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Yup, better stated than I. But i also think the timer should start when you stop the link, not the remaining cycle time.

What is the real goal in all this?

1 - Bring more players into null sec?
2 - Take players away from null sec to hs?
3 - Give new authorized bots to corporations?

If somebody think that the players who have left the game will come back now with this whole mess that is the new sov mechanics, that will not going to happen, expect to see more players left the game and tons of trials, yes, trials are just trials and are free for 30 days, after that new trial until they really give up.

About bring more players into null, well that is possible but not with this new sov.
People likes a place they can call home and a place that cant be taked away or disrupted all the time, again this new sov dosent give opportunities like CCP says to small entities but are going to destroy that small entities en a short time.
Guess dev´s have been looking other way during this years, and now they want to deliver content without the previous work.
Null sec as nothing to do with low sec, so introducing the factional warfare into null was a shot on his foot like some others (wormholes, industry, mining ihub upgrades changes, etc).

CCP talks about unused space. What unused space? That systems that nobody wants? Thats why those systems are empty, they have nothing -0.1,-0.2 has nothing except belts to mine, dosent provide good ratting you know that? You want small entities to compete with large alliances? You know they cant right? So what the point?
Do you remember when you change the ihub upgrades system? Yeah, some upgrades just dosent work, at least for the upgraded system. I remember to fill a petition about that upgrades telling that in 2 or 3 months with them installed we get only 3 anomalies and 2 were low sec anomalies, and the other constellation systems has 2/3/4 anomalies almost all day except my system, can you remember uour answer? Was something like "work as intended", however wormholes we get tons, almost one all days, we dont put that upgrade you know?

So if you want more players on null, i suggest that first change the sov mechanics to a new one (please dont copy nothing, just make a new one), until that make some transition without entosis (i.e.rent the space with one or more npc corps and you´ll see the alliances leaving unused space and some more), give mobility to sub-caps at least, nobody goes to null without their stuff, make sure all systems worth in all ways and not in one only, the upgrades should upgrade the system where they are installed and not the constellation, its not fair to anyone upgrade the system and have almost none anomalies, change the quantum flux generator to one structure that afects only the system where he is and put it as a warpable beacon so neighbors know and be aware.
Null sec market never worked except on CFC side, and that is just because they are heavilly militarized, as you know you dont see that in any other region and expect not to see ever unless everybody could have a place that they call home and will not be lost, thats what happen with CFC regions, they can be bothered but not conquered, they can lose some fights but they will win the war.
Its time for changes yes, however bad changes and bad decisions ruin the game and of course your pockets.

Structures to mine for what? That is a bot, you banned the players for boting and now you are going to provide one for corps? Let me guess, the miners warpout to another game, thats the way!
In you publicity you tell people that they can do whatever they want, ehen they come to game they realize that they can do whatever others want and let them do.
Destructible stations (citadels) that is for what? Maybe for CFC region, there they are undestructibles but only there. cant you think in somethin better, after all where you want players? In null or hs?

Before this changes they dock and dont fight, after the changes are the same, what have changed? Now they can disruot daily activities and make the corps spend money on ihub´s, upgrades and sov units, just because they can disrupt daily activities and not taking the sov, they dont want the sov, they just want to waste others time, then you see people leaving null sec all days, is really this the way you want for Eve?
Before we see huge fights and huge capital fights, now we only see frigs, frigs ftw, if its frig fights that people want, they can easily find that in low sec FW and they dont need to make 50 jumps just for a fight. I see someone in the forum ask for something to get on fights faster (maybe you can present them with a move me to system x).

The reason is simple. For the vast majority of eve players - those that live everywhere else in eve other then null, fozziesov, which is the only significant feature of aegis, is a none issue. Now the icon changes which were in the previous update, generated 100s of pages of comments because they effected everyone.

BTW the icons still suck and are detrimental to the game.

I like the concept of fozzie sov but i believe it needs some tweaks. I dont like that 1 pilot can do 12 minutes of work and cause an alliance to do 2 hours of work. I get that we are suppose to live in the space to make it easier to own but it makes dealing with a sov transfer (which is no longer a feature in game) extremely hard.

One possible change to strike a better balance between controlling more space than you can use and having to spend all your time just trying to keep indexs up.

If a system has a maxed index then any further progress of that index should spread into an adjacent system that you own. Diminishing returns would help strike a good balance. No one wants to be forced to rat in a poor system without a station when you have better true sec and a station next door. It could be something like 80% transfers 1 system. Once the nearby system is maxed then 50% would transfer two systems away, then 20% goes 3 systems. I wouldnt go any farther than that. The numbers are just guesses but pass a logic test.

I think some projection of indexs would help while still giving smaller groups a chance to control areas in null sec that arent used by the big power blocs. It would help get indexs up in pipeline system before ratting pockets.

xactly ....

I wasnt really involved in sov gameplay before, so how would i pour my energy into that issue - though if I have to say something about it, it would have to be that this new Fozzie sov really took away the chance that i would EVER get involved in sov matters.

The old system at least could could raise some fascination and interest - none of that with the new, only anticipated annoyance and non-immersion.....

Even worse, now they plan to bring that stupid entosis **** to every structure (even in our wh where the concept of sov doesnt even exist) and I seriously have to ask myself if I stil have a place in this universe (and for how long).

You really have to wonder about the structures in CCP corporation, that allow such developments practically unchecked for almost a year now.


edit: and yes, you are right about the new icons too ...

Since CCP is very pointedly ignoring their customer base again with silence on replying, I'll toss my Sov request into the thread.

I too would like a return of the NeoCon Sov button (along with the button choice at the bottom of system window) that sorted from system/constellation/region/world/etc. Why?

Gave quick peek info on ship losses and pod kills so I knew if that system was not a reliable flight path section. Roaming fleets tend to move around, that's part of roaming. What is a mostly quiet empty area can get very hopping the next login.

Showed in one easy to find and understand place, who was losing or gaining null systems for their corp/alliance. How in the Hek am I supposed to cheer and/or poke fun at my usual chat tab peeps on gains and losses when I have to deal with out of game sites or 3rd party tools to get that same info?

Did not rely on 3rd party tools to get this info. Come on, every update leads to killboard messes. Does CCP really want so many things out of their hands and in the software crunching digits of mostly unknowns? (see the lack of reply on my Support Ticket since you've outsourced Support as why this could be a bad idea...)

It kinda looked cool, and was one of the FEW things in Eve that was *gasp!* streamlined and easy to use/understand. Very KISS, suggest to CCP you take a longer look at the idea.

>Jeven