Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This thread is going pretty quick so I'm just gonna put this up here again for anyone suggesting guns or direct combat structures:

Mobile drone assist disruptor

This would be awesome, not the least because it would reduce lag in big fights

I do not think that adding anything that either positively or negatively affects a ships capabilities (eg EWAR buffs/debuffs) or deals/repairs damage. That will end up being abused in large fleet situations and be impossible to balance. Instead, they should be used to address the quality-of-life issues that players face, rather than for combat advantage.

Quick list of ideas (I haven't read the rest of the thread, #nohate):
1. Mobile jump-tunnel -- improve logistics for non-titan/non-sov groups
Unlike the current jump-bridge mechanic (uni-directional movement, titan/blops -> cyno), the jump-tunnel will allow bi-directional movement between two anchorable structures. The way this would work is that you would anchor one end-point in your staging system, then another in your target system. Once the structure onlines, it will allow ships to move back-and-forth between the two systems. The online timer is there to allow this to be used strategically, rather than for hot drops. Need to bring reinforcements to a fight? Drop one of these, protect it for 60s, then your reinforcements can come in. To keep this balanced, I would recommend putting a mass/volume limit (similar to a WH) to prevent force projection creep. Something that would allow you to move 10-20 cruisers to a fight and back, but prevent you from moving a 250 man BS fleet.

2. Mobile camera
Anchor/online it and point it at something. Creates a public twitch.tv stream that allows anyone to watch it. Does not show local and is visible on d-scan and overviews. Expires after XXX time.

3. Mobile cyno-beacon
Fairly straight-forward, behaves like a regular ship with a cyno. Allows anyone in the owner's fleet to jump to the beacon. Requires LO to function.

4. Mobile beacons
Behaves like a regular celestial beacon. Allows anyone to warp to it at the usual ranges.

5. Mobile ore/PI/ammo/loot/etc storage containers
Self-explainatory. Imagine anchorable versions of the new iteron line.

6. Wormhole stabilizer
JUST KIDDING

Mobile CCP Dev Unit

Deploys itself out of nowhere without your consent and starts dispensing bad ideas to anyone willing (or unwilling).

If I had to dream...here are my dreams

1) Gunnery Platform - it has a static location and programming. Rules similar to the battery rules on a POS. Requires cap boosters for lasers, ammo for any guns, limited number of shots. Skills do not apply to the platform, can not be directed by a player. Modules that violate CONCORD would be destroyed by CONCORD in systems that have CONCORD. Owner would become a criminal in HighSec the next time they are in HighSec for setting up a platform to violate CONCORD.

2) Gate Watcher - a platform that can track and record traffic thru a gate - time, ship, toon, etc. The data needs to be downloaded locally every 4-48 hours. platform has a limited recording capability. Has the ability to take a cloak, but needs to have cap boosters/batteries recharged when data is downloaded if cloaked. The closer to the gate it is deployed the more detailed the data (e.g. at 1KM you get the fit of the ship).

3) Docking Station - a cloaked module that allows a player to dock and hide a ship, so that they can move from 1 ship to another with a single toon, without leaving a ship floating in space. Would be limited to BC and down in size. Designed to allow solo toons to operate in places they normally could not. Only cloaked when the docked ship is not manned. This provides a poor man's POS without the forcefield or the ability to deploy other modules

4) Gate Probe - a platform that has a limited number of probes that cycle thru a gate and record what is on the other side. The probes are subject to bubbles, being shot up, and other means of destruction. The number of probes is limited. The probes cycle on a program and can not be changed (e.g. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, random, etc.) without servicing the module. The module would provide information to people with the right status to the owner on the state of the other side of the gate within a specific range.

5) Beacon - a platform that shows up in Local and can be warped to like any belt of other item in the system. The beacon would be of limited duration and could be set to alliance, corporate or public. The beacon could be deployed at the opening to a wormhole, a signature, or the graveyard for a battle. Beacons would have to be recharged at least weekly to continue to operating.

