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I'm not sure a capture mechanic has even been discussed. At least not officially...

I firmly believe there should not be a capture mechanic otherwise after an initial burst of construction there would be verylimited need for new structures. Maybe make the structure 'hull' around the same price as current corresponding pos towers and make the service modules where the expense is. Then upon destruction there is a chance of a decent loot drop from the modules.

And we need guns. Lots of guns. I want to be able to build a star fortress with 'enfilades' of overlapping firing arcs. I want someone declaring war on me to have to really fight for my station not just wave a magic torch at it!

-Loot drops:
M to L structures should drop loot of what they contain, since they are the same as poses these days. Being able to salvage the structure for components is a bonus.
We cleaned up lots of poses that ran out of fuel and collected lots of loot.
In w-space killing someones stuff is one of the very few conflict drivers so that should not disappear.
It was already hard to have to see people destroy their stuff over and over again in pos-bashes. That is why many people in w-space always asked for the removal of selfdestruction of ships in a pos-shield.
Now that would still be possible to do in a citadel(rightclick trash). But if you even scrap the possibility of loot that will eliminate a lot of possible conflicts(player interaction).
I would understand that XL structures similar to outposts would get a different mechanic, since now they can not be destroyed at all. And that they only sit in k-space.

-always docking:
Docking games suck. I can not remember pos-shield games though, never seem to happen since pos shield are to big to be able to capture people flying to safety or even getting out to fight you.
When you first come into a wormhole you use d-scan to see if there are ships in space (or wrecks on scan).
If not then you have probably a w-hole with no active people in them.
If everyone is forced to dock finding active people will be impossible.
Someone one mentioned making it able to do a show info on the citadel and see who is active.
While this is more spreadsheet in space instead of actualy having ships in space like a pos shield this is not a sufficient sollution.
I propose to just have everything inside the citadel on d-scan. If someone in the pos switches to a other ship, then again you see it on d-scan.
Also the people inside the citadel should have a complete d-scan of inside and outside the citadel. that way you will not need to be able to uncloak to see who and what is inside a pos.
Why always on d-scan? It might look like to much info at once but it is needed to prevent scout-burn-out.
Try scanning a system with 100 of these to find someone active. And after finding none tell your scouts to do an other system with 100 of these citadels.
Will there be only 1 undock? The advantage of a pos was that you needed a whole lot of bubble to be able to deny the defender to warp out.
A single undock will make it easier to pin down a fleet at their citadel, make it less likely a fleet will attempt to brake out on not timer based events.
You could align in a pos shield, will we be bumping the citadel if we want to warp to something on the other of the undock?
The size of the pos shield also made it hard to bubble completely while stations with there single undock are much easier bubbled to contain people.
Also what happened to soft mooring?
Some ideas:
Maybe later add a 3 d-view of d-scan, a bit like the current probe-scan window.
Maybe if you do show info on a citadel you get a new window . In the window a view like where you now do station spinning but all over the walls are the ships inside the citadel.


-Achoring it everywhere:
Anchoring them everywhere makes it a absolute necesity to make em warpable from the d-scan window.It would be acceptable as a temporary solution untill a bether and more fun way has been introduced.
This does takes away from the gameplay aspect from looking for a structure.
Now looking for a structure with only d-scan and your cloaked ship without probes is actualy hard and not easy gameplay (try learning it to a new player).
Why no probes? Because you don't want people to know you are there.
Just warpable from d-scan where ever you are is to easy.
Maybe make it more challenging by only making it warpable when you have it a certain angle (15 or 30 degrees) , or make a 3 point d-scan needed.
Lets say, you need to lock 3 d-scan results(select, and lock it in, in the d-scan window) with an angle of 30 degrees or something like that.
Maybe also introduce a need to be in a certain range.

-anchoring restrictions:
Please not close to poco's,gates,wormholes,current pos/outpost , mobile structures.
Not being able to put it inside anomalies , signatures, moon, planets, sun (asuming you can still fly inside those) .
Will they be able to be anchored in shattered wormholes? It might be a good idea to test the viablity of living in that space.

Definitely like the sound of these so far!

You said that the docking will be somewhat of a cross between station docking and sitting in a POS. How will weapons timers interact with this new docking mechanic?

Also, since the market hub service module will require fuel to run, would it be possible to have two different fuel consumption rates for private vs public markets? A public market hub should be expected to bring in more revenue to help offset it's fuel costs, but a citadel designed for corp/alliance access only would use this to provide it's members with the convenience of buying things at home, and would not be likely to see the same revenue.

Now that I'm thinking about it, how would you even calculate the fuel costs for that? Industrial services are more straightforward, if jobs are running it consumes fuel. Would the market consume fuel 24/7? Or maybe some amount of fuel is consumed to power the item-picking machinery when someone makes a purchase or puts something on the market? If the fuel costs are too high they'll offset the tax break over NPC station markets, making it pointless to use in most cases.

And research done on existing BPOs?

I didn't see this in the blog but....

Presume there will be 'racial'/faction versions? and sensible distinguishing niche's between them? (well, hopefully avoiding useless items like small/medium blaster batteries of the current era)

I think this decision is both a mistake and a missed opportunity; a kneejerk reaction to the bogeyman of structure grinding.

While the majority of us have a healthy distaste for structure shooting, it does still have a place in the game and shouldn't be dismissed entirely. We have entire classes of ships based around delivering and repairing high quantities of damage and this is an aspect of the game that should remain, albeit in a less central role.
Dreadnoughts have always been really well balanced in this regard, with siege mode forcing them commit to an attack for a minimum period of time. Triage carriers patching up starbases have a similarly mirrored role, frantically trying to restore these assets while making themselves vulnerable.
This is a fantastic avenue for content, with opponents setting traps or scrambling to catch unexpected sieges. It would be a real shame to lose this aspect of EVE.

By all means allow sovereignty mechanics to favour grid control over ability to inflict damage, but other structures should still require a real investment in firepower to destroy. The simplest approach would be for Entosis Links to have a disabling effect on structures, but actual damage should need to be inflicted in order to destroy them for good, while an investment in repair ability should be required to restore them again.

Can we be mates there?

"Brace yourself Goon. Winter is coming!"

Still reading, most of the questions have been answered by blue tags in the thread already (a lot of duplicate questions).

Some questions don't have answers from us yet, but we're noting everything down and discussing it all with the team. So thanks everyone for your feedback so far.