Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
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Posted - 2009.11.19 21:06:00 -
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Edited by: Destination SkillQueue on 19/11/2009 21:15:06
 Originally by: DaReaper
Forgive me if this has been addressed.
The system cost, now is the cost the same for each system no matter how many you own? Or will the cost increase per system? Cause if they don;t increase based on how many systems then nothing will change, the large alliances will still fork out whatever for there systems and just hold as many as they want. But if the cost goes up based on the number of systems you own, then they will have to stratigraphic decide what systems to keep. So... which is it?
Why do you think it would make a difference? In the latter case the same people would either make additional alliances, just to hold sov or shrink their sov area and rent their space. The latter option again would not solve anything. The current sov system is in reality an influence system and the map reflects that. No matter how hard you crack on them, the influence isn't going to go away. They will in essence own those systems no matter what the new sov map will tell you.
Even forcing them to a single system won't allow your small team to make a home in all that "empty" space the mechanic creates. You can't escape the fact, that you will have to deal with bigger and stronger entities and get along with your landlord. In worst case it might even make things cheaper for them, unless you escalate the cost hard from the start and create a system no-one likes or affords.
The best you can achieve is to change the static sov warfare and create activities to liven up the unused space of the current alliances. You need to also create reasons why an alliance should allow outsiders in their influence area and mechanics that allow them to profit from the extra activity in some ways. Giving them extra income for as many as possible in a single system also helps, since then they aren't forced to take vast areas just so their grunts can make a living, but I'm not sure how much that really matters compared to the influence borders.
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