Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I seriously doubt offlined POS in low/null (because of caps).

better solution would be hack it and steal it.

1. You do not deserve a moon if someone else got there first.
2. You do not deserve a moon, if you are unwilling to fight for it.
3. You do not deserve a moon, if you are unwilling to fight a one sided war that is already a 100% no risk fight (also no reward for the owner, as its not being used)
4. ???
5. Profit - Your suggestion is unnecessary, because the mechanics already exist in game to remove it. You are just to lazy to commit to something so easy that 48 hours (including war dec mechanics, be glad an inactive POS can't jump), some AFK laser BS, and at least 6+ friends can do with just a few hours of work or look for another moon. There are hundreds of them out there, try moving 1 jump (lol really, 1 jump THAT much of an inconvience?) if you don't want the hassle of AFK face rolling a structure that can't fight back.

edit: And no, we don't need chanced based "robbery" theft in EVE from players. Whats next, auto-pickpocketing people as they pass gates? lol leave that to NPC missions and sites.

On the idea that a POS should need to be maintained:

If the POS runs out of fuel, it is unpowered, and all it's modules shut down. This is how it is now.

How about we add this detail: It's anchor releases after 24 hours of shut down status, due to the stress of holding stationary orbit, and it drifts out into open space.

There, it can be probed down.

Optionally, local NPC's might have hijacked it for their own use, and it might be partially active again. (They power up the defenses and set them to all hostile like a boobytrap)

I personally think an offline POS should probably require some kind of player action to take down and that action should take at least 24 hours to complete, performing it should give the owner of the tower a warning that it is happening and it should be possible to stop it from completing.

The best way I can think of doing this would be to have a structure that you anchor next to your target offline tower that locks out all of the towers controls and "hacks" it over a 24 hour period after which the tower unachors (or changes ownership if that is better).

With regard to highsec aggression would need to come into play in order for people to be able to shoot at stuff. Obviously the corp that owns the tower would need to gain aggression against the hacking structure. Giving the corp that owns the hacking structure aggression against anyone shooting the hacking structure would promote fleet engagements, but it wouldn't be particularly consistent with current aggression mechanics.

That was exactly what I suggested, sorry if my terminology wasn't particularly clear.

Like I said there might a minor consistency issue with flagging individuals to a corp for shooting at a structure. I'm not particularly sure, but I don't think that shooting at a POS tower or other anchorable object actually gives you a corp aggression timer. If that is true this would be the only instance in which shooting a structure would flag you to a corp.

Let me find someone with a highsec tower and I'll get back to you.

Dear CCP,

Please. Please. Please! With a cherry on top and dirty things I can do *wiggles eyebrows* with my tongue, dumb down this game because its just too hard, particually POS bashing which is the next easiest thing to mining. An AFK tower, unmanned, that can't shoot back so its totally risk free to me, isn't producing reward for the owner, is a MASSIVE inconvience to me. Really, I can't be assed to actually shoot it. I could suggest an AFK module or perhaps decay (but this being NOT other MMO's, EVE doesn't have durability) to make it easier....because its just too damn hard. And that shield regen...FFS why should I get even MOAR people in this SPORPG (singple player online roleplaying game, cause I don't have friends) to faceroll a POS. I know there are more moons out there, even in highsec but adding just a few more jumps is such a hassle.

So CCP, tl;dr just make it easier.

Signed
Collective bunch that want EVE to be easier, even though something like shooting a structure is the easiest thing in EVE

How about another no.

In fact, I would prefer to see something more pro-active then lack-active lazy assness (<-- real word? ) How about....Dread Mark 2...think BS hull with 1 dread gun since BC 2.0 mount BS guns on BC hull...doesn't replace a dread just replaces 2-3 BS capable pilots...useable in highsec....maybe mods that add +bonus against POS targets and boosts standard dreads in fleet kind of like command ships...dreads also get good sized boost to damage cause CCP can't bother to make dreads into real ships without a crappy niche roll (POS bashing really? can't even shoot other cap ships FFS without going pop really fast)