This one ccp nullabor mentions now is also being discussed by the csm. Its good ccp nullabor is open about the intention behind no pos or structure guns firing with no player active in control off them. Cause its a major change from current mechanisms. If u add the possibility too it from the structures then u can see a attack with hundreds of timers generated in 1 evening. Being it ton of structurs hit, systems hit with the link spawns to defend, and a buttload of reffed station services. Cause all these attacks have been removed from ehp grind, u can generate a insane amount of timers, which isnt possible under the current system.

Like nullabor said the trolling element is being watched and considered, however the mass storm of a attacker,blitzing a region, and the next hulkageddon being a posgeddon is one the csm is very much in discussion with CCP , and raises once more the debate, why be in null, why own sov. Only to lose it. Personally as a player and a csm i hope a fase 3 would follow the structures and the sov remoddeling. One where owning sov actually benenfits in a way thats both rewarding isk wise, but even more so fofilling deeper drivers. A model where buidable sov and upgrades are earned and can be applied by sovowners too give more sense of ownership would be for me personally, the way forward.

Still reading, most of the questions have been answered by blue tags in the thread already (a lot of duplicate questions).

Some questions don't have answers from us yet, but we're noting everything down and discussing it all with the team. So thanks everyone for your feedback so far.

Like it or not, that is the direction CCP is taking the game. I see no reason why the poor folk living in nullsec should be the only ones forced to show up and defend anytime someone knocks on the door, whether or not the aggressor is just trolling or really looking for a fight.

There's certainly been no discussion of not allowing it. (because, I feel, that would be pants on head stupid)

Bubbling Citadels would really serve no purpose but to stop defenders using anything other than ceptors, which seem to be "ship of choice" for entosis link users.

Bubble your citadel you pretty much guarantee, it is going to die as they are only useful against DPS. Which of course will not be needed to attack your citadel. ( I am still trying to work out why Citadels need guns - Nothing else to do with sov or the new structures has anything directly to do with DPS)

So yes, while stopping the use of bubbles around Citadels would be pants on head stupid - So would, in many cases, be bubbling your Citadel.

lIMO, ceptor bubble immunity needs to be looked at where Entosis links are concerned.
Maybe a bit of a drawback for the ceptor trolls - Interceptors lose bubble immunity while an Entosis link is fit to the ship.
The biggest ships in the game have a drawback to make them less effective (increase risk) in Entosis mini games, why then does the smallest (and most efficient) not have something as well?

PS; Fozzie, if one of the goals with the new sov was to reduce hours of mind numbing grinding (which I believe it was) - It is so far a resounding failure. It is often now a worse kind of grind - You can spend hours chasing around individuals with all but unstoppable interceptors trying to RF your structures.