isAzmodeus
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Posted - 2007.02.25 16:00:00 -
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Change gate mechanics so that it splits the battlefield.
1) An idea would be to limit the mass/objects that can jump through a gate in a given amount of time. Maybe 30-40 BS or 80-100 frigates or some scale of ships and mixtures in between. This would prevent large jumps of 200+ ships inside of a minute. Make it so that only 40-50 BS could go through each minute. This would make it impossible to crash a node by mass-jumping.
2) Of course, this would give system defenders an unreasonable advantage, so another change would have to be made. Allow gates to be "hacked". This would require time (about 15-30 minutes per hack), but each successful hack would clone the gate. It would create a temporary second location the gate sends to. 5 minutes before the gate is open for transit, it would appear in the defending systems' overview, giving defenders time to redeploy accordingly. These gates would last for 3-4 hours. Now, the defenders would have 2 gates to cover. The attackers can now get double the mass of ships in the system, but in 2 separate fleets. If the attackers want to send more ships in, they hack it again. Eventually you could have an attack spread along 8-10 different "gates" in the target system, with the defenders split to cover each one.
3) Each temporary "gate" is actually an instance that could have its own node. When people warp to another battle gate, it transfers them to a new node. This would let massive numbers of ships be in a system, but still transfer between spots and not overload a system. No one would ever try to just fly to another warp spot, anyway.
4) Create a fleet-jump command for these gates.
Hopefully, this would allow for massive fleet engagements spread along a large "front" in the system. Ships can transfer in between as necessary. Now, the node will probably crash if everyone all warps in and transfers to the same battle site, but the initial engagement and getting into the system will be fought, and in sufficiently low numbers that tactics and ship/mix will have an effect, instead of just insta-popping primaries.
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