Player Features and Ideas Discussion

This I really have to beg to differ on. I first entered null Sec in 2010. Just like then, I see groups who own WHOLE regions of space. In that region the alliance/coalition will use say 3 to 6 of the systems the rest lie vacant/dormant. The majority of income for null sec groups is R64, R32 moon.


If you want to fix null sec then follow my earlier post. But it's very simple. These major blocs that own 50% of the null sec sov need to go. They squeeze out the little guys. To fix this set up a "Tiered" system of sov costs. Just like in stations where the more offices get rented the higher the rent goes. Apply this aspect to sov costs. the more systems an alliance/corp owns the higher the sov bill gets for the next subsequent system. You can give the group a flat fee free baseline IE: the first 6 systems are normal price, but after costs go up.

Additionally to stop these major blocs from retaining this sov and paying a higher bill but just owning more moons, CAP the amount of towers a corporation can have or institute the same pricing effect as sov. So that they can't just have 500 towers out to pay for everything.



These 2 simple changes will help ensure that more of eve gets to partake of 0.0 sov space.

Actually it doesn't. Moons these days generate about as much income per month as an ice miner.

So having to grind 5 timers which can span up to 120 hours in total + fighting time is not long enough and should be made longer?

The scope of offensive warfare is something you have never clearly experienced, having to grind systems for months burns out so many players every single time that it's not feasible for any of the power blocs to do so.

nvm.

I highly doubt that, you can chest beat all day here. No one in this game is willing to sit through dozens upon dozens of jumps, fight after fight. Day after day in 10% TiDi!

And no, you cannot defend yourself in that situation on a 2 front war...let alone a 5.



Isn't it an exploit to bump a Titan inside a POS?

.....well, unless you use another Titan. (Which is stupid as all **** if you ask me.)

Offensive warfare should be relatively difficult, long-term grinds with advantage to the defender. This would be balanced with inactivity-caused decay in sov. If you run only nominal industry/pve/PI/whatever in system, the best you can have is timerless nominal sov easy to flip. If you have no activity, even this decays into NPC wilderness.

The Fighting should be less-intensive, longer-term and not focused on singular big-fleet goals like popping timered sov structures.

You do realize that all agents are of equal value only adjusted by the system security status?

No not like now.

Under our plan it would be impossible to hold the massive territories we currently own. 80% of sov would drop, and yes, the entire goal of the change to null income is to get players to bunch up in just a few systems. CCP would also not be catering to a small portion of the population, literally everyone has access to missions in high sec anyway and with 80% of null sov up for grabs any corp/alliance can go out a take a system or three for their own.

Few of them would work as you intend.

We need a New World.

The ideas outlined in the many replies here, the hundreds of posts on TMC, EN24 et al, the rants in local, and the conversations had daily in TS, Mumble, Jabber and forums all try to describe the problem and offer mechanical solutions to the existing order. We all know what the problem is: nullsec, which I truly love, is not all that much fun. It has lost its fun because its has lost its promise. The promise of unlimited possibilities, the promise of new experiences, the promise of untold wealth and the promise of building an empire with friends; these are all lacking in the current situation in null.

The problem is two-fold. The mechanics have indeed lead to the requirements of massive fleets and super escalation to contest space, and they should be tweaked. The larger problem, however, lies with the political order. The leadership class of all the major powers have more in common with each other than they do with the people they lead. And, they do not lead, but rather, they rule. They have become stale because there is nothing new for them to do, no new heights for them to scale. They have reached the top, and had to stop, and that's what's bothering me. The people cry out for someone to lead them, but the barrier to entry is to high. The problem dear CCP, lies more with the players than with the mechanics. We look to you to deliver us from our folly and give us back the promise of nullsec that we have squandered.

To do what must be done in nullsec to return it to its promise would significantly disrupt the existing order, upset tens of thousands of subscribers and cause irreparable damage to EVE's player base. Doing half measures to temporarily satiate the desire for change would not resolve the fundamental problems, and compound the frustration of all. Instead of creating a mechanical revolution in our current nullsec, we need a New World.

A New World for people to explore, that fits into their current understanding of the game and is lucrative to settle would drive a subscription spike as people who have left our now stale game return because the promise the game once had has returned. This is the third way between what we have and the clamor for fixing lowsec that we all know would upset more people than it satisfies. I urge you, CCP, to consider this and see the game again as you once did, and once more can.



Let me outline features of the New World that would make it an attractive destination for all.

1. The New World would be one far from the reaches of the current order, somewhere accessible by gate, but not by jump drives. - This would negate the power projection from the existing order, but also break the area from reliance on Jita runs for supplies.
2. Sov warfare should be flimsier that the current mechanics. Perhaps simply lowering EHP on structures by 75% would be sufficient.
3. It would need to be very large. Perhaps 16 new regions in 4 groups, with only 2-3 gates connecting it to the existing galaxy. Imagine having another 12 HED-GP's in the game.
4. The space needs to be lucrative for the individual player. A player should be making 100-150 mil/hr. Perhaps have moon goo in asteroids, anoms with no rat bounties, but ore drops instead after killing the rats. Every system should be able to support 10 active players, but in different ways.
5. There should be a NPC nullsec pocket or two in each of the groups. First for basing from, and second for pvp locations in the manner of NPC Delve.

The features could be tweaked in any number of ways, but the core feature, rich new space far from the reaches of the current empires, would prove a massive improvement to the game. New sov mechanics, new nullsec features, radical departures, these can all be experimented with in the New World without upsetting the existing order. If these changes work, apply them to existing