Crysantos Callahan
Control-Space
DARKNESS.
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Posted - 2014.10.09 20:44:00 -
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Approved, although I don't really like freighters being able to be portal'ed with the JF bonus, all other haulers should be fine imo.
I think that doing this in three major (plus smaller readjustments) steps is a very smooth way to tackle different issues and iterate on them. The JF reliability is a result of the convenience of jumping down cynos and the "tedious" work that needs to be done locally to be able to supply a local market - plus you need to import stuff anyway to make up for regional differences. Is it correct that you'll try to even out regional differences in resource availability to support more local markets and empires? Then you can downscale JF range and boni to enforce it.
On the other hand I still see a very big problem hitting deep nullsec space. Don't get me wrong, I think there should be some kind of "reward" for living in the middle of nowhere with a lot of trouble to get to civilization (low/highsec) - but it shouldn't be that hard to hit it with the current design of nullsec. Why not introduce small NPC islands in deeper 0.0 - either in between regions or insected in currently poorly used space (which can be explained then by the narrative of incursions and lack of defense), creating more content and opportunity for invasions. You still need to get there, but at least you'd have a staging point for launching it - and the defender has an evacuation point, too. This would enable smaller and especially new entities to risk an assault without the need to risk all their assets at once.
All these changes aim in a very good direction but you still need to enable and motivate people to move to nullsec and risk stuff, not because of ratting. But due to the ability to carve out your own space, challenge old entities and give it a shot, make space more dynamic. When you take a look at most invasions you'll see what I mean, where they are staged from and why. Shake things up, now is the time to do it and people are mad anyway.
Interesting times ahead, glad to see some old people logging back into the game and how excited many people are to see some changes! |