EVE General Discussion

Well last time I was in our ratting systems I don't recall 50 bubbles on a gate or cynojammers. But sure, I'll just take your word for it...

Yeah this is something I've liked since a dev mentioned it somewhere. A fix and a conflict driver, ho ho

So if local is going to be removed in some way, what about all the data that is on the map and on dotlan, such as people in system, rats killed etc., should that still be there, if you want to get rid of instant intel so that space is big and people really have to hunt that has to go to, otherwise what James Amril-Kesh said will happen and the only people ratting in 0.0 will be Garth Telkin and those that can escalate to the end game. I can live with no local as long as people don't get intel that I am ratting in a rubbish system that no one ever goes to and zero in on me with no effort what so ever.

I will expect the worst, but wait to see what CCP do, but if all that intel is still there on the maps and on Dotlan then I will hammer away at CCP on the forums and with petitions to get them to remove it and anyone who wants a game that is difficult for all types of people should do so, who wants to play a game called drive by ganking!!!!

Why only nullsec?

Screw that if this goes through - and i would like local to be removed btw - it should be in EVERY system in eve.



You think the nullsec carebears will cry a lot , just wait till you see how both wardec-targets AND those who regularly dec in empire are relying on local chat information.Try agressing on the 4-4 undock now without a care when there's a potential 50 man warfleet waiting next door to screw you over , not to mention the fun of probing a target out in a syste .

Couldn't they replace it with an improved D-Scan? Or some kind of regional chat as someone suggested. Maybe even something really cool I haven't even thought about.

I can see your point , however enlighten me how the underlined is not the same as the empire miner telling us he had fit no tank against ganks because it would make his minerals mined per hour suffer badly?

You know the guys we like to point and laugh at ?

Local is fine, stop worrying about it!

Good to know that CCP has come to same conclusions that I arrived at all those years ago when local complaints started up. It cannot and must not be yanked until a suitable alternative exists. High-sec would be flooded by null refugees, while null itself would have nothing but POS refuelers and roaming gank squads searching for non-existent prey.

Random brainfarts to facilitate the local nerf wanted by leet PvPers who ran out of blues (trololol that!):

Mobile anchorable listening posts
- Anchor and anything within 2AU of the listening post shows in local.
- Hover over name in local list to see which listening post is actually detecting it (can be multiple).
- Fairly weak structures that can be (almost) summarily destroyed by a couple of gank BCs.
- Comes as a standard option on supercapitals but they lose the ability to jump if enabled and for 20 minutes after deactivation.
** There's a non-PvE thing to use the SoE ships for, hunter-killers to take out detection capabilities prior to main force arrival. Probe down, destroy, cloak, repeat.

Automatic pings from on-board scanner. Extend range when field is narrowed, up to 3-4x at 15 degrees.

Module to boost on-board scanner range, or to be tricky let it provide you with infinite range with results showing up like the various scannable plexes do now upon entering a system .. so you get the (oft abused in horror genre) scare effect of the light from your torch illuminating a snarling face only to find it gone when you swing it back (ie. will need to actually probe stuff down).
As for subsequent probing: Getting a warpable result on a ship automatically adds it a local list until such time it is destroyed or leaves system.

So I will wait and see then, however its the more effort intensive that worries me, will I need to have 5 accounts to be able to rat in a single system for example, it has to be carefully thought out otherwise the small guy will have no chance and mindlessly trashing the D-scan button has no appeal to me either having done that for six months in a contested system in Stain and I was doing that when I had people in local, not all the time.

The changes to interceptors has reduced the efficiency of local anyway to a certain degree, the window of opportunity got wider in terms of the initial entry into a anomaly for example, however once aligned you were out when someone entered local, I have played the wait until people come in on you a fair few times, but largely in cheap ships, that can be fun, oh well as I said, I will wait and see.

Call me crazy and insane, but maybe because its an article that was published 2 days ago???

If the Local days are numbered, so are sub for my 7 alts..

/Waiting for Biomass command.