enjoy solo brawling large gangs, both in terms of the soloists skill at surrounding themselves with enemy ships at close range and the gangs ability to make sure their intended target is free from mitigating any 'splash' damage.

Of course the math isn't something I'd personally be any use at, let alone the programming :P

Additional: The removal of off grid boosts will only affect small gang warfare and hand the blobs a huge advantage over smaller fleets, is that the direction people really want?

Well, ask for special treatment like this, for starters.

Yes, I purchased this one along with a few others about a year and a half ago, maybe a little sooner. I don't think I got it from your friend though, I'm relatively sure that it changed hands at least once before it got to me. I've seen your posts before and looked up your corp history and it made me wonder if they originated from the same person, I guess I know now.