EVE General Discussion

These would certainly go a long way toward reducing how ridiculous the system is, as it currently stands.

Lucas suggested this also:
"2. Full defense index should require multiple simultaneous links to get started (2 or 3)"

As I read your comment above, it struck me that this is perhaps exactly the kind of deliberate escalation which leads to larger concerted and orchestrated battles. This would be both good and bad.

Bad, because the onus of protection on key and developed systems should reside with the defender.
Requiring more links on the part of the aggressor raises the threshold (but, inversly this is reciprocated by the earned and deserved higher Defence index of the target).
Sun Tzu would advise against attacking your enemy where they are entrenched and strong, especially if you have to invest heavily to form your aggressive foothold as well as telegraph your commitment. So this change would advantage the defender.

Good, because this is exactly the kind of escalation which leads to epic fleet battles which, for better or worse, define EVE.
Just have to hope you brought enough, at the right time, and the right stuff to the fight then, rather than expanding through less defended space.

So makes sense for gaming glory, but not so much strategically...

All sov holders hate a system the devs knew they would hate.

Non sov holders are using the new game mechanic designed for them to make holding sov harder for sov holders and it is working.

Working as intended then, thanks for pointing that out.


MEANWHILE.....

So you also admit nullsec was stagnate.

Further you admit that the map never changes (the reason being that you form non agression pacts and dont fight each other but instead speak as a singular voice on every issue because all the members of nullsec have become bed-buddies).

it is these last two points that are killing EVE, not the first two.

We'll probably go back to war with each other when CCP stops giving us reasons to unify against them instead.

Most of this **** accelerated after Phoebe. Imagine that.

It was your own words that nullsec WAS stagnate, meaning long before ccp fozzie was instructed to make sov changes, now all of a sudden it used to be a mecca of space carnage, come on guy your own ******* words not mine and you deny them in your very next post, when you nullsec types blow smoke up peoples behinds you go all in.

1. No, entrenched nullsec has isk to burn and new up and coming corps wont. No ISK fights.

2. Prevent is the key not respond later, this is a central goal of fozziesov and the chief failing of the current holders of sov in their defensive posture.

3. No, if you hold sov dont be lazy put in the leg work or give up sov.

I cannot speak for the entirety of nullsec.
I can however, state that since Fozziesov became a thing, I can't be ****** to go on anything smaller than a capital fleet (which don't happen often since Phoebe) because now, subcaps generally mean babysitting Jesus lasers after interceptors run away.
So, for at least one F1 monkey, the current system has destroyed any and all desire to participate in sov "warfare". I'd honestly prefer never ending POS shooting to the current sov mechanics. I am not exaggerating in the slightest.

How to fix current iterations of fozzie sov:

Make a player structure that acts like a sentry gun that can only be deployed near entosisable structures that shoots anyone entosising the said structure that is not part of the alliance owning said structure being entosised.

Viola now your trollcepter problems are solved and people have to actually commit something instead spamming inties solo. Heck it might even make the current sov trollers "group up" to actually troll.

I still maintain that the entosis link does not belong on anything smaller than a battlecruiser without making serious fitting sacrifices. Cruiser should be able to, but just barely.

Battlecruisers themselves should have their command link bonus applied to handling it, making them able to fit freely while having one.

Why so you can destroy what groups of people worked for for years and have it go poof. Making stations destructible sets the precedent that even NPC owned stations should be destroyed.

Because if no one can have their player owned station why should you be immune in your NPC owned station.