Honestly, if you own or rent space in nullsec and aren't going to use the ESS, that just means higher values for LP for those of us who are brave enough to shoulder the risk. If you are so risk adverse that you can't handle the potential loss, then I recommend you head back to highsec where you will be swaddled and kept safe from such a horror.

Last I saw using ESS was considered goon-rodgering.

With luck SoniClover will learn from this and use F&I in future rather than feeling he knows best and getting dragged through the mud.

I'm working on that. :sun:

I really like many of these new deployables! Excellent Job CCP.


A few points I want to bring up that weren't addressed on the ESS:

1.) The ESS needs a means to inhibit it's distribution timer. I tested this last night on Sisi, and this is what I found:
I can land next to the ESS and immediately hit access and choose take all (starting the 3.5 minute timer to grab the isk-tags) or I may choose share all (starting the timer to share the loot). There are only two ways to stop me: a.) destroy my ship. b.) get me to leave the proximity of the ESS (15 km radius). It would be very nice if a mechanic existed where a player could stop this count-down. I can think of several ways to do it:

Option 1: Target the ESS. This would force those on grid to chase off anyone that's preventing the timer from counting down.
Option 2: Damage the ESS, were every the damage delivered creates a proportional extension in the delivery times. (example, +60 seconds for every 6000 damage it receives).
Option 3: Counter-access the ESS. Allow a pilot that lands next to the ESS to access it and choose "stop" to prevent the ESS from completing its timer. The means you and the other pilot would both be within 15 km's of the ESS.

Note: Ideally the ESS would name the pilot responsible for activating it (as you can't tell). And ideally the ESS would name the pilot responsible for hindering the timer from counting down.

2.) As pointed out, if someone can successfully deploy this inside the Sun, where your ship will be ejected out upon landing, this might be considered an exploit. I'll try doing this on Sisi tonight (if I can find a system where I have the sun's center bookmarked).

Why does the ESS require a 5% nerf to bounties?

Honestly, if you own or rent space in nullsec and aren't going to use the ESS, that just means higher values for LP for those of us who are brave enough to shoulder the risk. If you are so risk adverse that you can't handle the potential loss, then I recommend you head back to highsec where you will be swaddled and kept safe from such a horror.

Mobile Structures were first introduced in Rubicon 1.0. Now it's time to add to the collection! In Rubicon 1.1 there will be 5 more Mobile Structures being added to your arsenal, and CCP Fozzie has written a dev blog to tell you all about it.

Head on over here to read it.

Tell us what you think! Leave your constructive feedback in this thread.

The ESS discussion took all the attention before, so i neglected to say something about the Mobile Scan Inhibitor.

I understand trying to throw in something odd, but here is the weird decision with regard to this deployable:

When active, the Mobile Scan Inhibitor will prevent the operation of both combat probes and directional scanners by or against anything within its 30km radius. The structure itself is always visible to both probes and directional scans, and is extremely easy to pinpoint using probes.

Why make it visible at all, if it is capable of hiding everything around it? This doesn't make sense, certainly not from the users perspective. Warping towards it at range will reveal everything that is there, without the users seeing any Intel themselves. This block suggests it works by nullifying all signals in its influence sphere which should make itself also undetectable.

It is probably done to counter complains that it might otherwise be too powerful, but i disagree. From a user point of view it should stay hidden, else it would have very limited application. The most logical place to use for such a structure is as a rally point or as a way to hide your presence in WH space. The first use is severely compromised by its visibility, the second one is downright nullified.

Which essentially leaves one use left. Using it in say missions or behind bubbles as a trap of some sort to catch anyone that comes to inspect it. This makes it a deplorable bait ship and an obvious one at that....in essence rendering it useless.

If a player launches an ESS and after some ratting wants to collect. Then the very structure he deployed will scramble him?!

It makes no sense for the deployer to be scrambled by his own device. That just doesn't compute.

It's like you're walking up to your car. There's a guy lunging out at you with a knife. You have to wait 30 seconds for your car to open the door before you can jump in and race to safety.

I can see why it's done but the feature should not work like that for the pilot dropping the device. It is not reasonable to assume you'd deploy a device that would then prevent you from escaping.

Unless

you explained it as being badly designed by the corporation making the device. I want to see the hero who makes that argument.

This is what bad game design looks like.

Since the blog actually doesn't mention it outright, I have to ask: is the 5% nerf to bounties still in?

If soGǪGǪthis.

Since the blog actually doesn't mention it outright, I have to ask: is the 5% nerf to bounties still in?

If soGǪGǪthis.

How is "Share" vs "Take All" bad game design?

When active, the Mobile Scan Inhibitor will prevent the operation of both combat probes and directional scanners by or against anything within its 30km radius. The structure itself is always visible to both probes and directional scans, and is extremely easy to pinpoint using probes.

Why make it visible at all, if it is capable of hiding everything around it? This doesn't make sense, certainly not from the users perspective. Warping towards it at range will reveal everything that is there, without the users seeing any Intel themselves. This block suggests it works by nullifying all signals in its influence sphere which should make itself also undetectable.

Since the blog actually doesn't mention it outright, I have to ask: is the 5% nerf to bounties still in?

If soGǪGǪthis.

Ess , so contrived.

For example the depot. It is an awesome structure but of limited use in fleets, it doesn't scale very well. Now imagine they would make it standing based and a single depot could supply a whole fleet with ammo and fitting service... i don't think that we will ever see this since it would be OP for such a small and cheap module.