The only thing that will work in my opinion is the following:

1. Create cheap and effective mobile bases - CCP have done this details still awaited
2. Create a way to attack passive moon income, - CCP have done this, may need adjustment
3. Reduce the EHP of sov modules where NPC pirates have not been kept down, will turn off IHUB and also reduces the time taken to online an SBU
4. Dread cycle reduced to 2 minutes
5. Remove automated mails of stucture/POS attacks
6. Limit the mass that can jump through a cyno
7. Make a portable covert cyno jammer as well as the portable normal cyno jammer

Do that and then see how it develops.

Because we don't want to play EvE Online - Rental Space Sim, we want to play EvE Online - Blowing Shitt Up

Biggest issue for anyone being attacked is the base of operations, this is why getting the Personal Structure right is so important, you need a base to be able to fight from. Also this attack people for lol's and to get good fights has to have a way that the defender can get back at them, the siphon unit does that. The target of course is the lessor used systems, so that people feel that they can actually take them, of course holding them means time and effort in keeping the EHP high of the sov modules, this means that people will try to camp them to reduce the control and people will have to kill NPC's to keep it high, resulting in more small gang combat. But all those poor systems sitting in there with a TCU now become very vulnerable to attack.

Dreads are the ships that smaller entities would prefer to use, cost with insurance is rather small, and 2 minutes suits smaller entities better as they can fire off a few rounds and GTFO leaving the residue EHP to sub caps.

The mails are evident, you need to patrol your space.

Cyno's give too great a force projection, therefore limit it, this will not hurt small people as they cannot get too many in a fleet anyway, I know that the major alliances will use multiple cyno's, but that has an impact in perhaps resulting in split forces etc.

Some people just don't understand that people WILL NOT act in ways others can reliably predict. This is why EVERY game has problems with balance (for example) because game makers many times don't understand how creative and devious so people can be.

But the changes I have suggested would create the pain in the butt alliances that don't give up, which is what I am pushing, imagine more than one of these types nibbling at your low level systems, fun for all, but then again you don't want fun do you, so speaks a member of the coalition that was pushing to be able to impact NPC stations so people could not base there. We can see why FA would not like this to happen as you already have these pain in the butt alliances in Fountain.

your just blind to having Eve on easy mode.

EDIT: Do you seriously think you would have beaten BOB with the current Sov system, because I seriously don't think you would have!

We spend so much time arguing over how to get there and no one really asks themselves, "What exactly is there?"

Obviously this will vary from person to person, but I am really interested in what 'there' means to each of you.

People should want to live in the space they own but shouldn't be forced to
The default level of defense for sovereignty should be low (much lower than it is now)
Alliances should be able to increase the defenses of their systems if they want but at an ISK and human cost
Alliances should be free to decide how important a system is to them
Where timers are necessary (and they are necessary) there should be room for human error in setting them

I'm not saying it is right or wrong, but I was wondering if you would go more in depth on why timers and maybe other things should be subject to human error? The pros and cons as you see it.

Destructable stations are still a bad idea.