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I'd totally be game for moon resources to be harvestable in 0.0 anoms (to be scanned down like gas sites) and removing moon goo as POS thing - (introducing an alliance-tax would be a good thing in general, like alliance bm's). On the other hand this also means that r64s are no conflict/content creator anymore (I'd love it, no more pos grinds).

The ones who complain loudest about moon goo and their money income don't seem to uptodate or not remotely familiar with the actual business of dealing with moon goo and alliance finances. Every decent 0.0 alliance is doing SRP, staging towers, sov upkeep costs, upgrades, sbu/tcu/ihub upgrades whatever, stuff that costs money, loads of it. Moons help cover this plus some extra for alliance logistics and whatever. Given the amount of work done by those people and the FCs, my personal opinion is - let them have the ISKs. It's not like it's incredibly hard as line member to make a living in 0.0.

But to get back to topic - all these things mentioned are part of the problem, if these new changes happen this way then people won't put down billions over billions of isks to live down there, to stock markets, to fly several doctrines. You can tell from the many responses of 0.0 guys in here that people want to see a change, a more fun way to fight over sov space without huge blobs and constant grinds. I'm still hoping that CCP can think of a better way than this current proposal to change 0.0 in a meaningful way that encourages smaller and newer entities to venture to 0.0 - but also makes it interesting for older players with big toys to participate in this and resub, not crush these bittervets and their soonTM supercraps.

Tweak the numbers of the Entosis links, maybe require multiple hostile links, deploy low-HP structures that can be taken care of by small capable groups but not lonely players trying to annoy. Basically just read what players have thought about for years and find a way incorporate this in a new model. Don't just make 0.0 a huge FW zone, FW has its place and role - in lowsec, leave it there.

@Seraph: Different people have different opinions - and different hopes for the future of Eve You talk about how the majority of 0.0 is unable to adapt and actually try the new model. I think that's as ignorant as saying "I'm gonna unsub my 9 accounts, dear CCP", not addressing the other issues that have been raised in here, too. There are more than enough reasonable posts in here outlining probable scenarios that are likely to happen - as everybody in 0.0 will adapt, as usual, and a certain meta is going to arise and spread, like Ishtars Online or Skynet. These changes have some errors in design, things that might help shaping a brighter future for all players.

Why shouldn't small ships play a role? Why not counter them with your small ships (or bigger ships?)

Allow me to put it this way, consider the interceptors as initial tackle , if they are uninterrupted, it means an empty system, or one that is weakly held.

If this is succsessful we enter the reinforcement phase where everyone can bring their big guns to the fight.
If not, they are killed or go on to the next potential weakness.

Effectively, they are just scouts that probe for weak spots, and if found lacking, then activate the process where real battle takes place.

Would you use a capital or even a battlecruiser as a scout? Where it can be trivially blocked by the most ineffectual gatecamp far from the point to be scouted?

All businesses do deals over lunch or beers, they then go back and formally write up those agreements for those interested parties to view. When an individual is representing thousands of others, A deal made over beers that can't be ratified, discussed and changed by any involved party should be thrown out as not valid.
I don't want some half pissed CSM making decisions on my behalf and I'm pretty sure CCP don't want drunk Devs making decisions on theirs.

As for the "unpaid representatives" , they all volunteered for the job whether they get any reward for it is not relevant.

Glad to hear that CCP are tackling the prime time mechanic, as that is the one which initially stuck out as being a little out of place compared to the rest of the good changes.

Why not look at a system of maintenance cycles. After a set number of days the structure could open up their defences for repair and resupply over a much wider time period than the currently proposed 4 hours. So for instance every 10 days the structure would be vulnerable for a 24 hours time period, after which it would then be safe again for the next 10 days. After all I can imagine having to play this mini game for 4 hours every day could become tedious, and making the structure vulnerable for a whole day will give attackers more tactical possibilities in their timing of an attack, rather than just a small 4 hour window.

Also alliance member could speed up this window perhaps by using logistic ships and by transporting fuel/supplies in such a way as strontium is loaded into a POS. This would be an option for smaller alliances to close the vulnerability window although would be difficult for a large alliance to manage a logistic effort across their entire expanse. This would not be required, but would just speed up the process by a factor of 2 or 3 for example.

So in essence I would suggest a system of larger vulnerability windows, although more time in between them, and perhaps add some active way in which defenders could defend their space rather than simply sitting around waiting for an attack.

There'll be no blue donut when everyone just lives as concord's renters in highsec

1v1 at the sun m8

2s align intys are pretty much invulnerable.

Activating an entosis link makes you a 2 minute align inty though - plenty of chance for a suitable ship to get a nice wrecking hit on you.

How are they immune if you can catch them?

I do see your point in a way, but if ships are prevented from starting the first stage in this process, by being blocked by remote gatecamps, then effectively nothing has changed, you defend with strong borders and it is easy to keep large areas of uninhabited or undefended space within them.

All an interceptor with Entosis link is doing is flagging the system as vunerable, and when the period of reinforcement occurs, then combat ships, of value, and strength, can burst through the borders and engage to conquer the constellation. If the area is totally unoccupied and undefended, then why should it not be captured by any ship, even a drunk sailor in a rowing dingy can stake claim for his nation on an unclaimed island in history.. And did. Strong warrior vikings conquered Iceland, but being as no one was there, a toddler could have done it.
But now it is inhabited, defended, and home to people, the toddler would get spanked for trying.