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CCP Sisyphus
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Posted - 2009.11.10 19:23:00 -
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Well, we looked at this and saw it as a minor problem.
A STOP (or Blockade unit as they are now called) is meant to be used for one purpose only - to make a system vulnerable.
To that end we already had a feature - an online STOP will always count towards making a system vulnerable - ie, if the sovereign holding corp onlined enough STOPs then the system becomes vulnerable to being attacked.
Since this defensive buffer came to light - we've added another step (which you will seee on sisi tomorrow): An anchored STOP can be onlined by ANYONE (even if they are in a differen corp/alliance).
So anchoring a bunch of STOPs at your gate is just giving the enemy a free ride into taking your system.
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CCP Sisyphus
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Posted - 2009.11.10 19:53:00 -
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 Originally by: An Anarchyyt
Who can offline it then?
The person who onlines it takes ownership, and only they can offline it.
If you are attacking - you will drop a STOP, anchor it, and as soon as it is anchored you online it. Planting a STOP is not meant to be a sneaky activity - its a battering ram pounding on the door. You should have a fleet jump in with you and protect you while you are anchoring the flag.
Even if the "wrong person" onlines the STOP, they cant "cancel" onlining, and you can still defend and keep them away from offlining it again 
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CCP Sisyphus
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Posted - 2009.11.10 19:58:00 -
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Originally by: An Anarchyyt
Just to be clear here, you mean, literally just that person, or any person with the proper roles in their corp?
sorry - clarification - the CORP takes ownership, and anyone with correct roles can then offline it.
All sov structures are corp owned when they are in space.
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CCP Sisyphus
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Posted - 2009.11.12 10:49:00 -
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Originally by: Orb Lati
If your worried about the exploit surely the simplest solution is disregard who owns each Blockade unit and just say 51% gates with Onlined Stops = FLAG now vulnerable regardless of owner ship.
That is how it is already - it has been that way ever since we released the disruption beacons/STOP/Blockade unit a few months ago on sisi.
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