I blogged this a year ago so I thought I would take a look at it a year later, make some tweaks to it, and vomit it back out onto the forums. 0.0 is supposed to be a sandbox, so why did CCP add SOV to it making it a slab of concrete?

CCP can you please get rid of SOV.

So letGÇÖs think about this for a few minutes. Null Sec with a clean SOV slate.GǪGǪ No more grinding structures, ping ponging timers, alarm clocking, and any other horrendous nightmares you can think of from the last 10 yearsGÇÖ experience. You can change/impact the Null Sec landscape every time you log in and not be subjected to weeks of structures, timers, camps, and blobsGǪ CCP wouldnGÇÖt be faced with trying to fix something thatGÇÖs always been GÇ£brokenGÇ¥, to make something else that can be GÇ£gamed by the fewGÇ¥ and gridlocked again like it is now. They can simply turned it offGǪGǪ..SOV all across 0.0 dropsGǪ..and the players take control over the new sandboxGǪ.

So what are some of the outcomes to doing thisGǪGǪGǪGǪSOV goes away effectively turning Null Sec back into the GÇ£Lawless SpaceGÇ¥ itGÇÖs always been advertised asGǪGǪGǪGǪ..Station and Out Post docking doors are flung wide open across all of Null Sec and 10 years of trapped assets are unlocked for thousands of current, and past, pilots to use again. Pilots are logging in by the thousands and Null Sec springs back to life.

GÇó Alliances are no longer pinned under the weight of coalitions in order to GÇ£keep their spaceGÇ¥GǪGǪGǪ..they simply need to live in, and actively defend it for it to be theirs.

GÇó Local and regional politics would develop with leaders/war lordGÇÖs etc. coming out of the wood works to govern with limited power to hold over playersGÇÖ heads.

GÇó Back room deals can be made by the lowest level grunt each day which could drastically impact what happens throughout a constellation or regionGǪGǪstronger relationships are born.

GÇó Contracts mechanics are developed to support regional trade and local deals.

GÇó Ninja living in Null Sec could be done by anyone who wanted to take the risk alone, in Corps, Alliances by choice while others hunted them.

GÇó Grass roots market HUBs and industry in Null Sec would grow to amazing size and use all over null secGǪ.Jita size HUBs policed by Mercs etcGǪGǪGǪ. Mos Isley Space Station etcGǪ

GÇó And so many other opportunities for player driven content would come to life all around 0.0 as players were free to move where they wanted if they were willing to take the risk and develop the relationships..

So no SOVGǪGǪGǪall the stations and out posts are free portedGǪGǪGǪ.now what? Where can I plant my Alliance flag? What will it be?........my thoughts a GǣAlliance Capital StationGǥGǪGǪdestructibleGǪGǪ

Alliance Capital Station - Each Alliance can launch one GÇ£Capital StationGÇ¥ (Per Region?) which is destructible. Mechanics of how itGÇÖs destructible, timers, and what drops is something CCP/Players can toy with.

Thoughts/options that CCP can build on to make it GÇ£specialGÇ¥:

GÇó GÇ£Capital StationsGÇ¥ allow for Super Carriers to dock
GÇó Docking rights can be set in Capital Stations unlike the local free ported stations
GÇó Super Carrier Construction Upgrade Slots to be added to the Capital Station
GÇó Anchorable mods on the station, large guns, webs, etc. so gunners can use them and station can defend itself like a POS.
GÇó Industry upgrades can be added, taxes collected, etc.
GÇó It takes an Alliance to up keep itGǪ.they take fuel, food, dancers, janitors, cows, booze, drugs, etc to operate/maintainGǪor it goes off line..
GÇó Walking in station upgrades, Licenses granted for such things as Casinos, bars, shops etc..only available at Alliance Capital StationsGǪthe more come the more isk you make

EmbassyGÇÖs GÇô (Its already going on so why not make it official) An Alliance holding a Region with a Capital Station, can secure an GÇ£EmbassyGÇ¥ in a Free-Ported station in each of the Constellations within the Region held. The benefits of such an Embassy can be decided as this mechanics are hammered out. Maybe some sort of benefits to anyone using the station for trade, industry, or whatever which in turn allows the Alliance to tax the goings on in that station etc.

So what about Jump Bridges, Cyno Gens, Jammers, CSAAs, and all the other SOV driven items? Without getting to f***ing complicated, IGÇÖm pretty sure most of you guys can figure out how to tie those back into the system without turning 0.0 into the same mess itGÇÖs in now.

LetGÇÖs face it, CCP is nowhere near figuring out how to GÇ£fixGÇ¥ current Null Sec GÇ£SOVGÇ¥ mechanics because there is no way to fix itGǪGǪ.shut it down, put in place mechanics that already exist (stations) and with a few tweaks we could be up and running with a new and fresh Null Sec which will thrive for years to comeGǪ

AnywaysGǪGǪ.ItGÇÖs an idea. Build off it or adjust as you think will work better but the simpler the idea more apt itGÇÖs going to get implemented by CCP quicker. The folks that keep coming up with these complicated and intricate ways to GÇ£fixGÇ¥ it just stagnate the process and to be honest, I think thatGÇÖs why you do it so stfu. The above details, or some iteration of it, will give new players a chance to make it in this game and not simply be a puppet.

AnywhooGǪGǪGǪ.flame away and cry like babies about Gǣalready having NPC spaceGǥ and silly crap like that. This is what needs to happen for EVE to surviveGǪ.

Fly it like you stole it!!!
(RIP TN)