Echo Mande
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Posted - 2011.08.19 11:40:00 -
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Edited by: Echo Mande on 19/08/2011 11:43:55
One thing that could be done with respect to mining in nullsec is to take another look at roid composition. Currently we have roids with 100%, 105% and 110% mineral content which can all be found in high-, low- and nullsec. We also have isotope ice in highsec and other ice in low- and nullsec.
One possible way to buff nullsec lowend mining and incidentally improve the lowend supply situation there is for instance to go to a composition ratio (compared to current standard roids) of 75%, 85% 100%, 110%, 125%, 140%, 160%, 250% and 500%, with 75%-100% being found in highsec, 100%-160% in lowsec and 140% and up in nullsec. WH space could have roids depending on WH category. Similar things could be done with isotope ice composition. Doing something similar to mid values (hemo, hed, gneiss, jaspet) and highends is possible but the ratio should IMO stay below 140%.
A further improvement to mining might be to replace half the belts in a system with scanable grav sites, perhaps containing roids of one composition level higher than a visible belt. This would hobble the bots, still give highsec newbies a place to play and keep the harder core miners somewhat interested while slightly harder to find by gankers. Industrial upgrade grav sites could also contain higher ratio roids. Very occasionally finding a fabled 250% arkonor roid in a L or XL upgrade grav site in 0.0 could be a treat, as could finding a 75% dark ochre rock in highsec.
If the current sovereignty system is replaced by one dependant on sov holder activity (comparable to the current industrial upgrade level), one other possible change is the mining rental contract. Basically an agreement between the holders and a contractor (corp or alliance) adding the contractor's mining activities to the owner's 'activity pool' and so keeping the owner's sov up. The contract could specify things like location (system, constellation) and might even include standings changes and station rights for the contract's duration.
Comments?
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