Jita Park Speakers Corner

I'll look into the PDF link...thanks for the heads up!

To answer your question, I think its fine for stations to shoot their own militias, if you’re committing a truly criminal act worthy of a GCC flag. What is NOT fine, is being able to hang out on the undock of an enemy station, and be ignored by station fire. Implementing station fire for opposing militias is a no-brainer FW upgrade in my book, because it adds a tangible and meaningful consequence to system occupancy without requiring fancy new shinies to be developed by the programmers. It can be done right away, and gives militia pilots and incentive to defend and seize territory in a way they sorely lack today.

On the subject of gate guns in low sec in general – I am an outspoken proponent of the Jack Dant “what happens in lowsec stays in lowsec ” proposal, which would waive GCC timers for negative security status pilots shooting each other in lowsec, and reduce the ability of outlaw attacks to lower security status to a cap of -2.0, should the attacks occur in low sec. This would attract more “weekend warriors” and the casual PvP crowd, which might otherwise be adverse to PvP in lowsec if it means not being about to return to the trade hubs. Players could enjoy PvP on gates and stations in low sec more freely, without being forced into “time out” situations between what are essentially voluntary fights.

Damn.

After reading the manifesto and this thread I realize I need more votes, as Hanz certainly deserves it.

That actually is a very sensible concept ..
But #1:
You'd need to increase cycle time or else most BS would start out (before adding ECCM) near the half-time mark .. but that is a massive nerf to frigs/dessies and some cruisers who would be jammed 99% of the time unless they cram ECCM in 2-3 slots of which they tend to be short'ish (ie. Amarr ) plus it would favour midslot heavy ships to an extraordinary degree due to ECCM (mid) power vs. Arrays (low) (again hurting Amarr hulls).

Could be alleviated by tweaking BS sensor numbers to avoid having to increase cycle and introducing mods/rigs that add a static value to sensors rather than a +% which would be much more valuable for the low sensor hulls (cruiser down). The only way there currently is to harden a frig/dessie is to implant 350-600M (LG/HG FW sets) which is insane .. smaller hulls need more/affordable counters.

But #2:
The mechanic would still require people to watch an Eve slide-show at regular intervals whenever targeted by ECM (this is my main problem with current ECM system).

That is what corpies, alliance mates and friends in general are for .. spread the word

Not so true

According2 ccp : "Alliances can now sign up for Factional Warfare"

Also, Iron Oxide. which is the EUTZ Minmatar Corps' alliance.

+1 for being a non-null sec candidate that does not appear to be frothing at the mouth over the null sec bloc domination.

Please continue to present your hi/low sec experience as your main asset, and not harp on on about those evil null sec ppl.

Oh btw, I suspect the bit in your manifesto about asteroids moving about and colliding might kill TQ when it tries to track all those extra objects moving around in the physics engine thingy. It would be like hundreds of drakes spamming missiles continuously, but happening in every system all at once. ;)

So maybe we shouldn't ask CCP to do that bit.

Can I haz tinfoil hat too pl0x brosef?

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and join the discussion, Malcanis! This is precisely the sort of thing I envision when I discuss the need for a new "security economy" in high sec space. This would bring a much-needed element of risk into high sec war declarations, creating greater challenge for the aggressor and allowing greater degree of defensive flexibility for weaker corps.

What I don't see as being healthy for high sec space is a set of dec mechanics or aggression rules that specifically foster aggression for the sake of pure sport, or pure profit. High sec warfare offers combat pilots a safety provision you can't find anywhere else in the game - the ability to cherry pick who can fight you in return. Many complain that the laws surrounding high sec warfare are uncomfortable and restrictive, but I strongly believe that pilots seeking the lowest-risk form of PvP should also find it the least rewarding.

Worsening the situation is that long overdue economic balancing in low sec has pushed a lot of true piracy into high sec space, where blinged-out mission runners holding false expectations of security end up gutted for profit. A proper reward balance should entice the lucrative targets to venture into dangerous territory to increase their gains, so that the bulk of for-profit warfare occurs in the region it is supported best by the game mechanics.

I would love to see these problems approached systematically, tackling the underlying issues rather than spending an inordinate amount of time bickering about how to overhaul a complicated system (that, for the record, is already in the process of being overhauled). War dec reform is important, but "griefing" type predatory high sec PvP can be reduced the most by ensuring that highly attractive alternatives flourish next door in low sec space.

One big buff for lo-sec that I have long been in favour of is to remove the sec increase gained from killing 0.0 rats. You can't lose sec in 0.0, there's no need to improve it in 0.0, it's not a stat that's relevent to 0.0. It makes no more sense for sec to be gained from killing nullsec rats than it would to require minmatar standings to get the best refine rates in a minmatar player outpost. But instead, nullsec is far and away the best place to regain sec.

If sec could only be regained by killing rats in empire space, where sec status is actually relevant, then there would actually be a reason for people to be in lo-sec belts: it would be the best place to regain sec (in fact the only place for those whose sec is below -5.0), and we'd once again see people actually belt ratting in low.

Of course, lo-sec belt ratting is more dangerous than nullsec ratting, so this idea is frequently opposed by players who believe they should be able to gank anyone in hi-sec, but they shouldn't in turn be exposed to risk in lo-sec. Genuine pirates are all in favour of it.

I agree, this is totally lame and senseless, which is why I included it in my platform. It's an easy fix and a great buff to empire space. I get tired of seeing Faction Warfare pilots take 0.0 trips to restore negative sec hits, instead of being able to do the same just as effectively in their own backyards (where CONCORD actually cares what goes on, unlike 0.0) This is a change you'll hear my pushing for should I be elected to CSM7.