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Q: with the new sov system would it be possible to have no fatigue using jump bridges in alliance space,also to avoid exploits make it so your sov is based on the constellation and not an individual system,so there cant be random systems across the coalitions to make traveling outside the region you live in easier,
Q: would it be possible to have jump range restored to previous values and 10 min cool down on jump reactivation flat rate and not ship specific, no stacking.
Q: would it be possible to have 5ly range with a 5 min reactivation timer not ship specific.
Q: what did happen to ccp grayscale

My question is:

Since the Phoebe changes went live LowSec has become a far more diverse and interesting environment in which to live, will CCP take these positive changes to LowSec into account when considering further changes to Jump Fatigue and Jump Range?

They better! :P

First of all - I think jumpfatigue was a great idea. All in all it worked ok with some problems to be solved but it achieved the main goal of reducing the forceprojection of big Powerblocks.


But I would like to know some details.

1. What are your future plans to jump- and titanbridges? Should they be similar to each other or fulfill different roles/objectives?

2. Fatigue reduced the forceprojection of capitals a lot. Do you plan to introduce a counterpart to capblobs, because aggressors can't move their own cap fleet that easy? Remember that caps are quite common within the memberbase atm. And if you are not able to react to an enemy cap fleet could decide a war.

3. Do you plan to tweak the jumprange of jumpfreighter? And if yes, do you think local industries will be able to catch up?

4. After the introduction of jumpfatigue some players call caps useless, others still blame them op. What are your opinion about this ? Do you think caps are in place or a rebalance (maybe even a redesig) is needed?

5. Do you think about relocation of some regions to each other so that you can jump across their borders? This could remove some bottlenecks, where caps musst pass through to enter a region via gate?

6. What are your future plans for supercarriers and titans in eve? Should they become a more strategic weapon or be in line with the actual mass of scaps and the wish of their owners to use them in combat.

P.S. its late in Germany so please be patient with my bad english.

My question is:

For almost all mechanics a newbe can do a low power version of what a veteran can do. I think Jump Drives are fundamentally bad for the game because, at some point in your skill training, you get a new and incredible power which a newbe is totally unable to use. This adds to the feeling only veterans can play EVE and there's no room for new players. Do you agree with me that, in principle, all mechanics should be available to all players, right from day one?

Thanks

What I'm getting at here is that "Jump Fatigue" is a classic example of a CCP mechanic: in a narow mechanical sense, it change the parameters of what can and can't be done. But it doesn't add any game. Got a timer? No jumping for you, the end. Timer's up? OK you can jump now. As an EVE health and safety regulation, it's nicely constructed. As a gameplay mechanism it's a "to do" marker.

I will be able to stream this if no one else is already doing it.

Dont touch anything while it working

Do you have any plans to address the death of solo, nomadic game play? It used to be quite simple to take a carrier, load up a few ships, and move across the universe for new content. Now, that capability has been removed and a similar trip takes days.

Are there any plans to adjust the loss of BLOPS "quick attack" capabilities. The idea of BLOPS should be ninja attacks in and out, strike fast, eat cap boosters while you kill your target, and get out. Having fatigue after that first jump means finding a safe and sitting and waiting in hostile territory for up to 5 minutes. This seems counter-intuitive to the nature of BLOPS. Have you considered having jump fatigue kick in after every second jump or further reducing the jump fatigue reduction to say JF Levels

Many people play EVE for capital ships. It was the reason that I started playing EVE. Do you think a 30 day timer is a little excessive? Wouldn't capping fatigue at 12, 24, or even 48 hours be just as sufficient? At 24 hours, you still have a 32-minute cooldown. This seems sufficient to prevent force projection while still allowing those of us that love capital ships to use them regularly. Does it really make sense to have a game that limits a persons play time to once every 8 or 30 days? It seems like that's a lot less content for other people with players simply logging off to play other games to wait out timers.

You can use gates.
Allowing capitals through the gates was a huge mistake imo, but they did it for the sake of the "game", so you should be thankful.

Allowing the gates turned cyno-jammers from strategic assets into carebears sentinels. With cyno-jammers, dominion sov could still work with a couple of tweaks. Without them, we were doomed to have fozzie-sov, where capitals are useless. And this nerf-cascade was triggered so that you can have that "game".