I think it's a good idea, as long as I am allowed to park at the district satellite and indiscriminately fire upon DUST bunnies.

I don't think the latter idea can work, unless the income levels in dust are overhauled entirely. Vast majority of EVE players would be in a position where the peanuts that the dustbunnies can offer in such contract would be completely meaningless and that way the interaction just wouldn't happen. Otherway around maybe.

The big wrinkle in all of that? It's objective play, in a market that doesn't operate like that.

Just try to get FPS players to go after objectives in a match. As a game itself, good luck, I think every publisher would like to see that happen, as they created hundreds of millions worth of content and can't get them to do it...even if they're MMO inclined (e.g., WoW's BGs come to mind here).

FPS games it's about K/D and accuracy. Objectives second (and treated more as an annoyance).

I have no problem with indiscriminate fire against dusties.

Just so long as the dusties can fire themselves in boarding torpedoes at you ship, get a chance to fight thier way through the internal defences. Then, if they succeed, drag you paniced self from the pod, before a swift yet brutal summary execution to your face with a plasma shotgun.

If a Dust player can directly influence something like attacking a POCO from a planet, i want to directly be able to defend it by firing back, without requiring 3rd party (dust bunnies) help to do so.

I see your reasoning behind hiring a dust merc team to defend it, but that works two ways.
Why can't a dust merc team hire an EvE corp (or even join an alliance) to take the poco in eve for them.

I just dont like the idea of something that i own, being totally taken out of my control and relyant on another game.

The planet shield emitter should only harden the poco shields, not make it indestructible.

Also, if you want to bash the poco, and you hire dusties. Who's supposed to defend it, and how long do you have to respond with your own dust defense team?

There are no ISK transfers yet between Dust and Eve, so this is false.

How does a dust corporation get a POCO setup under their banner?

How would a dust corporation take a POCO? Destroy it or capture it?

If capture, is anything implemented to allow a ground type assault on a space station like that?

If they do have the ability to fire on space targets, can they hit moons and such? (i.e. put POS's at risk too)

It seems a tad one sided if they can pot-shot POCO's but can't be stopped nor risk anything on their end (owning a POCO).

This sounds more like a lulz excuse to allow ground pounders to blow up POCO's at will and not like any type of interaction gig. I don't know... I don't understand enough about how they work together to make a clean decision on such a topic so please do explain a bit more.

Thanks. I am interested in it - a link works if you have one.

It's an interesting idea and I can see the potential but I think it needs a bit of work. My opinion on this of course.

There is no defense by the assaulted party against their fixed asset - until after they have lost control of it. This needs addressing.

I frowned at the idea of planetary bombardment without dusties having the ability to defend themselves against it. I also frown at the idea of a reversal of this situation which seems to be what is proposed here. You gain no notification nor ability to defend your property until after you have lost control of it...

Someone who is attacked (their property at least) should gain notification and/or the ability to defend against such an attack as soon as possible and they should have the ability to defend themselves - hiring as an option works but not as the only means to hold onto your property. Having to hire after a loss to recover assets works. Hiring as the only option to regain a valuable asset is not so good.

That said the idea of this "intermediary" (between space and the planet) asset potentially being threatened from either/both sides does have potential. It just needs some way for both sides to be able to defend the property and not turn an EVE construct and asset into a Dust play-thing -- nor vice verse with dust based assets by EVE players.

See if a balance point can be reached - it's a good spot to pick for a "closer to EVE" side of interaction but, again, both sides should be more balanced on their ability to defend their property so if they did manage to take it, blowing it up would need a type of defense.

Yes I can see them hiring EVE players to handle that side if they don't have the ability to build it on their own (they stole it but can't defend it... that can work) but it would be best if they could defend it from EVE players if they managed to take it.

Again, just my thoughts on the topic.

+1 and bump.

I believe the basic idea has a lot of merit. So long as balance issues are taken into consideration (for instance, EVE players could bombard the POCO attacking Dust players) then I think it would create additional conflict drivers, as well further intergrating both games.

Implementing this would require all of CCPs resources for at least one expansion, likely more.

I am far from convinced it is worth it.

Dusties don't have enough isk to make it worthwile for capsleers to accept payment from them.

There are not enought players to expand dust beyond faction warfare. My null sec Poco could not careless about these changes.

yes this definatly wont go down to all planets being 99.9% taxed and no one using poco's anymore