Player Features and Ideas Discussion

what if low/null sec players were able to attack structures in high sec that would warn everyone in the region... and if they managed to destroy it the sec status would drop down to 0.4 or below? :D but this could only be done in "station less systems" or systems from 0.5-0.6? :)

While the hostiles attack this stucture, Weaker versions of concord/faction police will engage their fleet, similar strenght to sleeper/sansha

They will also be flagged as killable by everyone without concord attacking back...
this means random people or random fleets can decide to engage them if they want to save the system from becomming a low sec system (heck I will flirt with the idea of systems with stations also being able to be attacked)

Once this is done, the system will be a low sec system for either 24 hours, or 7 days?... after which concord will retaliate and everything return to normal :)

What about ganking? greifing and the carebears? well, I will entertain the idea that trade routes, market hubs, and mission hubs should have their sec status above 0.6 and thus not have their concord removed by the hostile pressence

So what about the defending fleets, can the hostile shoot them?: Yes, but only on grid of the "stucture" and anywhere els in the system concord will function like normally.. The hostile gang is not allowed to shoot first, otherwise a massive wave of reinforcements will arrive from concord (same strenght as earlier suggested) but once the defenders have agressed, or provided remote assistance to a agressed defender, the hostile gang is able to fire at them freely while they are on grid

What if the hostiles become overwhelmed? and leave the grid?: If they leave the grid, concord will chase them. they will not insta kill them, but they are allowed to leave the system and burn for low sec.

Note this is of cause a bad idea, but if done right could mean some more interesting gameplay interaction :D,
just to be sure that the hostiles aren't able to take every single 0.5 or 0.6 system and make them low sec, it might be safe to say that for each system "converted" for a short duration, the stronger the responding "concord" (within the same region at least)



So just assume this isn't a bad idea and that you actually read all this crap... What changes to this idea would make it better? what parts are really really bad? and what parts are okay or actually good? - EvE needs some turmolt, the salad needs to be tossed, throw a stone at the glass house... You know what I mean

Yeah, bit of fine tuning and adjustment here and there and this would make things a lot more interesting for many involved. Perhaps start on the fringes of empire away from the trade hubs and routes to stop too much crying, but this could be a lot of fun for both sides.

At first glance there are some possible tactical uses for this as well, those who can't normally move through high sec being able to send in a team to lower the sec level of a system or two so they can carry out a particular action during the period the system is turned to low sec.

I would like to see dynamic system security ratings as well. But I think balancing it would pretty tough - since you really want the mechanic to be a push/pull between high-sec and low-sec parties. The problem is, the high-sec parties tend to be averse to conflict and will probably not take kindly to having it forced down their throat.

Perhaps have peripheral influence zones around major hotspots for PvP ro PvE that push up against each other. For instance high criminal populations/activity in systems like Tama or Amamake would start eroding the security status of surrounding systems - maybe making the mission rats in those systems tougher or something until it flips to a low sec system. On the other hand, heavy mission running would counter the effect. I think major trade lanes should be effected, which might give high-sec players a reason to actually unite under a common cause (while still participating in PvE).

The main reason, is high/low-sec is way too static, and a little shake-up means new challenges, strategies, opportunities, etc. Very few people will try to screw over high sec all-together, especially since there's a pretty heavy reliance on high sec for trade/logistics even for low/null sec dwellers. As long as there's some kind of push/pull (ie. conflict) mechanic added, I think it could produce something that could be fun for both sides. For instance think about narrowing/cutting off routes in low sec, producing new low-sec islands that creates new challenges/opportunities for low sec dwellers.

Actually a large enough and properly motivated corp or alliance could take over a high sec system within the current game mechanics.

Just wardec the permanent residents of the system and gank the rest.

Might be fun.

it's a shame CCP can't make this before the warfare themed expansion this summer, I bet it would take quite some work