If implemented with my calculation from earlier in the thread, it would take four freighters destroyed in this way to detonate a single frigate, and that assumes it stays still long enough for you to blow up said freighters.

I did not look at the math, for that, but it sounds solid. One problem though. If your a billionaire in Jita, and you buy 4 freighters and hand 3 out to your 3 alts/friends. Undock at the same time and Right click ship->self destruct all at once. It just may be cost effective if you get REALLY lucky, and someone is carrying plex or BPOs in a shuttle or frig. Then there is the fleet warp issues. Your Haul % damage solution only fixes the greifer side of the problem, but not the coordination side of it. Maybe only Super caps explode?

Self-destruct takes 2 full minutes. If you undock and AFK in Jita and your ship blows up because of 4 freighters simultaneously self-destructing... I don't know how to help you.

People who undock are temporarily invulnerable also, so they wouldn't be blown up by surprise if they undock right as the ships self-destruct. Only those who AFK without moving would be affected.

NO, you cant blow yourself up. It only happens if you are destroyed by outside forces.

so whats stopping me from getting 500 shuttles, putting them on the jita undock, and then popping them with TP fit tornadoes when a freighter undocks.

if the freighter doesnt die, it takes damage and CONCORD doesnt show up because the 500 shuttles and their pilots are in my corp.

now that weakened freighter can be ganked by 5 catalysts instead of 20.

Good point, so now all that needs to be addressed is the fleet structure mechanics to make this so it does not kill large fleet battles.

No it's not. It adds to the immersion.

Your billions of isk will soon disappear if you dedicate yourself to blowing up your own orcas in the hopes of getting something of value from surrounding ships.

I said collateral damage, not collateral destruction. Blowing up an orca next to my Industrial may lower the shields and some armor but not destroy my ship...while you just lost an orca.

But a battleship in a dogfight may be vulnerable if it's shields and armor are already compromised.

And what would prevent the other side from blobbing in your own formation to bounce it back into a tight clusterfuck?

It's been suggested before and rejected before due to the potential for abuse and griefing.

One potential adaptation of this idea that could work is to apply this to capitals and supercapitals only.