Andrea Griffin
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Posted - 2011.05.02 15:14:00 -
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 Originally by: Kwashi
POS permissions are pretty unworkable if more than one player is using the same POS as a base.
The permissions/roles system in general is terribly broken and borderline unusable, but particularly so when it comes to POS management.
As a CEO, I should be able to create an arbitrary number of roles. Those roles should be able to provide very granular permissions on a per-POS basis. It is mind-boggling that anyone thought it was a good idea that any permission applies to ALL towers.
POS structures are too communal. There's no personal storage.
I'm okay with the fuel being the way it is. You know how much you need, you buy it or PI it, you transport it, you're done. Changing to Fuel Pellets won't really change anything. It might even make things worse; instead of one player making fuels A and B, and another making C and D, now they need to get together an add yet another step in the process to make the pellets. Suddenly fuel is even more expensive - as if the never-ending rise in robotics et al. isn't bad enough. No thank you.
Want fuel to be more convenient? Set up the tower to automatically draw fuel from the corp hangar array as needed, then use the fuel inside of the tower itself when the hangar array is empty. You can dump 6 months of fuel in there one time then not worry about it.
Some POS defenses are laughable. Blasters are near useless. A stealth bomber can tank torp batteries. There's no reason to use a tower other than Minmatar unless you desperately need the CPU for labs or the extra silo space. Speaking of... Why are Gallente towers so under-tanked compared to the others?
I'm fine with manual anchoring and onlining systems. Being able to queue anchoring and onlining means that someone can enter a system and drop a dozen essentially self-assembling towers with minimal effort. This makes space invasion too easy. The timers also ensure that he structure is vulnerable until someone puts in the time to make it defensible. You want a tower? Then put in the time necessary to set it up.
And, what's the deal with containers? 
Being able to rent POS facilities to the public would be very cool. Not just research slots, but production, storage, etc.
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