Arito Ka
Gallente
Pelennor Swarm
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Posted - 2009.01.28 18:05:00 -
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A lot of people have been commenting on the possibility of using scanning alts parked in W space systems and jumping in and out of wormholes in order to make getting back into a system much easier. While I agree that this would make it much easier to maintain a pos in that system, I think there are a couple points to consider:
It has been stated that not all W space will be created equally, both in terms of system resources and where WH's originating in that system will lead. It is possible that W space has something similar to sec status in K space, with high-sec W systems having WH's connected to K space or low-sec W space, low-sec W systems connected to high- or null-sec W space, and null-sec systems which only connect to low- or other null-sec. Assuming that resources are also distributed unevenly, the systems that would be most profitable to colonize would also be the ones A.) hardest to find, and B.) hardest to get back to. Even using alts to close unwanted wormholes, it would still take a considerable amount of time and/or luck to find a route to friendly space if you have to travel through at least 3-5 W systems. Also, you could no longer find ways out with one scanning alt parked in the colonized system, and it would be possible to have the people exploring for ways out to get stuck or unable to retrace their steps.
One way wormholes have been mentioned as an alternative mechanic. However, this would make long-term of any system, even the ones routinely connected to k space, practically impossible. If there are 2500 possible exits to any WH you scan down, and it takes 30 minutes to find each one (a very conservative guess from my experiences with conventional exploration) it would take on average 54 23 hour days of scanning before you found a WH that connected to the specific system you were looking for. This would mean that in effect, what you took in with you was all you got. Now this could lead to some interesting situations, such as deciding whether to bring 4 HAC's to kill rats, or swap out one or 2 of them for industrials for carrying ammo and hauling loot, or go with as many industrials as you can fit loaded with POS fuel in hopes that your stumble onto a dyspro moon and milk it for a month before your tower dies. However, I think it makes the options of explorers a bit more restrictive than it should be.
If people still think colonization would be to easy, then a timer could be put in so that you cant back-track through a WH you just jumped through for 30 minutes, or something. This would mean that people living in W space would either take what they were given in terms of WH's, or position a whole bunch of "WH closers" along with the manditory scanning alts. |