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Saisin
State War Academy Caldari State
60
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Posted - 2014.06.10 03:29:00 -
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wormhole space is dangerous, but at the same time C1 to C4 seem to be great frontiers space to explore and possible settle for solo players or small corporations...
Now, looking form the perspective of a potential WH denizen, and considering the pros and cons to deploy my assets there, there is one important draw back to WH: if you die, you will re spawn in a station somewhere outside of your WH. Sometime, the logistic to get you back in will be really difficult, as it involves keeping scanning alts, identifying and bookmarking exits and k162 without dying, and bringing back your main back there though likely dangerous territories.
What are the design reasons behind this choice?
I am not asking to change it, just to understand the design choices made there.
I can say that at that stage, as a WH explorer looking to become a WH dweller, this is one of the main thing that makes me hesitate to commit all my assets to a WH home...
"surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
Antihrist Pripravnik
T-AFK and counting
333
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Posted - 2014.06.10 03:40:00 -
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The reasoning is that you can become space rich beyond your wildest dreams if you go to W-Space. Compared to what you can get there, podding back to highsec is a minor annoyance.
It's not that the space is much richer than 0.0 space for example - players are rich because alliances are not holding everything valuable (read moon goo, industry slots, market monopoly, POS monopoly,...) like in 0.0 . In W-Space you get what you work for.
edit: Just to be more clear, it's risk vs reward concept that I was talking about My signature got stolen (o.0) |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
3734
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:04:00 -
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Saisin wrote:What are the design reasons behind this choice? The idea was to make living in w-space require a commitment, rather than being able to clone-jump in and out freely.
Please don't make me find the dev posts. That was 2009. |
Brendan Anneto
Gladiators of Rage Fidelas Constans
27
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:20:00 -
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just use a rorqual with a clone vat installed in it. Then you should be able to pod jump into your WH. I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes, When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.-á-á Proverbs 1:26-27 |
Grunanca
Doughboys Shadow Cartel
247
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:21:00 -
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What you are looking for is called a rorqual. |
Serene Repose
1377
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:49:00 -
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Okay. Set your clone up in wormhole space. When it collapses, promise you'll roll another toon, and regale us with the wisdom you obtained through experience. I think it's okay. I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility toward every form of tyranny over the mind of man.-á |
Saisin
State War Academy Caldari State
60
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:53:00 -
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Grunanca wrote:What you are looking for is called a rorqual. My understanding is that rorqual vat clone bay does not work in WH. Furthermore, the rorqual mass would limit it to the higher end WH which usually are full of vets, and bigger gangs so are way more dangerous for solo or small group ventures... "surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
Derath Ellecon
Washburne Holdings Situation: Normal
2262
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:56:00 -
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The reasons are that WH's were not designed with long term habitation in mind. Living in one is not supposed to be easy or safe.
That being said it is also not competely unique. Take other parts of eve, such as the Great Wildlands region. In all of that region there are only 3 systems with stations to set your medical clone. |
Aiwha
Trans Secunda Nulli Secunda
749
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Posted - 2014.06.10 04:57:00 -
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Because the difficulty of living in a WH is the point. Its supposed to be a pain in the ass. We're winning the war if it says so on CAOD! -á
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Saisin
State War Academy Caldari State
60
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:07:00 -
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Tau Cabalander wrote:Saisin wrote:What are the design reasons behind this choice? The idea was to make living in w-space require a commitment, rather than being able to clone-jump in and out freely. . I am not talking about clone jumping, I am simply talking about respawning, and updating your clone after having been podded I am totally fine with WH being off limit for clone jumping, so that indeed living in a WH becomes a commitment.
The problem I see for a long term assets commitment is that as soon as I get attacked in a WH I would have settled, it is very likely that I will get podded and ejected out of that space. With one alt being locked up for scanning a way back in, I will never really have a chance to defend my assets by risking other ships, as I have to get back into the WH and keep my scanning alt alive and able to locate any new exit if the attackers decide to close the know WH after I died.
So I am trying to understand if the game design of not being able to respawni within a Settled WH is intended, as it is affecting a lot of decisions about settling there in the first place... "surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
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Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
3747
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:12:00 -
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Considering the current trend to invalidate specialized ship functionality with deployables, why not just add a POS module clone vat array? Needs proteins to install and ozone to clean up after a jump. Sovereignty and Population New Mining Mechanics |
James Amril-Kesh
4S Corporation Goonswarm Federation
10411
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:20:00 -
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You're not meant to live permanently in w-space systems. No, this isn't it at all. Make it more... psssshhhh. |
Saisin
State War Academy Caldari State
60
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:22:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:You're not meant to live permanently in w-space systems. When you say you, do you mean me specifically, me as a solo player, or is your you saying that nobody is meant to live permanently in WH? "surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
Sato Page
BLOOGDORY
126
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:24:00 -
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WH was not intended for long term colonization. I believe you shouldn't even be allowed to anchor POS in W-sapce. Dinsdale Pirannha for CEO of CCP |
Saisin
State War Academy Caldari State
60
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Posted - 2014.06.10 05:32:00 -
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Sato Page wrote:WH was not intended for long term colonization. I believe you shouldn't even be allowed to anchor POS in W-sapce. I would agree that not being able to anchor a POS would clearly indicate an intended design for no permanent installations.
