Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I'd like to see all capitals allowed to transit highsec via gates, but under similar rules as the veldnaught is under at this point.

My thoughts on capitals in hisec:

-Carriers and dreads should be barred from entry into accel gates for lvl 4s. This prevents mission abuse.

-Siege mods on dreads and triage modules would be lowsec-only, and not allowed to activate in hisec space; much in the same way the scripted hictor mod works.

-Supers would still be barred entry into hisec systems. No titans or motherships flying around.

-Big pro would be that fighters could still be assigned to people, so if your friend or alt has a carrier they can help you out with fighters in your mission.

-Gate travel with supers in hisec would be extremely safe, assuming there's no wardecs. The high HP would make carriers excellent armored transports as alternatives to freighters hauling high-value items.

-The market implications would be enormous...having the trade hubs, jita specifically, open for business with capital production with the new industry mechanics would be a bonanza beyond the wildest dreams of nullbloc industry barons, as the massive demand for locally produced capitals would create a gold rush.
The favorable locations of some trade hubs vs others may encourage more local industry in these areas as certain blocs would simply shift their capital production over to major trade hubs since it would be an incredibly simple matter to cyno them into low or null stations once they got into range. The local supply incentive would be far too great to ignore, and would draw even larger flocks of industrialists to places like Jita, Amarr, Hek, etc.

-It would be hilarious for the noobs to undock in one of the starter systems and see giant capital ships floating around or shooting each other outside. One of the loveliest things about this game is the scale, and the size difference from a pod to a dread is impressive, to say the least.

Good thing is that Fighters can't enter gated missions and most mission fortunately are gated. (No sarcasm involved.)


That I do not like at all. It's yet another reason removed from the game to leave High sec. As it stands, you have to go to Low sec or Null sec/W-space to see a capital fly around in its natural habitat. With capitals in High sec, you can just say: "Seen that already in Sehmy or Uitra, nothing special anymore for me. Leave my safe space to see one in action? Nah, not interested."

I think that current situation where a high SP player needs to leave the starter zone in order to fly capitals is good.

They were not really removed. CCP forgot/assumed no one would use high-sec stations to build these low-sec only ships. So back in the days we still couldn't use the gates, and not all systems had manufacturing slots (and POS'es couldn't be everywhere).

But they removed the ability to build since the ships were low-sec only, and thus the risk of building them should be applied to low-sec too.

/c

Capital reps would make ganking large ehp ships impossible, dreads would make it impossible for small corps to protect their POS, station games with carriers, jita undock blockaded with a boot fleet making undocking a freighter an hour long ordeal of bumping into one carrier then the next.

That reminds me I have to go get a Titan concordokkened on the test server before the mirror

If you have to nerf them into uselessness then they dont belong in high sec in the first place.

Dreads only have one job so no, you cant.

No. Image running level 5s in your titan. Firm -1