Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Now I'm not advocating getting rid of it (though I think it's kind of dumb from a physics perspective), but in EVE there's almost always a counter to every strategy. That's one of the great things about the game.

Except, bumping in high-sec and lo-sec. I would like to see bumping from negative reputation flag them; or I would like to hold my ground and have them blow up on my hull with me taking damage. But bumping is an aggressive behavior and I should be able to shoot back. You can argue all your want for a change in high-sec safety issues and CONCORD enforced justice, but as it is now there is this dumb uncounterable loophole in the game's mechanics.

If you want to keep a ship from warping away, then fit a warp scrambler.

Please understand that this would only apply to people who clicked approach, or a new function ram. Approach would approach to a distance that didn't bump and ram would force a bump or collision.

I should have been specific to 1v1 counters then.

I'm not sure it's wise to alter a mechanic, just to suit solo play. This is after all, an MMO.

MMOs have to support solo play because without it, there is no group play.

If I'm the first person to log on and no one is around, then if the only thing I can do it group play I'm not going to stick around long enough for someone else to log on. Solo play is the intermediate activity until enough people are on for group play.

While I don't make any claim to speak for the people, I for one prefer group play. EVE is a pretty crappy solo game. It's boring. But I tolerate the solo play while hoping someone will pop online so that I can do group play. I even go out and advertise the activity I'm doing in order for strangers to play as well, but I rarely have takers. EVE is sometimes too spread out.

EVE needs to improve both the single player experience, but also the group experience.

bumping is a brilliant mechanic for disrupting enemy warps or transversal movement. it takes a fair amount of pilot skill to do it to a moving target, and should be rewarded.

bumps against stationary targets are easily avoided (just move) and are not a real issue.

Counters to bumping:
1. Moving out of the way
2. Microwarpdrives to increase your ship mass, reducing the effectiveness of each bump
3. Positioning yourself near celestial geometry so that you aren't bumped very far (ie. near asteroids you're mining)
4. Have corpmates apply stasis webifiers to you

Physical accuracy is not a good justification for making changes to the game. After all, I think flying through planets is silly.

Bumping should come with a 30% chance of your ship exploding, a suspect flag, and no insurance payout due to reckless driving.

Makes bear cry.

Ironic

Are you sure you would flag criminal for bumping?
A lot of people at major trade hub undocking point would have a lot of fun with this.