Take away NPC corps
Take away NPC Navys
Make plex's worth fighting over. Make them more like mini incursions.
Fix the bombers-farming-missions problem

Should all be fairly easy

I suspect Hans is a carebear.

The idea that fw is entry level pvp is idiotic.
Fw missions as a way to 'attract' more people is counterproductive.
Alliances joining FW will also completely break it.

Its really easy to spot who in this thread uses FW to make a profit, and who actually PvPs in it. The people who want it to stay 'safe' and those who think it should become more hardcore.

I am of the opinion that people have become mighty soft.

Wait you don't like roaming and seeing dozens of SBs running mission? WTF and here I thought that was only me.

Whats even funnier is the Null sec guys that clearly have alts in FW for the missions dropping their 2 cents in. Guess they dont wanna risk carrier site running, not when they can make 300m an hours in a SB.
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Its really easy to spot who in this thread uses FW to make a profit, and who actually PvPs in it.

"go ahead, take away my ability to bomb all the missions". Just make us able to earn the same income / hour with a gang, and we'll be good.

not the ability for people who are cowards to join fw to blob it out while sucking moon goo out of 0.0.

Hey, you already have the tools - you can sit cloaked and waste your time there, while farmer completes 5 other missions.

No seriously, making fw missions be easily blitzable in bomber /or bomber + inty/ was stupid idea from the start. Something like being able to decline any number of fw missions without standings loss.

Agreed, indeed. If we're going to have missions at all, they should not be blitzable in solo ship. The difficulty level should be set so the most effecient way to complete the missions is as a fleet.

Removal of FW NPC from high sec will lead to gay high sec RR docking games at mission and market hubs. \o/

All the veteran players will stay in low sec and not bother with them, younger players without alts will be griefed endlessly.

What you SHOULD fix:

1) pirate frigs not allowed into minor plexes.

2) no standing loss in remote repping friendly militia member who is pirate/gcc

3) make plexes worth doing / dont spawn most of them after dt

Sorry if this has been suggested before, I've not really read this thread fully. But:

When establishments comes fully online, I'd like to be able to wear my uniform around in station that (1) reflects which faction navy I signed up with, and (2) what rank I'm at.

A new uniform reflecting the new rank may be issued each time when you've been promoted. This way, the same design may also be used multiple times with minor variations in each rank.

When a player reaches the highest rank (eg Divine Commodore), a special uniform (like the 12,000 Aurum Field Marshall cloak being sold now in Nex) may be issued, or partially given with Aurum purchase.

I know this suggestion flies in the face of the shift away from Nex clothing and Aurum sales, and Establishments, so this may not even be considered in the near to medium term. Nevertheless I think being able to wear (and show off) our faction uniforms will aid in the RP aspect of FW rewards. When the time is right, I'd love for this to be implemented.

Cheers.

M

Hey guys

Great feedback in this thread. I'm taking a few notes and getting a few ideas.

One thing we might be able to do very easily is remove the faction NPCs, letting you freely travel in other factions space. How would you guys feel about that change? I've always found it a bit sad that we've isolated FW in low-sec when it could be done on a much larger scale.

1.) Add rewards to plexing. Make it a desireable activity, with a distinct PvP focus and less NPC shooting and button orbiting.
2.) Fix the spawning of plexes to not only occur at downtime. Make them spawn more often, and round the clock.
3.) Remove pirate ships from any othe plexes that restrict tech 2 ships.
4.) Make docking at an enemy station hazardous to your health - either deny access completely, or if that is too extreme/imbalanced at very least cause gate guns to fire if your enemy has Sov.
5.) Fix GCC/standing for repping friendly militia members. Most of us who PvP to shoot neutrals from time to time, whenever there is "suspected enemy collaboration".
6.) Fix missions so they aren't farmable in bombers.

Or, how about allowing all those with a +5 from faction x to shoot all those with a -5 from the same faction no matter where they are?

That would be true faction warfare.

Regarding stations, yes, I agree that if you're hated by a faction then you shouldn't be allowed to dock at their stations. But maybe there could be some benefit for high faction standings as well - maybe free repairs or lower sales taxes if you're in a friendly station.

Removing the stock NPC corp in favor of more of a pseudo- static alliance is a much better way around this, in my opinion - I think forcing players to join a player corp to do Faction Warfare is a great idea. Players corps are much better about monitoring and filtering farmers and spies - the players who sign up for 24th crusade or TLF usually have a crap experience if they stay there - they are simply treated as riffraff anyways by any militia pilot who has been around longer than a few weeks.

I'd also love to be able to join FW on a more or less day-by day basis without leaving my corp (because that is just not gonna happen). Eve is about diverse possibilities and not being limited in what you want to do. At least for me it is. If I'm in the mood for some pewpew I can join and do so (including hopefully revamped missions for the militia involving some sort of player-interaction) for a day or two. I'd say some commitment should be required, if I kill someone he probably wants so kill me right back. He should have that opportunity.