Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This is blatantly false.

In lowsec, nullsec, and WH's capitals are used to remove POS's because of their enormous EHP. An offline tower has 50 MILLION EHP. Assuming 20 people in BS's doing 1k dps, it would take them 40+ minutes to take down the POS. Add to this the fact there is very little reward in doing this.

A hacking mechanic to remove towers is just fine, and absolutely should be implemented!

However, it needs several caveats:

1.) Hacking takes time: Say 20 minutes of sitting there to complete the minigame.
2.) Hacking is an aggressive action: Unless you are at war with the owning corp, hack a tower in lowsec and you go suspect. Hack a tower in highsec, you go criminal! This adds a wardec "warning" to anyone with offline towers in highsec.
3.) If there is stront in the stront bay (i.e. the tower was online and went offline), then successfully hacking the tower causes it to go through an RF period based on the amount of stront in the bay. Hence, a 1.5 day wait to claim the tower against someone who's prepared (in any sec status).

With these caveats, hacking a tower anywhere becomes non-trivial, but worthwhile. And everyone/anyone can defend against it if they desire.

OK, new thought. What if in addition to the Fuel and Strontium Bays in a POS they add Barracks or Crew Quarters? Then you have to keep it staffed with Janitors, Scientists and Marines or the POS and its Array’s will begin to break down and take damage over time? As long as it’s online and staffed initially then you don’t have to keep adding staff. But if goes off line, then they begin dying, or let’s say just leaving. Once they are gone then it’s only a matter of time before the Arrays and then POS becomes Space Dust. Unless it gets rep’d or put back online and then restaffed.

It'd be much more interesting if abandoned POS's were salvageable somehow rather than being forced to bash them (something that is the opposite of interesting). I don't get why anyone would respond the way you just did, but that's forums for you...

This. IMHO after a tower has had no fuel for a week it should lose the ability to go into reinforce and lose its bubble and everything. Then, they should either be able to be salvaged by some kind of large scale salvage ship (like a bigger noctis designed for POS reclamation) or should be able to be hacked. Hacking gives control of the tower, Salvaging gives salvage and modules (but not all of them). Ideally, hack tower, remove everything, salvage tower for salvage, profit.

Since I made this thread before I'm just going to leave this here.

I support this.

Why are some people so resistant to alternatives to structure bashing? It's strange...

+1

also abandoned pos's srsly need to have something done about em. either let us steal it or disappear after a long while

If someone can't be bothered to defend their POS, why should I be bothered to shoot it? They made the first mistake, now they should lose their tower for their incompetence. No second chances. This is EVE after all, and since when does EVE grant anyone a second chance? (Or a first chance, in some cases.)

Your sarcasm is noted.

Not all corps have the numbers or skills to bash a tower with such speed, and since the POS's owner clearly abandoned their tower there should be an easy way to relieve them of their unwanted property.

After all, this is EVE, and relieving people of their stuffs is our primary activity *curls mustache mischievously*

I'm assuming it isn't corp related more ownership related. How many of the people adamantly against this idea have a high sec POS that they don't want to keep continually active but will defend if it is attacked? The the question becomes, why should they be able to keep a piece of space junk anchored when they aren't willing to expend the effort to fuel it?
Just asking