Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Wrong forum.

Oh, and a bad idea in general.

How does what faction you choose when you make your character, make you be honest or anything else?

I dont particularly like the idea, but nothing to do with being anti-risk averse. I dont go to highsec often anyway. It just seems like an ISK sink that isn't needed. If it had any deterrent effect it might just as easily promote people to stick within their own Empire's space if they live there. It might also influence the faction that people choose when they create a character (eg. Want better access to Jita, then create Caldari, etc.) and reduce the use of some factions. In doing so that might have them miss a number of rich experiences they might otherwise have.

FW already bans you from docking in the opposing faction stations, which is perfectly reasonable as that's a conscious decision to go to war against them.

But for the average capsuleer? What's the benefit? It doesn't seem very well explained so far.

In normal game play, it would be a nominal fee most anyone would be carrying. It wouldn't amount to any more than does your maintenance of an automobile, I'd guess. However, it would be more interesting if it amounted to maintaining an airliner...or bigger...including wear and tear, parts replacement and the like.

Where it would sting so-called pirates is when they finally run out of money replacing dessy after dessy, they wouldn't have the money to make it home. So, what are you going to spend your money on, beer or gas? One gets you home. One won't but makes you not care either way?

As in real life endeavors, you'd need a real, steady income to maintain yourself were something like this attrition expense part of the game. Naturally, a group of people would cry bitterly...just as they do at the gas pump as they go in and pay anyway. (God forbid we institute actual mass transit!) And, of course, you have to couple this with a more active sovereignty extracting fines from pirates.

Yeah, that coin would become a bit more valuable if you actually needed it, instead of just wanted it.

You sound... poor. And, also, confused.

Pretty much everyone has some means of income that is perfectly capable of supporting all the dessies they care to pop, and, as a means of, "Grr, gankers" punishment, this would be trivially bypassed by anyone with a an alt and a bowhead or Orca (for door-to-door service), or even just access to a POS. No need to dock at all. Hell, I haven't docked in weeks.

Is there any desired gameplay behind this idea or would it just be 'cool' to introduce a cost of living and with it a minimum wage?

I know, that's why you have so many CODE noobs leaving themselves high and dry after epic fail gankfest attempts in "certain" systems which shall remain nameless.

Skimming off the top of profits and charging for instant repairs is not the same as putting flat fees on people for the simple act of docking.



Does docking need nerfing? no.

Does this introduce interesting gameplay? no, in fact it pushes players into a boring grind for standings just to dock in stations they want to use.

Penalties? you said that not me.

How do you consider this "a penalty"? If you are in opponent's faction territory why should you be welcomed anyhow?

I think this should be true for everyone, but only when in negative standing (below -5, I think you can't dock)