But judging by the number of active POSes I have scouted on my WH roams and the fact that I very rarely found a WH without any active POS, I can only wonder about the intended design CCP had there
"surrender your ego, be free". innuendo.
solo? There is a new hope http://turamarths-evelife.blogspot.com/2014/05/ok-now-im-betting-man.html |
Antihrist Pripravnik
T-AFK and counting
334
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Posted - 2014.06.10 06:14:00 -
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James Amril-Kesh wrote:You're not meant to live permanently in w-space systems. That's true even for my RL country - you are not meant to live permanently in it... but I still do. I like challenges
Anyway, OP, disregard the naysayers above. I know several corps that were in W-Space constantly since the time wormholes were introduced and I have been recently a member of one such corp (left for RL aggro and in-game inactivity, but will come back). It is definitively possible to live permanently in W-Space if you are up to the challenge and have some friends to come along (or join a WH corp). For solo action I would rather base myself in highsec and scan WHs to farm them than colonize it alone, since your POS would be an easy target for even a small corp that wants to kick you out of your wormhole system. My signature got stolen (o.0) |
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat Working Stiffs
3735
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Posted - 2014.06.10 06:25:00 -
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Saisin wrote:James Amril-Kesh wrote:You're not meant to live permanently in w-space systems. When you say you, do you mean me specifically, me as a solo player, or is your you saying that nobody is meant to live permanently in WH? Nobody.
This is according to CCP. They were actually quite surprised at the number of people that have moved in.
FWIW, I lived in w-space about 2.75 years starting about 2 months after I started EVE; Apocrypha was released about 1 week after I started. |
Baneken
Arctic Light Inc. Arctic Light
271
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Posted - 2014.06.10 06:30:00 -
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Also most permanent WH corps make use of mapping service such as http://wh-space.wiadvice.com/ a mapping software maps nothing by it self but what it does is that it allows your scouts to map routes for each wh that they pass thus leaving a road map (of book marks) for others in corp. With a proper bookmarking scheme that matches to system names in a mapper this makes navigating "explored" wh chains a breeze. Now obviously we didn't had corp book marks 4-5 years ago when WH's came so marking the route was something hideous.
Obviously this also means that you need people online willing to do the leg work of scanning in the blanks each day.
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Antihrist Pripravnik
T-AFK and counting
334
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Posted - 2014.06.10 06:40:00 -
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Baneken wrote:Also most permanent WH corps make use of mapping service such as http://wh-space.wiadvice.com/a mapping software maps nothing by it self but what it does is that it allows your scouts to map routes for each wh that they pass thus leaving a road map (of book marks) for others in corp. With a proper bookmarking scheme that matches to system names in a mapper this makes navigating "explored" wh chains a breeze. Now obviously we didn't had corp book marks 4-5 years ago when WH's came so marking the route was something hideous. Obviously this also means that you need people online willing to do the leg work of scanning in the blanks each day.
I've used siggy... does pretty much the same thing. The funny part is, these tools mostly don't do anything that you can't already see in the game by looking at corp bookmarks, but it presents the information in a more natural way than a spreadsheet. My signature got stolen (o.0) |
Oxide Ammar
137
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Posted - 2014.06.10 06:52:00 -
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Tau Cabalander wrote:Saisin wrote:What are the design reasons behind this choice? The idea was to make living in w-space require a commitment, rather than being able to clone-jump in and out freely. Please don't make me find the dev posts. That was 2009.
As I read on forums before, CCP first intention regarding WH when they introduced them was only for exploring and ninja mining, basically it was about find WH you do your activity there and get out but CCP didn't thought people will go extreme and habitat WH, someone correct me if I'm wrong. Lady Areola Fappington: -áSolo PVP isn't dead!-á You just need to make sure you have your booster, remote rep, cyno, and emergency Falcon alts logged in and ready before you do any solo PVPing. |
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Mithandra
Serene Vendetta Brawls Deep
22
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Posted - 2014.06.10 10:35:00 -
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Really doesn't matter what CCP's design philosophy was in the beginning.
The player base as is its wont, looked, saw that WH Space was good, and then proceeded to use WH's in a manner totally unexpected by CCP.
No doubt someone can come up with a lore based reason why clone jumping doesn't work in WH's but I'm happy that it doesn't. It gives you that added incentive to ensure that its the other guys that have to do the clone jumping, not you or your kin.
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Bagrat Skalski
Poseidaon
1922
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Posted - 2014.06.10 11:10:00 -
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I dont know. I would not like to stay in wormhole with a rocky ship, that's for sure. When weapons, technology, and economies mature faster than the leadership culture entrusted with them, disaster ensues. http://i.minus.com/ibeZ0sJewvDMBN.gif |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
18687
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Posted - 2014.06.10 12:28:00 -
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The clone vat on a Rorqual doesn't work in a wormhole. Wormholes were never intended to be occupied on a long term basis so the mechanics were set accordingly.
