Crime & Punishment

OGB has already been discussed to death in FW subforum. I think it will eventually get looked at but it's not exactly #1 on CCP's priority list.

OGB needs to be on killboards. As far as lowsec goes the most common suggestion was a weapons timer so the booster can't immediately dock or jump systems if aggressed. Obviously this would be irrelevant for highsec as long as the booster has CONCORD protection. A suspect or LE timer would be required to make them vulnerable.

I'd love to see cloaky T3's used for boosting in highsec. Yes they are cloaked most of the time and still nigh unscannable but if you do managed to pinpoint one or catch it on a gate...they're generally paper tanked. One nado will solve that problem.

Forcing them on grid might actually cause people to use some fairly neat and under used ships (command ships) in their intended role which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

Suspect flagged boosters would not be at much risk. Every booster used outside of highsec is "suspect flagged". You either park your Command Ship well inside the undock ring or you put your cloaky T3 in a safe. The change you've proposed would have a far more drastic affect on fleet booster AWOXing than it would on neutral boosting repercussions. This inclines me to in fact support your suggestion, but purely for the luls.

Neutral logistics going criminal means no one can use neutral logistics effectively. Suicide Augorers? You'd get more bang for your buck dropping a suicide Catalyst on your target. The motivation here is understandable. The meta in highsec PVP has become that having friendly logi is a basic requirement sometimes even in 1v1 engagements. It's obnoxious but this isn't the solution.

Cut OfGB to 50% of what they are now. Make OnGB slightly strong than now. Start using OnGB and force people to use OnGB if they want equal level. Boosting characters are not hard, especially if your main already flys command ships. You spend a few months training Armor/Skirmish or Shield/Skirmish or whatever, make yourself the OnGB. Give them a suspect flag if boosting someone who becames strained. if they are out of the alliance/corporation who is engaged in the wardec (neutral boosts), give them GCC and have concord blow them up for aggressing outside of a wardec, since they are amplifying a persons ship who is aggressing, they are also helping in the aggression. So give them aggression as if I were shooting someone I am not wardecced against.

Also, booster alts are not hard to train. I trained a scouting alt into one with minimal effort. Stop being terrible and complaining about boosts ALL the time. Just make a booster and get on the same level as many others have turned to over the last five years. I understand that this Off grid boosting is "destorying solo pvp." But I am sorry, I am around alot of lowsec space on a few different characters. Very little of eve truely solos in lowsec. Solo went away when people were not willing to lose, so they would bring more friends, or if they were in trouble they would scream for help and friends would come. Boosters didnt kill solo, greed over willingness to learn how to fly ships was what killed solo.
"Everyone runs boosting alts, this is a problem!!" No its not and no they dont. Get better and stop thinking every loss you have is because someone is boosting. A lot of people do not actually boost, nor can they be bothered to bring links for a 2-7 man gang.

Highsec wardecs, HA. People dont go to solo stuff. They go to buff killboards. Hardly anyone war decs to push a group out of a system they want for some odd reason in an attempt at "High sec sov claim." or whatever.

Non-afflianted out of Corp/Alliance Logistics that repairs someone who is in a wardec - Give them GCC and make concord come blow them up in a 0.5 or higher. Give them a security hit in a 0.1-0.4. Make them stay in the corp/alliance with the wardeccers.

I dont feel bad for ever suggesting a way to make station "mercenaries" lives harder. Though that was such an aggressive way of saying "No, I don't want people to actually know I have a booster sitting 1,000,000 km off the rens undock." or the neutral logistics in Naku, Uedama and Sivala. It's pretty hard to believe that any corporation or alliance doesn't use current game mechanics to the advantage such as neutral logistics or neutral boosters. So, change the mechanic, find new mechanics to put in your favor. I set it with my own tears huh? I guess I am just so jaded and crushed from my experiences in high sec with the unfair ability that you all have with neutral boosting alts over me. It is like everyone in high sec is just shooting at me.

Oh, right I forgot to express how mean and rude you are. I am going to go cry and uninstall eve while doubling all your isk while I leave in Jita.

Edit: Sorry, forgot the finger movement on "Mercenaries"

TBH I'm all for everybody in the corp and/or fleet of any aggressor to go flashy. This would make for some fun and interesting (emergent) gameplay.

@ the other guy
Also when I am in Rens my booster is on grid. My Reps are on grid. My secret is the ability to reship after being ship scanned so aggressors show up with all the wrong ships. It's amazing what swapping to a different fit on the same hull can achieve. Hell simply look in local all my ALT's are quite obvious. (hint check out my kill board to see similarities)

PS you won't find me in Rens (other then moving assets around) for the next 3 months or so

Actually here is a fun mechanic

did you know it is possible to rep a player who has a limited engagement with another player without going suspect under a very specific set of circumstances

Still looking for the previous OGB threadnaught.

When I'm active I make a point of whaling at least once a month

Here's the punchline. There is no way to draw a line and flag a suspect until shots are fired. Sure intel is important and all that, but for flagging purposes in the game it's totally useless.

Once shots are fired it's time to start applying flags and timers and all the other crap. So what can the game actually prove:

1. guys are shooting each other
2. guys are repping combatants
3. guys are boosting combatants

These can be proven on the server so they can be used for flagging.

Little Sally Rottencrotch, who set the whole fight up in a covert ops is sitting there claoked watching with glee. Nothing in the game connects her to the fight, so no matter how important you may think Little Sally is, there can never be a flag.

This was my initial thought as well, but is pretty easily handled. Make it work based on active boost modules - that uses the current green/yellow/red safety system.

Again, not saying this is a good course of action, just saying it's easily implemented.