all i see in this thread are carebears and sov owners whining about a move that would actually make their way of life in eve a little more risky, less effortless. And i would like to reiterate, a LITTLE more. Not much.

Imagine i am running a plex in nullsec:

I have a cloaky scout next door, someone jumps in, i know they're coming - i hide.


Or i don't have a cloaky scout, or i am brave enough to bide my time and think they may not come looking for me or that i may complete it before they can locate me. Now they've entered local, if i'm in an anomaly i know they can simply warp to me, but that takes time and i am already aligning because i have seen them enter local - i can warp off at any time and be safe.

Or perhaps i'm in a plex? I can finish the plex, they can't find me unless they scan me down, but i have d-scan, i will know if they drop probes. Oh look, there are probes! they are scanning for me, i will warp off and cloak up or hide etc...

Or perhaps i'm brave and think i may have enough time to finish before they find me and arrive, or perhaps they already have the plex scanned down. But it's ok, because i have d-scan, i can see them when they show up on a short range scan, or if they're cloaky i can see them when they land on the gate to the plex since it decloaks them...or i may even have an alt or friend cloaked up on gate keeping watch - i can warp out and get safe at any time

Or perhaps i've not been paying attention to d-scan, or i'm so close that i can possibly finish and escape in time, maybe there are multiple gates giving me even more time, i still have plenty of time because they still have to enter and exit warp through the gates - even when i see them show up on grid, they take enough time exiting warp that i have already aligned and warped off

Phew, that was close, even though i left it to the last second or didn't pay as much attention as i should, i was still able to safely escape. I will now warp to a safe spot, or simply make one, because i can bookmark any location in space and warp back to it.

Oh no! they have combat scanners out! better warp to any of hundreds of celestials and make as many bookmarks as i want in empty space and then simply bounce around them until my time runs down and i can log off safely


...Yeah, local is the only thing protecting carebears or others that don't wanna get caught in nullsec, if we remove that then no one will be safe ever again...