To repeat my self, a tractor beam pulls the target towards you and the equation to counteract the tractor would involve target mass (and maybe the tractor ships mass), target velocity and tractor strength/speed. If the result of the equation is a negative, you get pulled towards the ship, if it is positive, you can move away from the ship and if it's equal, you remain stationery.

Picture a fat kid holding a dog on a lead/leash. If the kid wanted to pull the dog towards him, the speed at which he could do this would depend on the size of the dog and weather the dog was resisting him. A Chihuahua (frigate) would come easy but a Great Dane (battleship), not so much.

The motives for pulling the do would depend on the kid. If the kid is bad he might be pulling the dog over to give it a kick but if the kid was good, he might use the lead to pull the dog out of the path of a speeding car... The same would apply to tractors in eve.

Yeah i thought it was pretty self explanatory but a couple people didn't seem to understand concept.

As to why it is needed; i don't think that is relevant, it's just something I think would add to the game... why is a micro jump field, ecm or mobile tractor units needed? The answer is they are not, but they add something to the game all the same.

You say you don't need things explains but continue to ask dumb questions... "Why do I want a tractor beam?" To tractor ship towards me of course! "why do I want to pull ships towards me?" Do you play eve?!

Dude, I'm not here to convince anyone why they need to like my ideas. If you don't like concept, that is fine i can accept that... But if you do think it has some merit, then by all means, fill in the gaps that you thing i've missed out.

I also don't see the point it explain why this is "needed" because anyone who knows the game, should be able to figure out the potential advantages in having your target closer to you.