Player Features and Ideas Discussion

While I do like Nikk's idea post 3, I have another.

Basically all cynos have a built in 1 minute jump activation delay. Certain ships get a bonus per level to reduce this delay.
This would mean the following.

All none specialized ships, would have to fire the cyno and have the capital ships wait for 1 minute till they could jump.
All specialized ships would have a bonus to reduce this. This bonus could either be 20% per level, meaning no delay at level 5, or 10 seconds per level, leaving 10 seconds delay at level 5.

This would create a more situational and tactical use for cynos. But at the same time, not remove the use of throw away alts in noob ships. Let's face it, not all capital jumps are into battle. But I do believe that if you want to hot drop, then you need to use dedicated ships for that purpose.

My idea: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=184770&find=unread

Remove cynos, kinda.

Leave covert cynos and jump freighters as is. In sovereignty space combat capitals would be unable to use their jump drives.

Titans would retain jump bridges, however I would buff them, a titan would become a mobile jump bridge that can be jumped to and from, only sub capitals may use the titan, however this would be balanced by actually having to move the titan to the spot in question.

Low security and NPC null would be exactly the same as they are now. Combat capitals can jump into sovereignty space from low and back, BUT this would only be possible at an anchored cyno beacon that requires you control an outpost and have certain upgrades to the system making an alliance only capable of having a couple of specific jump points.

Supers and Titans would be balanced by the fact that you actually have to travel to the location of combat, large alliances would probably have to strategically spread out their capital fleets (forcing you to hold only the space you need or can occupy), and attacking alliances would have to leave their space semi vulnerable to attack if they invade someone else's space, making war something you can only do within your local area opening up more space for weaker alliances to move in without fearing being crushed instantly, populating empty null systems with non blue pilots to shoot. Titans would have a very good reason to setup in enemy space and stay their being vulnerable since they would be the beachhead for an invasion, the true flagship that the entire fleet depends on. No matter how powerful supers are if they can't instantly teleport away the chances of them dying are far greater.

not sure your proposal would change anything except annoy people.

armor capitals are already vastly superior to shield in fleets due to slave implants.

I would like to support your idea more, but why exactly is "breaking a fleet apart" good? Why can't the underlying reason be solved by something a bit less far-fetched/arbitrary?

Here is my take on it: capitals should have a way to travel without cynos, as long as they essentially jump to the only object their drives can lock outside a star system; the sun (this ain't originally my idea, but I liked it). This creates a field known to everyone inside a system where capitals can arrive, just like a cyno. There is no POS or station for the capital to hide either, so this advanced way of travelling comes at a higher risk. Just thrown in a 30 secs "re-calibration" where cloaks/warp drives can't be activated and we have a balanced system. Maybe add-in a meteor-like line coming from the star the capital is coming from; make it subtle so it can be easily missed unless paying attention.
If a cyno is used, then at skills 1 the arrival area would be quite huge (50-100km), especially if not using a recon. Recons and other cyno-specific ships, coupled with high skills should re-create the cyno efficiency we have today, which would make it quite safe for the capitals at the expense of the cyno'er. Again, balanced, since you have to choose between playing it safe for your capital or your cyno. If cyno is destroyed while "jumping", following your idea of 2LY/min, then the capital lands at the sun, without the "re-calibration" timer.

I think a system similar to what I described above will make lightning cynos less boring for both parties and involve a bit more micro without necessarily nerfing any role to the ground.

Travelling in empty systems or with a large fleet backing you up? Inexpensive cyno.
Travelling alone and/or without backup? Shorter/safer cyno, at the cost of a more expensive cyno loss if killed.

I disagree with most of the ideas presented in this thread. The only idea that has potential is a jump cool down timer which I understand as: any ship that jumps or travels through a bridge has a 5 or 10 minute cool down timer before they can jump again or travel through another jump portal - I would exempt blops, covops, and force recon from such a timer.

The only reason to implement this is to mitigate force projection.

Other than that the propositions here in this thread are fairly hair brained and ill conceived. Die, thread, die!

Supers don't roam, one guy roams looks for targets while they all wait in jump range for something to happen. Thats what we pay 15 bucks a month for guys.

Any other ideas how to brake instant super(cap) bloobing?

Nope - if not under the combat conditions you simply jump, activate cloak - and you are safer than ever.
If you move in to the battle - you got to have support.

Still every thing is open to discussion.

Remove cyno's - create laser designator module for a high or low slot - add the jump drive 2-3ly/min or spooling option. problem fixed.