Shilalasar
Dead Sky Inc.
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Posted - 2015.05.13 07:05:18 -
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Thanks for putting devblogs about this important issue out long before making final designdecisions.
Some questions I came up with:
1.Will the structures have a predefined undock? Will you be able to bump ships within the invullinked area? What ranges are you plaining for the linked areas? 2,5 like docking or 20 like a FF? Will it work like the invultimer upon undocking so the player can decide when to break it or will you be autolinked if within range like a FF now?
2.Unless you are able to bring capitals (c1-4 or highsec, where most of the small corps live) or completely stupid numbers the timeinvestement to RF a well defended (resi-,****- or deathstar) is 2-5 hours. This is more to stop people from even thinking about it than actual defense.
Will the entosistime be along the same numbers, the nullnumbers so far suggest no.
The current POSdefenses and mechanics are hugely imbalanced towrds the defender in smaller conflics. But this is also the reason why smaller groups, especially in lowend WHs, can survive and have fun without getting facerolled just because they are there (like in sov-nullsec).
3.T2 entosis has 250 km range so structureweapons and ewar have to have a range higher than that to be of any use. That just sounds wrong. I could also entosis from the undock of next structure over.
4.Placing them everywhere would include inside of static DED pockets.
5.What will be the cynorestrictions near structures? None like stations or far away like a POS?
6.If you don-¦t limit them to number of moons how do you plan on keeping them on a handable level? I can see 200+ of those strucs in jita just because we can. And there is no UI that works well on those numbers. Most Whs of larger corps have already 50+ towers in system.
7.Scanning the structures equals uncloaking, getting spotted and being blabbed by structureguns. Are scanners that work while cloaked a possibility?
8.Drones as weapons, I do not like. Not just because I hate the current drones everywhere meta but because I think a station should not launch some small throwaway drones to defend but starships.
9.Will the citadels have captain-¦s quarters? |