Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I am not in faction warfare anymore but after seeing another - 'there is no reason to plex - gaining systems means nothing' in the middle of the usual Caldari vs Gallente FW forum trolling - I thought I would post my thoughts.

Fixing FW is simple and will not break eve + it would make low sec interesting, plexing worthwhile and encourage pvp.

1. A low sec gate or Station should NEVER EVER shoot it's own navy. Yes I understand the consequences of this and maybe some sort of check and balance needs to be in place - but you either control/own the system or not.
This would actually balance low sec and make it possible to fight gate camps by pirate corps.
Militias will want systems and plexing would be considered a very worthwhile thing to do.

2. Docking should not be allowed in enemy stations.

3. NPC Navy's should be switched off - just hit the delete button on their code - they are counter productive and just stop engagements from occurring between people who have agreed to be at war.
Not being able to dock in enemy space balances the removing of the NPC navy's.



From a technical point of view - Is it easy to trial changes like no npc navy or is it a big re-work on the game?
If its just the matter of changing a 1 to a 0 - then why not try things like this?

What do people think - good idea or not?

fully agree with shnoo

regarding 3)
this would break FW more as you think. Thats a major consequence of being in FW to not be able to travel through enemy territory safely (e.g afk). Removing police NPCs (without some kind of replacement) would make all space equal and boring. No war and no enemy border anymore, only random orange pilots which you can shoot for some reason.

Not sure what you are aiming to fix but it sure as hell isn't FW.

1. Does nothing beyond make FW a haven for cowardly noobtastic pirates. Besides, why create mechanics that encourage lame-ass station/gate camping?
2. Assuming you mean militia stations: zero impact or close enough to be irrelevant. Not all FW systems have militia stations and most system with militia stations have other NPC stations.
In case you meant all stations in hostile space: Will never happen. CCP has said more than once that they are not about to deny docking in NPC stations .. has been brought up in regards to NPC null space as well as FW space.
3. Oh dear, so you are CCP Soundwaves (aka. CCP Eejit, aka. CCP FWhat?, aka. CCP MarblesLostToRectalExperimentation) character. It was dumb when he made the suggestion and remains dumb .. adds nothing at all to FW, quite the opposite. High-sec will be perma-camped by noobtastic wanna-be's and you make FW a no-fly zone for everyone but the fearless contrary to design intent.

What you should have said:
1. Sort out plexes (read: NPCs) as that is where the really fun fights happen (or can happen), takes the fight away from neutral/blob interference, drop possibility and oversizing.
2. Fee for docking in enemy stations, based on standing to opposing faction with a hard minimum. Services cost a butt-load over "normal" also based on standings OR prohibited entirely in all enemy stations.
3. Still no idea what the hell Soundwave intended and since yours is a copy of his I can't make a counter suggestion .. utter nonsense from start to finish.

By far the most important change they could make is to introduce tangible benefits to getting occupancy. Has to be in a way that is non-exploitable and won't result in mobbing of "winning sides" .. hence the difficulty and disagreement I reckon

PS: Sorry Soundwave, but your flip-flopping crowd-pleasing ways get under my skin .. not meant as harshly as it may appear