One way to increase the PvP/farming ratio in FW would be to make sovereignty constellation based with plexes spawning in one system only and rotate the system at DT.

That would remove much of the grind and create hotspots where solo farmers have small chance of success but PvP fleets may take or defend whole constellations.

Rotating systems at DT will create tactical opportunities to try to make a push when the "right" system spawns the plexes.

If you don't want a system to be taken then move there.

Myyhera is still at 0% contested, right?

edit: systems w/o stations solution is: let them farm/flip it and then you farm/flip it back.

We currently live in Kourmonen thank you and Myyhera is highsec. But this thread was about reducing the grind while creating hotspots for PvP in the sovereignty war.

Farmers can still run missions as they used to do. They shouldn't be part of the war effort. It is just poor game design.

One way to increase the PvP/farming ratio in FW would be to make sovereignty constellation based with plexes spawning in one system only and rotate the system at DT.

That would remove much of the grind and create hotspots where solo farmers have small chance of success but PvP fleets may take or defend whole constellations.

Rotating systems at DT will create tactical opportunities to try to make a push when the "right" system spawns the plexes.

I think this might produce more pvp because people would know where others are plexing. The problem is that a single blob could stop the other side from doing anything on the plexing front by just sitting in the center of the constellation.

Why not just notifiy militias where plexes are being attacked but leave the places spread out so its not just blob wins?

-1. Bad idea. You wouldn't be able to target a specific system - and in some cases you would run out of time before taking the one you want.

Ohh. My bad. OP wasn't clear enough. What I meant was that taking that one system would give you sov over the whole constellation. And the plexable system rotates at DT but contestation levels is for the whole constellation.

Yeah, I like the idea of notifications. At least within the current system it would improve things. But there would still be a long grind to plex and most of the time the end goal (flipping the system) is very far away. That is poor gameplay because the grind (and all the farmers doing it) is currently the deciding force in FW sov war.

Making only one system plexable in each constellation will create 10 different target systems in Amarr/minmatar. Winning any of these will have a significant impact on sov and it will probably stimulate more fighting over sov. And I don't think you can blob all 10 of them at the same time.

We still get fights now. That is not the issue. The issue is that sov today is decided by mindless grinding done by farmers and PvP is completely disconnected from the sov warfare (except in some rare situations). Why can't farmers run missions and leave sov warfare to PvP pilots? At least that is how the game should be designed.

I think this might produce more pvp because people would know where others are plexing. The problem is that a single blob could stop the other side from doing anything on the plexing front by just sitting in the center of the constellation.

Why not just notifiy militias where plexes are being attacked but leave the places spread out so its not just blob wins?

People seem to be so worried about blob warfare happening in faction warfare, but everything i've seen so far has shown that with the current mechanics, its not uncommon for a militia to form up under one fleet or "blob" and go around putting own the opposing militia's smaller fleets, until that militia decides to all get into one fleet or "blob", or disband entirely. So i'm not really sure how any new game mechanics are going to make things worse than they are now, since during from what I can see, any groups interested in working with each other already do and theres usually no more than 1-2 main fleets at any given time.

I have no opinion on the OP's proposal, but I thought i'd share my observation regarding peoples constant worries that FW will suddenly turn into blobfest 9000.

I currently get allot of pvp that does not involve blobs through the current plexing mechanic. So I am pretty protective of that.

As for what has happened since inferno I think the no docking rule has increased the emphasis on blob warfare on the minmatar amarr front. Several corps used to run smaller gang roams thoughout all of the faction war territory. I-Law used to regularly take small gangs up to hror. I used to fight with lots of small gang minmatar in frerstorn.

After inferno that stopped due to the logistical problems caused by the no docking rule. (cant have minor bases in those areas and can't repair etc.) So now you can either do solo plexing for pvp or you can go to kourm in your biggest fleet. So to some extent the reason the faction war you see is already blobby is because ccp implented mechanics (like the no docking rule) without a concern how this would effect blobbing ftw.

Perhaps, but I would also concede that the reason you see more "blobs" is simply because there are more groups in FW..

If you get rid of all of the "new guard" groups that joined FW post-Inferno the "blob problem" would instantly go away and things would be back to how they were for I.law pre-Inferno. Perhaps I.law should go back to flying by themselves if blobbyness is becoming too much of a problem for them?.

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I think the biggest change regarding Faction Warfare and blobs is before, it was just PVP for PVP's sake. Since warzone control didn't matter, working together was never a huge deal since there were never any strategic goals that really mattered.

Click the E then click business then click Faction Warfare then look what systems are getting contested.

I don't want notifications I can check myself.

If you want to spin in station until you get a notification then I might add a picture to the "welcome to fw" album.

Maybe I'll make a different album called "bad ideas that nullbear alt corps present"

Also, don't people roam and report activities?...

Also, read my second post...

If you don't want a system to be taken then move there.

Myyhera is still at 0% contested, right?

edit: systems w/o stations solution is: let them farm/flip it and then you farm/flip it back.