Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Idea:
to make offgid booster ongrid.

Why?:
Speaking to FW low-secs, there is a very little chance for booster ship to be destroyed due to its high HPs and the possibility to dock to station or burn under the POS forcefield.
But the advantages it provides are very significiant (Orthrus with 65km point, for example).
Last months I became less addicted to fight the prominent 'links lovers' which means - less targets to engage - less ISKs to be spent (from my side and from side of people that thinks like me).
I believe, dragging boosters to battlefield will create more explosions and more fun, so everyone will benefit from it.

P.S.: also, the new niche may be created - booster hunting ops.

This has been in the works for years. Legacy code prevents it, and they are having to develop a thing they call brain in a box to fix it.

I am unsure why they can't establish effects on a given grid rather than just the solar system level, but it's apparently hard to do.

Your thread may get locked because this is a common suggestion in the forum.

I am also sure that a secondary problem besides coding is the fact that miners don't want to bring their rorqs to an asteroid belt.

cry more off grid boosters are the easiest thing to counter there are these things called combat scanner probes learn their use and find the off grid booster since if they dock/warp or burn into a POS shield they are then useless. instead of whining that things are not the way you want them to make it so you don't have to go learn a new skill go learn that new skill.

Yes let's not actually engage in combat and instead play whack-a-mole with a blip on the F10 screen.

You'd think people would do this more often if it was actually productive? Cos it isn't and people don't do it often. Otherwise they wouldn't complain.

There are certain people who have enough alts to do almost everything in the game and they delegate one of them for being a mobile probe launcher.
But I bet my balls there are like 100 people in game that play dedicated combat probers, because it is just not an enjoyable experience. Consequently, good luck finding a puppy dog who will be glued to you and follow you around systems and drop probes whilst you actually get to do something.

Probes being a counter to OGB is just daft. Especially in lowsec where all the links sit on gates and stations.

Thanks for sharing your opinions, people.
Of course, there are some good ways to counter OGB - I just pointed on existing disbalance between risk of being destroyed and advantages.
I believe, more balanced means more interessing.