if anything they need to make it less obvious when its gonna break, that was the entire point of it you know

if anything they need to make it less obvious when its gonna break, that was the entire point of it you know

For me it would take away much of the "delving into the unknown" part.

A polarization timer wouldn't be a bad thing. I mean, I'm sure your ship would have a way of telling you that you couldn't re-enter the wormhole, right? And a visual effect would be icing on the cake (so long as it doesn't show through cloaks...that could be bad/hilarious depending on your point of view).

I say lengthen the timer and make it random between 30 mins and 2 hours. You're either in or you're out. No monkey business. Take what you need in with you.

And no visual indication or hint. Just a message saying, "polarisation failure, try again later."

You know the timer is currently like, 5 mins, right? Why do you want to make life so hard for wormholers?

I say lengthen the timer and make it random between 30 mins and 2 hours. You're either in or you're out. No monkey business. Take what you need in with you.

And no visual indication or hint. Just a message saying, "polarisation failure, try again later."

Random between 30min and 2h is a big jump from a 4min timer. While I can understand the reasons you're proposing that, I wouldn't go that far.

However, a timer based on the type of wormhole (the higher the class of the destination system, the longer the timer is ?) and / or on ship mass (the bigger the ship is, the longer the timer is ?) could be an interesting mechanic that would still allow people to access LS / HS easily or send small scouts back and forth, but still require a heavier commitment when moving bigger stuff. That said, even with a system like that I wouldn't go as far as 2h. That's way too much and most people will be scared by that. A potential 2h timer would mean you have to be active for the next 2h or you're lost forever. That's not the kind of commitment you can always make on a regular basis.

I say lengthen the timer and make it random between 30 mins and 2 hours. You're either in or you're out. No monkey business. Take what you need in with you.

And no visual indication or hint. Just a message saying, "polarisation failure, try again later."

As a scanner, I'd like to remind you that some chains aren't just a c3 and then the k-space and maybe the odd k162 leading away. I also don't like to open notes just to keep track when I polarized myself on which holes - and end up noting down 40 connections with times, or even worse: randomly double-jumping a connection and being stuck for 2 hours.

That's a reasonable point. There's no reason why covert ops frigates couldn't be fitted with special technology to reduce the polarisation time.

This could also be something that sisters' ships have, to help them in their exploration role.

Or, more simply, as I suggested before, have the wh polarisation timer be based on ship mass. It would in this case too answer most of the problems. That's more elegant than adding specific modules in order to do that.

Except it means that it exacerbates the problem that the only ship worth flying in w-space is a T3. I'd like to see more variety in w-space fights.

T3 and SoE now I guess, but good point. Adjusting the polarisation timer mechanic won't change that much though, since mass restrictions remain a more important constraint.

Could the polarisation timer be based on another stat than ship mass ? Scan res ? Just throwing out ideas there.

On the subject of mass, I'm not so sure it's a constraint. Most wormholes have a 3 billion tonne limit. That's 15 battleships each way. That's quite a big fleet in w-space.

Well, to sum things up, an valid proposal would be to slightly increase the polarisation timer to force people to commit more to what they're doing, and then add a specialized bonus to certain ships so they benefit from reduced polarisation timer (could be SoE, Covops, or even Transport Ships ?).

In option, the polarisation timer could also vary depending on the class of the destination system, or maybe even be based on the difference of class between the source and destination system ?



Well, throw in an Archon and all of a sudden you can't take that many BS's with you and you need smaller masses, like T3. I only have good experience in C5/C6 warfare, and there mass was definitely a constraint. Don't know about smaller classes though.

Justin Cody is an upstanding member of the wormhole community. Dare I even say a pillar, a beacon of light if you will. His suggestion is sound and should be taken into consideration.

You sir are a...dare I say it...luminary in wormhole society and your support lends great credulity. I appreciate the support. Now if only I could remove thread-jacking posts I'd be ahead of the game.