DigitalCommunist
   |
Posted - 2006.05.26 22:44:00 -
[1]
Forgive the healthy dose of cynicism but isn't this how complexes were originally intended to work? :)
I recall there being a pretty big discussion on the shiva boards regarding the way complexes and gas clouds would be seeded, and this was it. I won't discourage you from implementing this though, I want it badly because theres nothing to scan now that people stopped leaving ships in space and that was one of the most challenging and enjoyable parts of EVE for me.
I have one seemingly obvious suggestion, but I'll state it just so you have no excuses later!
Its called reward masking through the use of environmental effects and cosmic signatures. The basic premise is to scatter a bunch normal/worthless looking locations throughout EVE. The contents found at those locations could indeed be worthless (and should be most of the time), but they would not appear on range scanner even with all filters off. This is the key element to making it actual exploration, instead of checking your scanner as you pass through systems to see if there is anything worthwhile.
Naturally, these locations also serve as tactical environments, not for their potential resources but the ability to hide reinforcements in a system..
When you can hide yourself like that, you open the door for small corporations to operate deep in "claimed" alliance territory. PVE'rs would have places to store ships and loot like the old F11 safespots which didn't require you to place a control tower. Currently, hostile control towers would get removed pretty fast. This only allows neutral corporations to live near NPC stations or genuinely worthless 0.0 like Pureblind, Providence and Geminate.
For small scale PVP corps it would open the door to "player complexes/installations" because you could have a relatively hidden carrier or mothership providing all the logistics needed to live in hostile territory. Made even better if you introduce some other anchorable structures that worked outside POS force fields - similar to bubbles.
You need to blog about the new scanning system next 
Purchasing Complex Fullerene Shards, contact me ingame.
|