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This doesn't affect me personally too badly as I don't often use bookmarks, but I know lots and lots and lots of people that do.

I've got to say this is a bad idea to the extreme for a number of very important reasons.

Firstly, as a general rule, anything that increases downtime in a game like this is a bad idea. Alot of us grumbled with the no MWD/AB in warp nerf, but have more-or-less accepted it. However, because of the ramifications of this change, I highly doubt many will take this lightly.

The second glaring issue is obviously one of gate campers. This change effectively makes blockades un-runnable. I know you commented that MWD could still get you through, but that is a naive statement. If you warp in at 20k to the gate, you might have a 20% chance of making it with MWD equipped, anything further and it's almost guarenteed you will fail.

Now, I fully appreciate the arguement that engaging in combat can be very difficult because of immunity timers etc. This is obviously good and bad depending on your viewpoint. For the prey it's good, for the hunter it's bad. Simple. But this no BM idea is NOT a solution to this problem. Trying to present this as a solution just creates more problems and that's bad for all of us.

A game altering mechanic such as this effects every profession in the game. Please consider the impact on all of these players before you ruin their game (and believe me, many players game will be ruined). For instance, one of our corp mates has spent some 80 hours or more setting up bookmarks through our frequently traveled routes. You really want to erase all of that hard work? Do you think he is the only one?

Don't be too hasty on this TomB. Please.

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