Vikram Bedi
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Posted - 2006.04.21 17:44:00 -
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Someone mentioned the idea ealier, and I particularly like it, of simply adding 'drift' to the equation.
Honestly, point in space bookmarks are a problem from a RP, IRL, *and* game mechanics perspective.
For role playing, wherever you are, the entire system is *orbiting a star*. Each object in the system (with the possible exception of the gates, which might be anchored in a geo-sync orbit to maintain alignment)is moving in relationship to each other.
From a "real life" perpective, coordinates need to be plotted in reference to something. Something has to be 0, and that something has to be immutable. In space, nothing is immutable, though some things only change very slowly.
I'd like to see
1) bookmarks drift over time. Say, after a month a bm would be 10-15 km off. This would allow those who want to take the effort of maintaining routes to keep their instas, but force them to make a continuous effort of it. it would also nerf the escrow market for insta's, because a buyer wouldn't neccesarily know that the insta they're buying was up to date.
2) warp calculation skills. I think that there should be a degree of error in warp calculations. Say, when you warp to a place you have a 50% chance of showing up 1-2km from where you warped, a 20% chance of showing up 10km from where you warped, 10% chance of showing up 20km away, and a .5% chance of showing up a considerable distance off. These could of course be dropped 5% per level of "warp calculus" and "advanced warp calculus" that you train, as well as being dropped further by a high-CPU low slot module that aids in warp calculations.
This again, would allow someone who wanted to put the slots and SP into it to be relatively sure of their navigational routes, without allowing it to be a free "IWIN" button.
3) Distance complications. The farther the warp, the greater the degree of potential error. This would (I'm guessing), lead to more complex routes, involving using more than one insta to get across great distances accurately.
Another thing that I think should be considered is copy protection for BM's... Basically, only the person who plotted a BM can copy it. A safe and updated navigational route is a valuable commodity, and the person who plotted it should have the opportunity for reward.
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