Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Local chat tweaks

From my perspective as a wormholer, local chat is an overpowered intel tool as is instantly alerts people to a potential threat.

A quick fix: When you jump into a system you have a session change cloak. I propose that a player should not show up in local until their session change cloak has ended. This would give the hunter extra time to determine where his target is.

If people want the instant intel of someone jumping in, they will have to dedicate a character to watching a gate (work for it) but they wouldn't be able to tell if it was friend or foe jumping in until the session change cloak ends.

I most say I am hesitant to even reply to this, plainly and simply because I don't feel like CCP have the guts to make the changes that on the scale that is currently needed. I completely disagree with peoples personal vendetta with Fozzie I do feel that he a long with the rest of CCP can be accused of not being brave enough to make large scale changes, no matter how much they are needed. So instead of going from point A to point B CCP ends up taking EvE from point A to Point A.1...A.2 ........ Until years latter there is some feeling of actual change. To fix the current problems with null we need large, sweeping changes to completely overhaul the mechanics, and I just don't think CCP has that in them.

While those are my feelings on whether or not this actually means anything I will provide my ideas on change none the less. The way I see it there are only two problems with null, but these problems are massive and completely mechanics based. Changing these two problems would change everything about null life, but I feel that is what needs to happen. I will list the two main problems and I my suggestion on changes below:

Problem
Firstly we have the big one, sovereignty mechanics. This is the number one biggest problem with null, and brings with it a plethora of other problems. The just of the problem is two fold, one the idea that a large alliance can hold space they live no where near to is absurd, the whole point of null security space is to be untamed and uncontrollable. The second part of of the problem is the need to grind structures for days on end only to take a single system, this makes wars long, boring and unsustainable, because as much as CCP likes to forget it even the most hardcore of EvE players have a real life to get back to.

Solution
The solution for the above problem in my mind is easy, occupancy sovereignty. Basically put this is the idea that you have to actually live in your space to own it, and to take a system from someone you only need to push them out. Thus you control what you can maintain, and if someone comes along wanting your space you have to fight for it or be forced out. This would remove in large part the need for large coalitions, as every alliance just has to hold their own space, while it would still be nice to have friends to come and help you fight for your space should you need it. I do how ever believe that stations should still have timers, as these take large isk investment and should therefor not be easy to remove.

Problem 2
This is the current isk making format, the current system benefits alliance leadership, while hardly benefits line members. The top down income system is in place because of three reasons, renter income, POS income, and Tax income, all of which go straight to the leadership, who then distribute how they feel fit, often not very fairly or evenly. This is incredibly unfair, as without the member base these large entities would be nothing, it should be the members who benefit from incomes not leadership. And yes it has to be accepted that this will effect SRP and other replacement funds, but if line members are making their own isk then this wont matter as they will be able to fund their own activity. A better system would urge members to be more active, as they have to make their own isk, not being able to relay on being dribble feed by leadership, and as we all know more activity is sorely needed.

Salution
Well I hinted at the solution within the problem, but to broaden this I have to admit that I don't have a fully formed solution as to how to completely remove top down income, because how do you change the likes of POS income to benefit line members? If a move to occupancy sovereignty had to happen that would solve the Renter income. My idea ties in with my previous solution, if an alliance has to be active in their own space to own it, you increase the rewards to members who are active, making space more valuable for the people who own it, thus increasing the desire to own space, while still being restricted in that you have to be active in your space to own it.

Anyway this is just my feeling on the matter, I hope we see change, and fairly soon. I urge CCP to please be brave enough to make the much needed radical changes, null sec needs it, and EvE needs it!

It will be easier if you tie the structure HP to the activity level of the system.
From 1/30 HP with no to very low activity to 30x HP to very high nearly continuous activity

nice, so punish people even harder for not having alts

How is anyone being punished? The system is currently unbalanced and you don't necessarily need a alt, this is a MMO and your corps mates should supports you.

This is a game about spaceship combat and this change only applies to the areas of space that are supposed to be dangerous. If you don't want to risk ships in null sec/low sec, you should move to high sec.

However, it this change goes ahead and more ratters and miners are being killed as a result, the isk earning potential would need to be increased to improve the risk vs. reward balance.

Everyone wins!

I can't recommend this post enough. It'll be the end of renting.

What also needs to happen is a massive nerf to teleportation. The ability to move 1000s of Megathrons, or 100s of Archons from one side of the galaxy to the other in minutes is utterly ridiculous.

It ruins the immersion, the feeling of inhabiting a massive galaxy is just not there. It should be.
It encourages massive coalitions of everything being set blue for 20 jumps.
It encourages oversized blob fleets, which CCP technology just can't cope with.
It allows bored 3rd parties to effectively ruin localised conflicts and gatecrash fights/wars which are none of their business.

"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." Douglas Adams

The above quote should apply to New Eden, instead New Eden seems about as large as the inside of a fridge.

LOL just LOL,

Before you all become disappointed and waste your time with well thought out and articulated feedback, please check the wormhole forums and make a decision on how ''valuable'' CCP thinks player and CSM feedback is. There is one threadnaught that may stand out......

Your point is completely mute, I don't make isk in Null, actually I have a wormhole alt corp. I don't believe isk making in null should be completely safe at all. I do how ever feel your idea of "I think null should be more like wormholes because that's where I live and its what I know, therefor making it right" is idiotic and massively short sighted.

The reason I brought up the rest of that stuff is not because you disagree with it, but because when asked to give feed back on null sec your brightest idea was to fix local, well done on your amazing problem solving abilities,.

Guys who knew!!! the solution to all the problems with null is to fix local chat!!!!

So i guess local isn't a part of null sec?

Again, i don't care about the general problems with null. I live in wormholes and my focus is on PVP so i'll leave the general state of null to the experts.

My expertise lie in killing stuff and when you consider that an aligned miner/ratter will be alerted by local, and often be in warp before the hunters screen loads, something is broken.

If you can't see how this is unbalanced you have no clue about the concept risk vs. reward and should just stop talking to me because you clearly don't have the capacity to have a logical and rational debate with me.

And yet here you are providing suggestions on how Null should be changed.