It's not destroying anything. if you feel that this is one-sided against the pirates, then how about some ideas on how to balance it?

This idea would generally make lowsec default to being more pirate-friendly with things like kickout stations and slower sentry guns, making it easier for pirates and outlaws to escape or tank. Only when there is a CONCORD presence occupying the system does it become similar to what it is today.

I didn't see the part with slower sentry guns in the op.

If they slow sentry guns are we going to see insta-locking thrashers/stilletoes on every gate catching frigates long enough for a second point then warping off?

I like this proposal.
Every reason to bring people to populate lowsec is good.

However, like others here, I do believe that this is a one-sided proposal.
Strengthening the 'good side' is a valid idea, filling a missing piece of gameplay in low-sec, but it might as well discourage pirates to actually go fight in those player-secured systems.

My point being: could we imagine a system that gives a bit of reward to pirates in those player-secured systems? Deputies would gain Concord LPs for bringing pirates down, so why not give a similar reward to the latter?

The system could work as follow:
- In unclaimed low-sec systems, pirates could gain tiny LP reward (based on ships, SS difference, etc) with the Cartel counterpart of the official empire for kills.
- In player-secured low-secs, pirates would get an overall better LP reward, and a special bonus for taking down deputies themselves.

From a RP point of view, it would reinforce the idea of low-sec being a buffer area with the Null-Sec Cartel-controlled areas, and also give motives to Pirates to fight in those deputies-secured systems...

Just my 2 isks.

I like the idea, but instead of holding a control bunker or at least in augmentation of it, it should require a POS presence as well.
This would ensure that the industry element of a corp is in tact and make eve itself more balanced.

The only thing a mandatory POS would ensure is a headache. You're delusional if you think a POS brings about industry. Industry may require a few POSes, but it doesn't work vice versa.

Anyways OP, I have to say this is a great idea BUT I have to strongly disagree with the GCC beacons following players. That would just swing the pendulum too far against pirates.

You're going to get systems where there are always deputies online and moving beacons would basically make any non-frigate piracy an act of suicide. While confining piracy to frigates seems to make sense, in practice it would be bad gameplay.

A general one time beacon at the GCC site would allow pirates to make short work of soft targets, but for anything serious they'd be taking a big risk.

I like this proposal.
Every reason to bring people to populate lowsec is good.

However, like others here, I do believe that this is a one-sided proposal.
Strengthening the 'good side' is a valid idea, filling a missing piece of gameplay in low-sec, but it might as well discourage pirates to actually go fight in those player-secured systems.

My point being: could we imagine a system that gives a bit of reward to pirates in those player-secured systems? Deputies would gain Concord LPs for bringing pirates down, so why not give a similar reward to the latter?

The system could work as follow:
- In unclaimed low-sec systems, pirates could gain tiny LP reward (based on ships, SS difference, etc) with the Cartel counterpart of the official empire for kills.
- In player-secured low-secs, pirates would get an overall better LP reward, and a special bonus for taking down deputies themselves.

From a RP point of view, it would reinforce the idea of low-sec being a buffer area with the Null-Sec Cartel-controlled areas, and also give motives to Pirates to fight in those deputies-secured systems...

Just my 2 isks.

+1

Hate to resurrect, but this deserves another day in the sun and needs be picked up by CSM.
Not so hot about the bounty system here - Ogopogo's idea seems better and so much more elegant and easy to implement.

Came in expecting carebear whining...

Dispatching GCC'ed pirates in system would net you LPs with concord based on their security status. The lower it is, the more LPs you get. Also, putting a multiplier on existing bounties might make it more attractive. Obviously someone could build a -10 character and pop rookie ship after rookie ship to stack up LPs. There would have to be something to prevent this sort of farming. CCP knows far better than I do what sort of mechanics they could use to prevent this. If it can't be prevented, another reward system could be used.