EVE General Discussion

AOE Titan says:

It's not a fix unless it works. So far it's just a poorly thought out suggestion.

What about if all ship could only lock one target? But ships in a squad can lock as many as they have members in a squad?

or

Have each additional lock on a ship create a 'sphere of noise' that grows making the ships closer by take longer and longer to lock and eventually disappear from the overview entirely base it on ship sig radius so hundreds can lock a titan but a squad of frigates in the same area of space will disappear into the noise if more then a few people lock up one of the frigates in the group . Make logistic and ewar mods increase a ships susceptibility to the noise. Yay Target painters are actually useful now.

i dunno just a idea probably dosnt make any sense anyway.

Im glad more people have come along that under stand the base idea.


now if we could get the support to get the devs to even look at it, that's the biggest problem.

Lock time increase based on current number of targets you have - Yes.
Lock time increase on targets based on number of established locks - I see the logic, but not the right way to do it

Simple: Its why you don't have the problem of this completely arbitrary mechanic that does absolutely nothing for the game other then make the following happen.

1) Only Logistics are found in small gangs.
2) Small gangs all lock each other to abuse this mechanic.
3) Blobs Do Not Change. Targeting is handed down to squad level, leaving squad leaders to designate targets. People still get alpha'd out of existence.
4) x8 Large Smart Bomb Titans hotdrop into fleets, erase everything when 200 people can't lock it.
5) SeBo II with Lockon script becomes standard issue on all ships.
6) Haters gonna hate Falcons even more.
7) Everyone will carry shield/armor rep drones. After all, those lock onto people as well.

Status Quo preserved.

There's a reason why this thread died in Ships And Modules.

The idea makes no sense at all. Like if we all look at some thing it takes people longer to find it? One lots of computers all try to do the same thing it takes longer? That is just not how it works. If any thing it should be the other way around if Im in fleet and our computers are talking then mine should be augmenting yours, or just telling you were they are because my ship already knows.
As a solution to a problem its still half assed. No way to make bigger and bigger fights last longer and longer, if any thing just make it so they have to split up and hold multiple points simultaneously in system to take sov and BAMB smaller longer fights

Amazing.
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1) Look how wrong you are. Logistics will be *useful* in large fleet fights, because ships won't be WTF-ALPHA'd by hundreds of ships at once. In fact, they'll be MORE USEFUL. You are wrong.
2) Have you read this thread? Can you read? Link the mechanic to fleet/corp/alliance/a new friendly system and since lock time will depend on number of targets currently lockING, not already lockED, the system becomes unexploitable. Wait, too many syllables for you. Sorry.
3) Sounds good to me. There'll still be blobs, but they can't WTF-pwn smaller fleets while taking no casualties. The splitting of target priorities sounds good. People will still be alpha'd, but not by hundreds of ships at once.
4) When no one can lock? Really? The idea is to stop EVERYONE from locking ONE. Not EVERYONE from EVERYONE.
5) Look at your stupidity increase. Suddenly, the time for 800 Maelstroms to lock a Rifter decreases from 5 minutes to 4! Astounding! Meanwhile, the other (intelligent) fleet has about 50 Maelstroms already locked and being fired at!
6) Hate for the Falcon will be equal. Locks will be equally easy to obtain for a competent fleet. The secret is to have dozens of targets, instead of one.
7) OH CHRIST. THE IDIOCY. THE SHEER IDIOCY. I. CAN'T. WITHSTAND IT. AAAARGHHHHHHHH. What if shield/armour rep drones don't count towards the locked target count? Oh, but that's too obvious and you're clearly as dense as a singularity.

TL;DR
You are a terrible poster and human being.


And, Rel'k, this is a video game. It makes sense as long as fiction supports it. Gameplay is secondary to logic, and logic can change in games. Fights won't necessarily last longer. Tactics will change. Squads need targets each, and multiple targets will be dying at once instead of one at a time. You know, like every single EVE trailer, naval warfare, aerial warfare, ground warfare and everything else.

Here's your required serving of science for the day:




I'll tell you that the above explanations are more scientific than some other things in EVE. I didn't even need to pull out the 'nanites & Jovians' wildcard.

Love the idea.