Ill concede that perhaps my timeline might be blurred together. But ultimately a more inclusive nullsec with more conflict drivers is for the best. Currently both of our alliances are part of the problem. I honestly can't see any changes CCP can make that would shake up nullsec enough. Other than changing jumpdrives jumpbridges to like I suggest other than adding a ton of new space. But im afraid that would only be a temporary stopgap.

Yes, and that is a problem. Whilst one can argue (and I have) that this is a natural progression and that if you want to play in the big leagues you have to either grow into it or join one of the teams already in it, I can agree that it would be better if there was room for the smaller players.

So, there are a number of potential avenues to consider, some of which are:

1) Expand Sov Space - This is my favorite. If there was new space with significantly larger distances between stars that spread out from the outer boundaries of current Sov space it might alleviate the issue. The closer you are to Empire the easier it is to travel. The further out you go the less impact your jump drive has. Then shift nearly all the good moons further out making that the desirable space. It would massively increase the time for a fleet to get from one side of the map to the other. It would also mean that a lot of the space closer to Empire would be freed up as the current 2 massive coalitions took the more profitable space further out meaning that there would (hopefully) be space for smaller entities to take due to the distance issues making the big coalitions let go of the less profitable space. It would also mean that the better space you have the more pain in the backside it is to get to highsec and back. This is all off the top of my head so there are probably holes in it.

2) Reduce current sov holding through mechanics changes - This is rather intrusive and would likely garner complaint from the two main power blocs. Lots of potentials for this have been suggested on this forum and most have been soundly shot down.

3) Remove or massively reduce jump capability to enlarge the EVE galaxy by increasing travel times by a large factor - I'm pretty sure this isn't going to happen as it has WAY to many people against it, understandably.

It sure is a thorny subject though.

We have been making the sacrifice. How do you think all the other groups were eliminated? How do you think the largest battle and losses ever recorded in video game history happened (B-R). For 6 months straight I put giant supercapital fleets on the field and sat tackled perhaps longer than any other FC in the game. Throwing trillions on the field daily just hanging my longfellow in the wind let me tell you its stressful. The Wrecking Ball is the extreme edge of what can be done and fielded in Eve Online. I threw it into the wind several times. So when you "say grow a pair" I say "Can you even see this level"?

FHC thread?

Because we have supers, capitals, timers, doomsdays, dictor bubbles , and other fun stuff, that is just not working as CCP intended.

Everybody is looking for a better SOV system, while there is already one right under their nose.
Use the Faction Warfare SOV mechanics, but only bigger...
Instead of novice, small, medium and large plexes, go for: Medium, Large and Extra Large Plexes.

Everybody can see how Faction Warfare mechanics drive good conflicts and brings a lot of players in space.
That is exactly what 0.0 needs.

You go ahead and try to farm a Medium plex in a stabbed frigate after the recent changes :)

And as I mentioned above the complexes should be harder to take, starting from Mediums.
And the X-Large Complexes would have Capital NPC wich would require a lot of dps to kill.

Its just an idea, there is a lot of room for iteration. Ofcourse it shouldnt be as easy as in FW.
But it has proven to be a system that will give a lot of traffic in space and it will also make smaller forces more significant.

So yeah, do you have an actual vision for null sec and sovereignty?

Because if not, get one pretty quick, tia.

This is why people who don't live in null shouldn't throw around ideas on how to fix the problems.

Most of null is already empty and it is very much game mechanic issues at the heart of nulls problems.

Empire sprawl is the result of each system only being able to support at most 10 ratters at a time.

While moons are a source of income, they are not a source of fabulous wealth. A good R64 will net about 5 Bil. a month, for an alliance, the same can be generated by a single, good truesec, fully upgraded rating system at a tax rate of 15%. Also they will be good to fight over.

@ Snot Shot
good podcast.

What I hear is "we need to change the mechanics and we have complicated ideas todo that"
I love the idea of splitting up forces and getting new people in.
But the removal of timers and EHP will create a need for timezones coverage like we had never before.
From my experiance in the fall of the Northern Coalition this is a bad thing.
When the battles in geminate were fought we basicly alarmclocked for more then 2 weeks.
Yes there were great fights for month but it burned out the players.

Again this favors the coalitions they have the tools and the people to cover timezones and lock down entire regions.


@Speedkermit Damo
There are other sites worth flying and there are people who buy escalations from other players in null.
There are mining anomalies because there is not enough ore in the belts but the real problem is that the income from ore mining is 3 times less then from semi afk ratting.

Because, to reduce the need for an alliance to hold vast amounts of space to rat in. Thus freeing up large swaths of "useless" space for other entities to settle in who might not be to friendly to your alliance.

It took me like 3 seconds to think that one up, if I may paraphrase your useless non answer from earlier.

EDIT: dangit Baltec1

Sov! Huh! What is it good for?

- 3 acc subsriptions. I only hope this will somehow lead to more pvp in 0.0 which won't involve traveling 2 hours by gates, cause is "so much fun". Personally I don't really enjoy spending hours of my time travelling in eve to get some content.

There is a good chance provi will burn due to the jump changes.