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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.04 14:19:52 -
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As many people I think the prime time feature feels wrong. But I am going to slap on the Devil's Advocate hat. Also, my null sec experience is limited.
One advantage is it allows smaller entities to more effectively defend their space. If you need 24/7 response times you need all TZ covered. This is not reasonable until you get some sort of critical mass. So perhaps this feature will enable smaller alliances, which might produce more targets? Easier to turn that blue to red if they are not in your alliance?
Once you don't NEED these people to cover your off hours your group might be more likely to go off on their own. And this will eventually solve the problem of people feeling they are not contributing to their alliance due to timing. They would probably navigate to alliances that meet their play style and TZ.
Now one problem this can cause, especially with the force projection nerf, is pockets of time. I would imagine the sov would eventually form into pockets of prime time separated by other pockets of time. But once this occurs, large scale/multi TZ alliances will once again be needed if people want to expand. As long as there is a reason to expand :)
Again, I agree, the prime time feature feels wrong, but perhaps it will shake things up. And it seems like that might be needed.
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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.04 20:02:52 -
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Mr Omniblivion wrote:
We would burn null to the ground.
And you seem to assume no one will be attacking all the empty space you leave behind. The more you take the wider spread you get, the easier it is to just take what ever you eventually decide is not worth defending.
I get how strong CFC is, and in the short term how much chaos can be inflicted. But sooner or later you will start acting rationally.
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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.04 20:17:41 -
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Princess Cherista wrote:Lady Zarrina wrote:Mr Omniblivion wrote:
We would burn null to the ground.
And you seem to assume no one will be attacking all the empty space you leave behind Except goons dont leave empty space behind even in full blown total eve sov war, theres still hundreds of plebs back in deklein/branch/vale
Granted, and they will be leaving a new supply of plebs in these new systems they conquer? I get what you are saying, but eventually something will give. I am mostly saying, the universe is not centered on one organizations actions alone, everyone will have their own plans. I respect the CFC and their ability to organize vast numbers of pilots. But I am not sure this will be an instant win button by any means.
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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.05 19:43:02 -
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I keep reading that smaller entities are in more trouble with this system. Please give me a real example of this mythical small entity that can successfully fend off the goons now, but will not be able to in the future?
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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.05 19:59:12 -
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Jenn aSide wrote:Lady Zarrina wrote:I keep reading that smaller entities are in more trouble with this system. Please give me a real example of this mythical small entity that can successfully fend off the goons now, but will not be able to in the future?
The difference is Goons will probably let some scrub alliances take a bit of their space then , like a cat playing with a dying mouse, the fun will begin. The main problem I have with convuluted ideas like this new sov system and Dominion is that it doesn't take into account the kinds of things people actually do. They seemed to be designed for a 'perfectly reasonable person' (no such person has ever existed) instread of huiman beings. Big alliances are going to enlist their renters to defend space, offering them reduced rent for successful defense of systems. Big coaltions might hire mercs to patrol their space during prime time so they themselves can go do actual fun things like attack somone else's prime time in force. I'll be that every single renter alliance is about to have their prime time set to AUTZ or whenver the North American, Euros and Russians aren't around lol. And if i were a tonfoil hat man, i'd say CCP was doing this because they know this is gonna generate a lot of revenue in the form of new entosis using home defense frig alts lol. Well for a while at least, till everyone figures out that this "FW in null" sov stuff just isn't fun. And that's the big thing. Sov is about bigger ships (cruisers and up) having bigger fights. I don't know why this kind of low sec small gang crap is desirable in null.
As I thought. Nothing to do what is being said.
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Lady Zarrina
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2015.03.09 16:06:58 -
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I keep hearing about how this new mechanic will greatly benefit the large coalitions. Granted, those with larger reserves of pilots with tons of FC's will always benefit. But currently, if the goons wanted to pound someone into the ground, they can. They can currently do it any time they want. If such an entity is currently out there, it is simply because they are being ignored and they don't want the space.
And currently there is about zero chance a small group can ever get a foot hold in their space.
So with the new mechanic, I agree, the goons will be able to walk all over anyone they want. Like they can now. But... BUT smaller groups will be able to hit their areas (or anyone's area) and possibly do something without needing a fleet of supers and a bank account that rivals the Rothschild family. They more than likely will not succeed, but at least they can try. But eventually with endless repeated poking, if an organization has too much space, they will probably trim the excess due to the lower bar of initiation cost.
Now I think CCP is purposely withholding the yearned for carrot that everyone is calling for. The jump changes forced a lot of change. Organizations gave up tons of space. And others gained. This change will probably again trim the excess from the people who still want too much. If they introduced a carrot with these changes, the changes they are looking for are less likely to occur. I am willing to bet there are a few carrots in the works, but overall now might not be the best of times. It's a balancing at, hopefully they succeed without losing too many.
At the very least we should get a few months of action, even if it is Mitten's Kittens taking over the whole universe :)
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