Yeah that will solve blabbing instead of a mix fleet if caps and subs, it'll just be how every many subcaps stuck staring at each other in 10% tidi

If you remove caps, then in about a year people will come back and say remove faction battleships. There will always be the big money item.

If you remove caps, then in about a year people will come back and say remove faction battleships. There will always be the big money item.

I wonder, if CCP hadn't spent all that money on Dust and WOD, and instead, put it into the Eve servers (were the money was made) if we could actually have the fights CCP brag about?

Too many caps, too many caps on all sides.

the answer is obvious, like Malcanis has said
just make every Bridge/Gate jump cost fuel
that fuel being Aurum. One PLEX Worth of Aurum covers you for a full day of gate travel and 4 titan bridges or Jump Drive Operations, and you can spend additional Aurum to make your jump drive act as if it's a Cal V Jump Drive.

Obvious answer, simple to implement.

I seem to have somehow upset you, whoever you are.

I can't tell you how bad your content-free crying makes me, because I like being truthful.

What is the root of the problem then? Because by definition it's pretty hard to have a super-coalition without power projection.

What is the root of the problem then? Because by definition it's pretty hard to have a super-coalition without power projection.

What is the root of the problem then? Because by definition it's pretty hard to have a super-coalition without power projection.

Bottom line is there is little to no reasons to not blob and to not bring the biggest ship you can find. Solve that, and you fix a lot of our problems. Everyone piling into one system onto one grid should have real penalties while you are not home.

Yeah its not Caps its Naps (aka coalitions).

Actually thinking about it, cool-downs would probably be a buff to coalitions who are best able to stock multiple fleets in multiple locations while smaller alliances would be stuck with the nerf.

I completely agree with you. I feel as though there are different approaches that we can take to get to the solution.

The one that Malcanis have suggested are more "macro" level changes, which are basically a complete overhaul of the way jump mechanics work in the game. The changes suggested would in a way solve the problem, but I feel as though this would just make the game more difficult for the average player, and would be just adding another pain point to people who are increasingly feeling as though nullsec is not for them. They might be seen as another "nerf nullsec" change, much like the 5% bounty nerf that comes with the ESS and be met with hostility.

I would like to see more "micro" level changes, where there are not additional limitations added based on ship type, but rather more pressure be put on fleets to be able to move around quickly or be split into more fleets effectively. Capital fleets, to a lesser extent battleship fleets, and very large tidi-inducing fleets are pretty slow movers and vulnerable to asymmetric warfare when they are combat-ready in system. The new warp speed changes have amplified this shortcoming. This would make individual fights more strategically interesting and make wars more about fighting and skill rather than logistical ability.

Both approaches would change the game for the better and solve most of the problems that we are having. The macro level approach is more dependent on logistics and in-game timers. I feel that the micro level approach would be more reliant on players and hence, better for the game.

What is the root of the problem then? Because by definition it's pretty hard to have a super-coalition without power projection.

Can you give some examples of what these "micro level" changes would be? because it sounds like you're decribing a new sov system, and that sounds even more macro than a combined jumpclone/bridge/cyno jump timer pool.

Reduce the amount of timers needed to take a system. There would be more do-or-die timers, more than likely there would be more than one coming out at once.

Reduce the amount of timers needed to take a system. There would be more do-or-die timers, more than likely there would be more than one coming out at once.

I'm not suggest adding FW plexes to the nullsec sov game, but I'd like to point out some very strong points that Plexes offer:

1.) An individual can make a difference in the flipping of a system. The FW plexes are small scale objectives that can escalate but fundamentally my be completed by a solo pilot.

2.) They are time sensitive. The opposing side only has a limited amount of time to stop you from completing the objective. The limited opportunity to response limits the size of the response.

3.) There are multiple objectives available in a single system. This has the effect of forcing pilots to spread out to maximize their efforts, creating weak points and strong points of attack.

A sov system with distributed small scale objectives would go a long way reducing the 4k man battlefields (which I don't think is something CCP actually wants to achieve).

because 5 people in stabbed bombers taking all of CFC's sov will work as intended.

Off the cuff example:
A new AOE mechanic that teleports everyone on grid randomly into other systems within the constellation.
--- This could from a player driven device that causes it
-- This could be a "feature" of space destabilizing because (insert lore) and the server automatically implements this anytime the server load exceeds some threshold from some time period.

This really is the answer to the problem:

We need to implement a mechanic that gets people back OUT of system.