pc dude
Dawn of a new Empire
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.11.07 01:13:00 -
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What I am most curious about is what method will be used to transition from the curret sov system to the new one.
1. Will all structures in use be given the appropriate upgrades so long as they are a struture usable in a given system by the new sov rules?
2. Will all systems in which sov is currently held freely recieve F.L.A.G.s?
3. When transfering over levels of sov, will the new measurement of sov be used, or the old levels?
4. When will maintainence costs take effect if all systems in which sov are currently held are transfered to the new sov system?
5. What about this system prevents vast swaths of territory being claimed other than the minimal cost? To ask it differently, will there be a cumulative increase as more territory is claimed? If no such penalty is incurred, I see little change coming in the size of space claimed.
for comparison let us consider goonswarm (155 sov systems, 3.1 bil cost per period, 6.2bil per month is just over 1 mil isk per member), against all authorities (4.6 bil/month)or the alliance w/ more systems than anyone else, shadow of xxdeathxx ( 7.8 bil/month)
this may sound like a lot of isk at first, but before accounting for the isk farmers plugged into these systems, this is not much isk. i know a guy that could pretty easily pull this down in a month of tedious, boring, but lucrative carebearing alone(and lol he's among the more pvp types i know)
this is not to say that I have a problem with this necessarily, it just seems contrary to the goal of the new system, so I ask if there is something that we just do not know yet
6. Next question, where will these structures be placed. We know the FLAGs go on the gates, but what of claim units, hubs and associated structures? Which of these structures will have beacons attatched to them?
7. Can the upgrades be attacked seperatly? For example, could I (and my superblob fleet of SUPREAM DOOMINESS) destroy the upgrade permitting cyno jammers disabling the online cynojammer and preventing any others from going down? Or are the upgrades just numbers floating around the infastructure hub?
8. Any chance of getting the benifits from the upgrades individually labled to make it easier to make use of them in concert with others? For example, rather than a new plex spawning with it's name as usual, perhaps it would be labled as (plex name) 2 (occupied), but only viewable as such to members of the alliance and perhaps also blues.
9. Can one intentionally downgrade to save isk?
10. Are there new roles associated with the new sov mechanics so we need not give out directorship just for someone to be able to operate the new spiffy things? (simple roles plz)
Well the wife is calling me to dinner. If i have more questions, you shall have to wait until i return later ^.^
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