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But I ask you this...what kind of loot will Goon NPC's drop?

Thank god he's being indiscriminate nowadays.

Eh. I'm mixed on this. I get the feeling it would turn nullsec into an OP version of highsec; surely the idea of player sov is for the PLAYERS to defend their space, not an AI?

EDIT: Damn I'm stupid.

If you can't defend your space, you shouldn't have taken it in the first place.

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Great idea. Let's replace player interaction with some NPCs. All something like this would add is another stale, predictable PVE element (something we have more than enough of already) in the place of the actual players defending their alliance-mates/renters.

I think it could be a neat idea. Would make it a challenge to just blow through Null sec...

+1 personally.

Lowsec has its gate guns that make fights on gates nearly impossible for small ships due to their perfect tracking and high damage; Highec has magical space police (CONCORD) and an infinitely-respawning Faction Navy.

I think this is a small enough thing that it would fit the theme of nullsec: after all, why wouldn't a large empire that is able to control and tax the resources of planets and moons under its control not install a quick-response force?

The point of the Alliance Navy is not to defend space (i.e., Sovereignty or Assets), but to be a quick (and killable) response against aggression.

When you have over 10,000 members... why do you need NPC's to protect you?

Idea is beyond terrible, if you own the space, you police it.

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Hello Space Friends!

My name is Lyris Nairn and I have been playing EVE Online since 2008. I think that I have something to say that is relevant to many of you. Especially in this age where renters are becoming commonplace and more people than ever are flocking to 0.0, the idea of a "faction Navy"-style mechanic in nullsec seems like it might be worthwhile. I envision there being introduced an Infrastructrure Hub or Outpost upgrade which would spawn NPC entities what I am tentatively calling the "Alliance Navy."

This upgrade would require a certain Sovereignty Level to install, and would require a monthly fee to maintain (like other upgrades).

The upgrade would have the effect of spawning NPC entities whenever one of the Alliance members (or some other entities as denoted by standings) is the victim of aggression. The spawned NPC entities would then attack the aggressor, and behave similarly to Faction Navy vessels in High Security space. Unlike the Faction Navy, these ships would not necessarily spawn infinitely: there might be an internal cooldown of only once per hour, or once every few minutes, or once per individual aggressor in some time window, or once per individual victim, etc. I am not really certain of the specifics, but I am confident that CCP would be able to hammer out the details and create a worthwhile addition to nullsec game play.

This sort of upgrade would be potentially useful to help make a roaming enemy have to dedicate more than a single ship to an attack on PVE ships (their preferred targets), and would force them to make choices about target selection, projection of force, and investment of numbers or assets. In short, I think this is a good idea! Tell me what you think in the comments.

When you have over 10,000 members... why do you need NPC's to protect you?

Idea is beyond terrible, if you own the space, you police it.

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Only if:

The owner had to fill a "navy hangar" with fitted ships.

Said fitted ships were salvagable/lootable/otherwise behaved as a player piloted ship

Piloting AI is considered to have bare minimum skills required to fly the fit.

Piloting AI is as dumb as navy ships.

This means you can throw trash and cheap navy vessels at the system's "defense hangar" but they're going to cost just as much as an actual person flying the same ship, and do a worse job of it.

Oh, and also you'll be paying the NPC crew that flies it an ISK salary every week.

That suggestion is not entirely new.

Altho it's been a while since I saw this one. Maybe a year or two.

As far as I remember CCP said something like "Not gonna happen" about that.

I can't seem to find the thread tho so maybe it's my imagination running wild on me again.

None of these are unreasonable; though, dividing up the upkeep cost from "provide ISK every month" to "provide ISK every week and a bunch of other things" does seem needlessly complex. It would allow for greater customization, though: you could outfit an Alliance Navy of nothing but Insta-artillery fits, rather than whatever the default might be.