6) Repair Platform - a platform that would be able to house and use light repair drones. The user would warp to the platform and would then get repair based on status with the platform and how it is set. User could decide which drones are in the platform. Drones would operate at base levels, owner's skills would not apply. Platform could deploy at most 5 drones at one time.


These are just crazy brainstorms...take with a 1 cubic kilometer grain of salt.

That's the POINT. If you want the convenience of a one-stop deployment, then you should have to potentially suffer consequences if someone decides to bring a probe launcher and drop on top of your portable base of operations if it's left undefended. Otherwise, I guess everyone gets to bring their own little tent! (Or just bring a secure can for inventory and put it next to the depot if you need equipment storage. Sure, you might have to bring something with some cargo capacity along, but hey, decisions decisions, right?)

Again, I like the idea of all of these portables being essentially public - this being the price of their utility.



This idea is terrible. It's going to be even more terrible when you realise that, for instance, you could put one of these inside a large T2 bubble and on a gate.

I get the feeling you mostly want to be able to run Ultimate Gatecamps with these.

2 things

Space Jammer. When active on grid it disables drone assist for everyone as the targeting ship no longer can communicate with someone else's drones.

Battle Standard. When active on grid all fleet mates enjoy 1% ROF bonus, but more importantly it displays a kill count while deployed. The battle standard becomes more elaborate as kills mount up.

Stargate Inhibitor - Basically, like an SBU, but not for SOV. Needs to be placed on both sides of a Stargate. Once both are online they will shut the stargate down. Low Hitpoints, but comes with a Reinforce-Timer (up to 1h). So you CAN deny access to your territory, and you CAN deny movement in hostile territory just to harass the inhabitants. And you can use them to get rid of people chasing you. Only one per System can be active.






Fancy-Shmancy-Unit - Creates stuff. Like, non-mineable asteroids. Stuff to make space pretty, you know. So you can put your other Units and Deployables there. So it looks like one of those Pirate-Hubs.

Deflector Unit - Hides itself and all other Deployables in it's vicinity from D-Scan. So you can hide your base from D-Scan, but people with Probes (Combat?) will still be able to scan you down - and then wreak havoc.

Pleasure Hub - You can dock your Non-Capital Ship(s) here. Has a Bay, so only a limited number of ships can be docked. You can set access by granting access to certain players, to your corp, to alliance, to Standings, or none at all. Has a Captain's Quarter with a Window, and will start shrieking with sirens and flashy red light (you know, flashy red, because the Pleasure Hub already has Red Light in it by default) if people who are not on the allowed list land on grid. Requires fuel: 'The Damsel' 0.05/h, Exotic Dancer (Male or Female) 2.0/h. And some other stuff. Has an amount of slots for:

Mobile Protective Sentry - Can only be deployed to a Pleasure Hub. Will start shooting people who land on grid of the Pleasure Hub without being on the allowed list.

Deployable Memorials.

Flavor/RP structures you can deploy in your sov space. There should be different models of memorials (at the very least four racial variants, maybe small/medium/large?) When deploying, you pick the name (that will appear on overview) and a longer description (that will appear in the showinfo). Requires sov roles to deploy. Max one per system. Visible on overview from anywhere in system. They should be relatively cheap as they have no in-game effect (or maybe have them give a tiny "morale boost" for allied ships on grid?) They could be freighter-sized though so they take some effort to put up.

Alliances could use these to celebrate major victories, or to remember their famous leaders, FCs or members.


Here's the twist: the monuments are attackable, but not destructible (compare: station services). They should have big HP pools, so it takes a long time to incapacitate one. But as the HP drops to 75%, 50%, and 25%, the model should change to a more and more damaged version.

You could therefore try to **** off other alliances by shooting their monuments. Defacing, say, the Vile Rat memorial in VFK would certainly incur the wrath of the goons upon you and could serve as a conflict driver. Wars are not always fought over material things, sometimes the cultural memory and moral victories are just as important.

When another alliance takes over sovereignty, they also take control of the memorial and can choose to take it down.