Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So here's my thought, if there really is no way we can make solo players more viable in EVE when it comes to PvP and they 'shouldn't' be ( which in my OPINION is a load of bullshit ) why not at least give them a real option of at least running away? That way players who don't even intend to fight aren't going to be punished for being brave enough to venture into 0.0 or low sec space but don't want to be ganked by a fleet either.

I'm going to suggest a module and before you say "USE A MICROWARPDRIVE OR CLOAK YOU STUPID NOOB" that's not really much of an option for someone who's new to the game and if you just scream at them to do several days of training they're just going to tell you to **** off and unsubscribe.

It baffles me that after all this time CCP have a cheap ganking tool but no cheap anti-ganking tool that a player can use.

Warp Disruption Countermeasure I:

Capacitor

50gj

Power Grid Usage

2MW

CPU Usage

50tf

Activation Time / Duration

15s



What I've done is just taken the Warp Disruptor 1 stats and tweaked with it a bit, made it a bit expensive to run away so you only use it for running away in a small ship but larger ships could also use it as a viable tactic for fighting gate camps. I think making this as cheap to build and as easy to learn skills for as the Warp Disruptor would help things a lot.

The way this module will act will be like a one time use EMP for your ship, it just wipes the warp disruption from the ship and they can't use their module on you again for the duration giving you a chance to warp to safety. I also think there should maybe some kind of AoE version of this except it will effect everybody so that means all warp disruptors are shut down as well as bubbles and anyone can have a chance to escape. So if a friend gets trapped in a bubble you could rush in to help them before the enemy arrives.


Please note carefully, players will still be able to lock on and shoot each other as normal, the person using the countermeasure will just have the option of running away, if gankers are organised they would still be able to get them, it would just take more effort and skill tracking the player down.

Mine's simpler and actually works ;S lol let's make it a change for warp core stabalisers then :P

ECM bursts take up too much energy for smaller ships, we need a noob version so players have a chance to get away from large fleets.

If they're going to get popped then so be it, I wouldn't dispute the idea of being gunned down in a hail of fire by a larger ship before I can run away ridiculous, in fact I'd expect it, but the thing is, I'd rather be gunned down by a group skilled and organised enough to do it rather than hitting some cheap IWIN button solo and ganking me with a pricey tech 2 cruiser or frigate. Similarly even if it's a large fleet if all they're doing is hogging a chokepoint like most of them do to score easy kills it won't work very well unless they've got all the places covered the player can run to.

Again though on the side of the gankers ( never thought I'd see myself write that ) if a fleet is organised enough they'll be able to take you down even if you run away anyway and they have their system secured properly. Either the capicitor will run out of juice and the player will be taken down if they've locked down the system and blocked all the gates like a real fleet would or as you say they'd target him fast enough anyway and take down the ship. That's the thing though, they'd have to actually be quick enough to do it rather than just sitting there afk and then suddenly realising there's a helpless noob trapped in their bubble.

It isn't a guaranteed escape at all, it just evens the odds, if you want to instantly win then you should be playing singleplayer games against stupid NPCs or doing PvE missions, this would force gankers to be more intelligent with the gatecamping tactics you use and actually have to hunt down your prey rather than just pop them in five seconds.

This is what the increase in the duration is for and the capacitor cost, you won't be able to use them constantly, if someones doing alt. scouting or trying to get a cyno in they're going to be destroyed, I'm sure we can tweak the numbers a bit and increase the cost of using it if it gets exploited but this will mean people who want to just run away can. The point is that they won't be able to run away forever or if the opposing side is smart enough to hunt them.

Right now unfortunately the game just caters entirely to gatecamping in 0.0 space at least, so if you're going to complain about my idea feel free to throw in what you think should be done because I want this problem fixed, not have trolls attacking people for pointing out the problem.

I can equally make the argument as to why as a noob I should get ganked just because you want to be an asshat and take out my rifter and I'm just harmlessly trying to get through to another system? That isn't fair either especially since I have no chance of fighting back.

If you're a lone noob in a rifter, wth are you doing running solo through null sec?

Anyway, the point is moot. This won't get implemented, and even if it did it would just be abused by us older players. Not by the noobs you are pretending to chivalrously protect.

ok, Ill play along. With HEAVY stipulations.

1) you hit your magic butan, you get 5 seconds to gtfo, afterwhich you can be immediately locked again.
2) It will drain 99% of your cap, allowing you to warp away, but not even close enough to make it to any gate or activate any modules.
3) after the one use, the module is destroyed.

If your really intending it as a possible noob escape button, this would work fine. If he still gets scanned down, and pointed, well, he was dead anyway.

Anything other than this is a big resounding No. For Clarification, please see Felgasts post.

Edit: the module uses a High Slot