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Exciting,

my 3 concerns are

1. the interbus market system.

there should be no npc assisted market in null.

instead of inter bussing in goods, allow for the players to create a logistics system to enable safe travel to market hubs.

target several several system throughout null space as key systems that allow for infrastructure to be placed that allows for jumps into empire space where there is a corresponding player structure.

for example : the spacers alliance has control of 50 some star systems one of them being a system that allows for creation of a jump point that has access to several systems in empire space. as long as the system and at least one of the empire space systems has the correct structure in place a safe jump can be made into or out of null/empire space.

of course it will have a fuel cost and of course it will be destroyable.

the point of this is to create systems through out null space that have extra value , these systems are spread out so it will be difficult for any one alliance to have more than just a few thinking maybe 1 2 or 3 but 4, 5, or 6 would be rare.


2. the mooring system while it is cool . i think mooring should have some kind of benefit .
maybe moored ships can act as extra player controlled turrets to the structure. because as is why moor when you can keep it safe somewhere else ?


3. destroyed structures and their goods.

this is a toughie but the goods should be lootable and the player should be able to protect their goods.

maybe a insurance system that gets more costly as the items get bigger / more volume .

ie blue prints and such aren't too expensive but modules and huge quantity of materials/componets get expensive.
maybe rigs that offset the cost .

insured equipment get jettisoned to a player selected book mark.

uninsured stuff is up for grabs.

OK, new structures. An important change, but raises lots of questions not visible in the blog.

• Some of the dev-posts mentioned that you can place the stucture EVERYWHERE. So it's time to build outposts in WH space, anchore some super-caps and voila - super indestructible base is ready? I am AGAINST placing something larger than M sized in WH space. Let's get back to uninhabitated dangerous WH you had from the start.
• The intel structure - once again, if it can disrupt D-scan, pinpoint cloakies etc. IT IS A HUGE advantage to WH carebears. No no into WH space.
• Ship docking/mooning - what is the targeted ammount of ship mooning into the structure which will replace the tower. Lot's of people actually live in their Control towers, WH people actually have over 50b+ of assets on a tower, ships, fitting etc. How limited do you plan those strucutures?

Also, the concept of making the warp speed lower, d-scan block, anti-cloak is full of **it. EVE is a game that should be dangerous, not a game of "place a telescope and farm happy ever after". It's not so easy to gank a carebear even today, with everyone aligned, tons of different anomalies etc. How should we ambush later on?

Now here is an idea that might solve several issues: What if, in addition to all of the specialized types there was added a generalized structure with lesser bonuses to all roles. It could never equal the raw bonuses of what the specialized structures could do, but it could fit and do all or most of the activities. In addition: when the transition came all of the existing POS structures could simply be transformed into the new type of general structure with similar mods in place.

Web

There should be a +25% time increase per station's size for every level above M. The larger (and much higher priced) structures need to be made of sterner stuff.

You want sov nullsec empty, well you will get that.

One thing we haven't heard much about yet is the armament of the new structures. With the new structures being able to be anchored freely: where is the Military Defense Fort Structure? Am I the only one thinking of anchoring one of these on each side of a gate to a dead end system, manned and ready to defend my newly named Webville system from all intruders (Yes I realize they can just jump behind them)? (Ok you may have figured out that in RTS games I tend to turtle.)

Which leads me to the following questions:

Are structures going to be able to be able to anchored close enough to one another to provide mutual support and defense? (Please Yes!)

If so will structures be able to anchored close to star gates, territory claim units, infrastructure hubs, etc... in order to provide offense/defense?

What will the passive offensive/defense options for structures be? (Please don't tell me that if they happen to be attacked while you're at work they don't fight back at all...even though fitted with weapons. f I go on vacation I don't want to come back and find my wormhole home in ruins even though it was well supplied/defended.)

What will the possible defensive and offensive capabilities of the various structures? What should they be?
Could/should a medium be equal to a Battleship, a Large structure equal to a Dred, and a XL equal to a Titan in offense?
To analyze further: will a Medium structure fit Large Guns while Large or XL structures fit the same XL guns that are on dreads and titans?

