Originally by: ServantOfMask

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it's been 3 (three) years (cycles of 365 days) or the number of fan fests that have come and gone since the original post.

and STILL no sticky or response to arguably the best thread on this board.

let us continue to pound this horse mush for another 3 ice ages in the hopes of some justly deserved official recognition of the OP.

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CCP Abathur

This thread has been seen and looked over several times by the Dev team. It's a very bold and interesting proposal. However any change like this would require a massive amount of development in both programming and artwork. It's not something that could happen overnight.

Having said that, we're well aware of the current state of starbase warfare and it's one of our top post-Trinity priorities for overhaul.

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I am wondering what the actual reason is why they donÆt look and act like an NPC station. Where you dock and have access to the various functions that the station modules allow.

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Originally by: Vemille Kechov

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I really don't understand CCP's argument of the difficulty of transferring current POS's to this new mechanic. It extraordinarily simple. The modules will all have the same function as the current ones, they'll have new models and anchoring mechanics. All that is required is that all the current POS mods be replaced with the updated ones and planted. Just go through the list of modules anchored at each POS, and place them in a default configuration; the players can rearrange them for prettiness later.

1. Place modular tower in the center.
2. if (hasHangars) attach to open points on tower
3. if (hasAssemblyArrays) attach to open points closest to tower
4. if (hasHardners) attach to open points closest to tower

etc, etc.

Sure, it might take a special 24 hour downtime to run this script on every POS, but who would really complain? I certainly wouldn't, and I haven't even had to maintain a POS since a year ago.

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Originally by: Jiviar

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Nice to see that even after 3 years CCP have taken no serious notice of this. Shows how much they care :)

I sign this one more time. Just for the sake of reiteration.

I am reminded of the film Shawshank Redemtion, of how Andy wrote a letter each week for 5 years before he got his library....

How long will this take? :)

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Originally by: Jiviar

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Nice to see that even after 3 years CCP have taken no serious notice of this. Shows how much they care :)

I sign this one more time. Just for the sake of reiteration.

I am reminded of the film Shawshank Redemtion, of how Andy wrote a letter each week for 5 years before he got his library....

How long will this take? :)

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Originally by: Capa

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So if you wake up one morning and it's a particularly beautiful day, you'll know we made it.

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Originally by: Cygnet Lythanea

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I think the usual CCP whine would be that it's a change that doesn't result in more pew pew. CCP has been desperate to get more ships blown up to try and shore up the T1 market, as the side effect of their attempt to make combat last longer by upping HP also means fewer high end T1 ships die. Fewer losses equates lowered demand, and so the price falls under the much touted rules of supply and demand that CCP enforces with an iron bar. The fundamental problem is that supply will almost always increase faster then demand in a given stable system.

A sign of this is the Exhumer. These ships came into existence due to the steadily falling price of base materials so that miners could continue to earn the same amounts as before. So in response, we're able to mine more faster. However, the result is that this feeds into the cycle and drives the value of basic commodities even lower.

CCP COULD fix this any number of ways (including this POS fix) bu don't want to as the easiest way to drive up demand would be to just take away everyone's shiny toys (anyone remember the original Comet?). However, they're (rightly) afraid of customer backlash.

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Originally by: TCL987

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Originally by: Cygnet Lythanea

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I think the usual CCP whine would be that it's a change that doesn't result in more pew pew. CCP has been desperate to get more ships blown up to try and shore up the T1 market, as the side effect of their attempt to make combat last longer by upping HP also means fewer high end T1 ships die. Fewer losses equates lowered demand, and so the price falls under the much touted rules of supply and demand that CCP enforces with an iron bar. The fundamental problem is that supply will almost always increase faster then demand in a given stable system.

A sign of this is the Exhumer. These ships came into existence due to the steadily falling price of base materials so that miners could continue to earn the same amounts as before. So in response, we're able to mine more faster. However, the result is that this feeds into the cycle and drives the value of basic commodities even lower.

CCP COULD fix this any number of ways (including this POS fix) bu don't want to as the easiest way to drive up demand would be to just take away everyone's shiny toys (anyone remember the original Comet?). However, they're (rightly) afraid of customer backlash.

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If CCP wants more ships to die they can fix High Sector docking games. Well it could go two ways either more ships die or less people fight because they don't have a way out if they need it.

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