Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So to make it worth it to have a single person as an official "quick reaction force", 24/7, that'd be 960 million a day pr system in salary costs. If we're assuming we're talking about just 8 hours of QRFs, that's 320 million pr day. Multiply that by how many people you want in your QRF, and add ship replacement programmes for any ships and pods lost.


And if we're going for the "makes sense" option, there's also the suggestions that "local" is a system upgrade which can be shot up or hacked for a short period of time to either be disabled or give the attackers access to the same information, and would give the alliance and its allies the benefits of actually owning sov in a system, whereas an attacker would not (or would have to expend energy to get that data).

But that's "too safe" for you, of course.

Oh really? Tell us about this package of alterations you've never mentioned, then. I mean, you have such a wealth of nullsec experience, surely you have a lot of suggestions beyond "REMOVE LOCAL!".

Revised just for you Bunnie Hop

Either your defense force demands to much pay or your security is to severe and hinders trade. Open borders has its benefits and its liabilities. Either of which are a non issue to the core principle. Thats on Goonswarm Command to figure out.

That would depend on what ship I was in and how I felt about the Alliance. But remember just a relatively small fleet can defend one system and in that system many civilians can be generating taxes.

With the benefits offered to Hive members I would consider a draft service for the privilege. You guys can offer alot asking a little something of your members shouldn't be a big issue. It's garrison duty. Nobody likes it but someone has to do it or the combat is for naught. With as many people as you guys have you could setup a schedule for guys to devote a hour or so per day to do their share. The specifics I can't answer because I don't know the inner workings of the 'Swarm but it's within the alliances ability.

With the right officers you might even be able to get it done on tips. Make the experience enjoyable even if its less than the adrenaline pumping front line combat.

Hell Zim the reason I have every ECM skill maxed started off with me a gnub and getting martyred in Jita. I had to find a way to aggravate a martyr for profit operation and ECM did the trick. Ive at times out of boredom sat cloaked in a mining system and ruined the day of a flashy red who tried to wreck a hulk. Watching over the defenseless can be its own reward. So too can victimizing the defenseless.

I'm not asking for GSF specifically, but for an assumption on a system which'll be realistic to implement for every alliance out there.

Let's take you, for example. Let's presume that the alliance you're in is in good standing with you, for the sake of the exercise. How much would you have to be paid to sit guard for an hour?

Or your members could take turns and contibute to their alliance.


As I have stated on many occasions on the other post in Jita park speakers corner, the amounts generated by 9000 people are insignificant compared to an empire consisting of billions to trillions of people.


Umm the alterations are in the other post you have been arguing with me for the last few days
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=110157

So you'd sit in a system for 8 hours a day, and respond to any emergency within a few seconds, for free?

You jumped from an hour to 8. I myself have done mining overwatch 90 minutes or so at a time and not been payed for it as the next time round someone else does it. Being in an alliance doesn't mean you should just get payed or the opposite ripped off.

Under the right conditions, absolutely.

Okay, so you're a samaritan. How long would you keep this up?