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A totally new system of structures in space is under development with plans to already release first parts in 2015. This will change the face of the game world and massively enhance the options for all players!

The new structure system will cover everything that can be deployed in space and should incorporate at least the following features:
* Completely new fitting systems for structures (somewhat similar to ship fitting with slots)
* Intuitive and easy to use UI
* Meaningful structure progression system (think of a Interbus Identification System for structures and not only for ships)
* Graphical enhancements and improved visuals (the biggest entities should be much larger than they are now)
* Proper housing/storing of items and ships according to the structure size - from mooring to docking up
* Destructible structures and a meaningful retrieval mechanic of items that have been in those structures when they got destroyed
* Much easier and better management of structures
* A proper transition plan to the new structures
* Much expanded functionality and capabilities of structures (read the blog!)

We want to discuss those ideas in depth and on a high level with you before we continue.

Please read CCP Ytterbium's dev blog Back Into the Structure and come back with your opinions and feedback!

Do we get them in whspace too?

Can we get at least 1 before summer so activity stays high?

Can you just remove the ESS since nobody uses it anymore because its too much of a hassle, it doesnt generate any fights or meaningful gameplay.

With the newest system introduced last year, a great many alliances invested trillions in improvements. Are stations going to be rebated/refunded/changed when they are phased out of the industrial process?

Starbase defence (with guns control) and flying ships inside the forcefield (because cannot dock) don't seem to have replacement since Mooring means no pilot inside and docking means ship spinning and no view of space.

What are the plans for these ?

Have you decided how ownership will work on an ongoing basis?

For example, if we launch a new structure and set it for corporation/alliance use, can a spy with the appropriate roles then come along and set it for personal or public use? If set for public use who can change it back again; anyone?

How would unanchoring structures work? I'm especially thinking for structures where players and dock or moor ships.

Really excited about the proposed changes, really happy good work!!

Some questions:

How fuel will be used and which types used with which structure?

The size of ships needed to deploy the XL Stations?

edit: Will it be possible to transfer the new structures, in a similar way to POCO's?

I think this direction is a vast improvement and I am looking forward to its development.

With these changes, what is happening to the BPOs that we have invested in for POS and other structures? They are not cheap and researching them is quite the investment.

Im posting this on one of my indy toons cause they are the one affected.

I have 30 carriers on market and 10 in build.
Most of them I cant fly.
Ive also got 33 million m3 in my hanger

How exactly do I rescue the carriers I have built that are up for sale and 33 million m3 in cargo from a container?

Are indy toons goign to need to fly what they built to rescue it?
Why would I build in zero if im going from not risking losing my minerals and stuff for sale if the station is captured to being totally screwed.

Are you trying to prevent people building in zero to encourage it?

Making POS UI's match ship fitting is a brilliant idea, making it a lot of a head scratch for newbies to set them up. I'd like to see more information come out about the arrays, and pray to Bob that they don't make it harder to scoot around Null for us independent types.