Will the larger structures with Entosis capture be able be defended using their own weapons? (And/or fit their own Entosis mod in their high slot to be used by the structure next door for defense?) How will these larger Entosis structures work in Wormholes with no Sov? *If I were to make a recommendation: have only the XL structures deal with Entosis, anything smaller use damage/reinforcement mechanics, there needs to be something able to be docked at that you can put in a wormhole...

Will you be able to fit remote repair mods in the high slots to support a defending fleet (and/or drones)? (And or other structures.) Essentially making fighting at/defending your station a very strong tactical advantage.

Will there (should there) be a fortification structure with bonuses to weapons/defenses? (Think the Wormhole forts from Weber's Honor Harrington series, or Babalyon 5, or Deep Space 9: Will you be able to build a station (or group of stations) at a key defensive point that it takes a large fleet to neutralize.)

Will we be able to build an armed POCO (or similar structure that performs it's function).? Preferably one that can be docked at...I like the idea of my colony sending it's shipments straight up to my comfortable, well defended, station..


-Web

I agree, keep the Research Agents as a source of data cores.

As an alternate source you could build a Research Structure and put a 'DATA CORE Research Lab' in one of it's structure slots. You then set that lab to work in the same manner as you would an NPC research agent. Data cores that the lab produces are stored in your personal hangar on the structure (like a POCO). You then swing by on a regular basis and collect data cores in a method similar to the current Research Agent process or somewhat like PI production.

Perhaps the structure DATA CORE lab could even could use an amount of simple P2 PI as input, differing based upon the data core desired: Mechanical Engineering uses Mechanical Parts, Electronic Engineering uses Miniature Electronics, Nanite Engineering uses well Nanites... In other words it works like industry or research, with the number of Data Cores Job slots being determined by your Research Project Management skill.

In essence you could use a NPC agent or your own Research Lab or a combination of the two to a limit of determined by your Research Project Management skill.

Just like current BPO research you have the option to use a research lab at an NPC station or build your own... Simple and intuitive, and follows existing in game methods. (Of course the production of DATA CORES by the lab would be greater than that of Research Agents.)

In my opinion the sandbox is enhanced by having multiple routes to the same goal.

-Web

I have found three ways to generate datacores.

1. Research Agents
2. drops from data anomilies
3. LP stores of a few (FW?) corporations

This does not need to be increased.

I am sorry. The skill has an 8x multiplier not 5x. The suggestion by Web at least gets one thinking about was to keep the skill meaningful rather than just stip out all funtionality.

However, somethng tells me that CCP would dumb down the skill to 3x multiplier or some other weaksauce.

Big question for the devs and I don't think it quite fits in any of the existing threads since it deals with how all of the structures are going to interact outside of Sov space.

In Sov I think the Entosis mechanics are going to work well, at least once the kinks are hammered out and they get some testing. The idea of a scramble for nodes over an entire Constellation sounds like a ton of fun. The problem is that it doesn't necessarily work in Wormholes or some parts of Low Security space (for example anywhere that shares constellation space with High Sec) and doesn't seem to be intended for the structures smaller than XL size.

• Are these smaller structures going to be the current, albeit smaller, Structure Grind with Stront timers?
• Or is it going to be a more limited version of the Entosis mechanics?
• If the latter what would this look like and at what size of Structure does the answer become "just shoot it", if ever?
• Is the 4 hour vulnerability window going to apply to all structures, and how is it going to interact with Personal Structures? It doesn't really seem fair if a player anchors something analogous to a Personal POS and then it gets wrecked while they're offline because they're not awake during their Corp or Alliance's vulnerability window (if they want to sync them up that's fine but should they be forced to?).
• and on a related note, if someone anchors a personal Structure that is subject to Entosis or at least sends out a warning mail, does that mail go to the entire corp/Alliance or does it just go to the person in question (or something in between)?