Lore wise a clone vat won't work in a wormhole because the "tech" required to transfer the data involved in a clone activation simply doesn't exist there, nor does the tech required to receive that data and transfer it into a new clone (jump or medical). Local functions differently for a similar reason. Eve is an introduction to teamwork, paranoia, dealing with consequences, coping with loss, economics, long term planning, bartering, astronomy, and the theory of space submarine travel.
Nil mortifi sine lucre |
Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
5089
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Posted - 2014.06.10 12:35:00 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:The clone vat on a Rorqual doesn't work in a wormhole. Wormholes were never intended to be occupied on a long term basis so the mechanics were set accordingly.
Lore wise a clone vat won't work in a wormhole because the "tech" required to transfer the data involved in a clone activation simply doesn't exist there, nor does the tech required to receive that data and transfer it into a new clone (jump or medical). Local functions differently for a similar reason.
Yet it works in reverse.
Plot hole in the Worm hole "If someone doesn't appreciate your presence, make them appreciate your absence." - Anon. "Question asked, insults exchanged, solutions given, face palms had, problem solved, off topic posts posted, thread locked." - ISD Ezwal |
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
18688
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Posted - 2014.06.10 12:44:00 -
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Ramona McCandless wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:The clone vat on a Rorqual doesn't work in a wormhole. Wormholes were never intended to be occupied on a long term basis so the mechanics were set accordingly.
Lore wise a clone vat won't work in a wormhole because the "tech" required to transfer the data involved in a clone activation simply doesn't exist there, nor does the tech required to receive that data and transfer it into a new clone (jump or medical). Local functions differently for a similar reason. Yet it works in reverse. Plot hole in the Worm hole Hush now before CCP spot this and instigate sanctions for picking holes in their stuff
Eve is an introduction to teamwork, paranoia, dealing with consequences, coping with loss, economics, long term planning, bartering, astronomy, and the theory of space submarine travel.
Nil mortifi sine lucre |
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar E.A.R.T.H. Federation
533
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Posted - 2014.06.10 14:03:00 -
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Jonah Gravenstein wrote:The clone vat on a Rorqual doesn't work in a wormhole. Wormholes were never intended to be occupied on a long term basis so the mechanics were set accordingly.
People keep saying this, but if it were true, POSes and POCOs wouldn't be allowed in W-Space.
What really happened is CCP intended people to temporarily inhabit W-Space... but they have a different definition of 'temporary' than the average W-Dweller.
Either they should truly make W-Space a nomad only place (eliminate POS anchorage), or admit that it is working as intended and stop dev blocking things like Roqual Clone Vats.
For the record, I support removing POS Anchorage entirely.
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Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
5097
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Posted - 2014.06.10 14:08:00 -
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Val'Dore wrote:Jonah Gravenstein wrote:The clone vat on a Rorqual doesn't work in a wormhole. Wormholes were never intended to be occupied on a long term basis so the mechanics were set accordingly. People keep saying this, but if it were true, POSes and POCOs wouldn't be allowed in W-Space. What really happened is CCP intended people to temporarily inhabit W-Space... but they have a different definition of 'temporary' than the average W-Dweller. Either they should truly make W-Space a nomad only place (eliminate POS anchorage), or admit that it is working as intended and stop dev blocking things like Roqual Clone Vats.
It is not working as intended
It is working as the players chose to use it
And as this did not have a bad outcome, CCP let it remain like that because players generate content "If someone doesn't appreciate your presence, make them appreciate your absence." - Anon. "Question asked, insults exchanged, solutions given, face palms had, problem solved, off topic posts posted, thread locked." - ISD Ezwal |
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar E.A.R.T.H. Federation
533
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Posted - 2014.06.10 14:11:00 -
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Of course, but then in turn using extinct argumentation platforms to justify dev blocking new ideas is disingenuous and regressive.
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La Nariz
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
2518
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Posted - 2014.06.10 14:22:00 -
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If clones get put in wormholes cynos need to be allowed and capable of being jumped/bridged to. This post was loving crafted by a member of the Official GoonWaffe recruitment team. Proof Highsec reward needs to be nerfed: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqC-BTui2uSGdDlxa2dWOG5ieHB0QXBVWW82bGN5TFE&usp=sharing |
Ramona McCandless
The McCandless Clan
5099
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Posted - 2014.06.10 14:25:00 -
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Val'Dore wrote:Of course, but then in turn using extinct argumentation platforms to justify dev blocking new ideas is disingenuous and regressive.
Spawning clones in a WH is hardly a new idea
But it keeps WHs riskier than any other space for some
And I dont see how thats regressive "If someone doesn't appreciate your presence, make them appreciate your absence." - Anon. "Question asked, insults exchanged, solutions given, face palms had, problem solved, off topic posts posted, thread locked." - ISD Ezwal |
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