kiarbanor
S.e.V.e.N.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.04.07 18:27:00 -
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I'm going to post this over here, too, because I want people to shoot holes in it.
Please excuse the wall of text you may or may not read, but I think these suggestions are easy and can be implemented in hot fixes:
First, there has to be a complete wipe of Molden Heath. Sorry, Big Blue Donut, but if we want any type of PC to work, we have to start with a fresh slate. Once this wipe happens, we have another land grab; however, every corporation that wants a district can only buy one during this period of time. After the district is selected, the corporation has to make four decisions:
(1). When do you want your district to be open to attack?
a. You have to select a two hour window
b. You have to select three days that this window is open
c. Once this is established, every district owned by this particular corporation has the same two hour window and the same days
d. You can change this at any point for $$$$
(2). What mode do you want this district to be?
a. You can select Skirm, Dom, or Ambush
b. You can change this at any point for $$$$
c. Every district owned by the corp can have a different mode
(3). What limit do you want to set for mercs?
a. You can establish a district for 6+ mercs, which means that the defending force only has to provide 6 players.
b. If you select anything less than 16, the attacking force can choose to bring +1 to the battle; for instance, IGÇÖm attacking a district that is set at 8. The defending force can have a max of 8 players defend, but I can bring 9, if I want.
(4). Is this your GÇ£home baseGÇ¥?
a. If you decide this district is your home base, you label it as such
b. Once the district is labeled as home base, it opens certain abilities; for example, you can have more than one purchased structure on the district
c. You can only have one home base at a time
I wanted to outline these easy fixes before discussing why I think they will bring about quick and positive change to PC. By selecting the two hour window and three days for this window to be openGÇöwith all districts owned by the same corp having the same window/daysGÇöthis stops corps with small (elite) mercs to own too much land. The key is that you no longer have 24 hoursGÇÖ notice of attack. If your district is online, you can be attacked with only 5 minutesGÇÖ notice.
Selecting a mode will increase tactics and overall enjoyment, in my opinion. If you want victory or defeat to be quick and painless, select Ambush. We should have that option as district owners. I think this selection can be by districts owned, too. So, every district that we own can be a different mode.
The limit of mercs adds another strategic piece to the PC puzzle, but more than anything, it allows small corps to enter PC and compete. What IGÇÖve found is that itGÇÖs extremely hard to get 16 PC guys into a corporation unless youGÇÖre willing to accept anyone at the possible detriment to your corpGÇÖs values. LetGÇÖs allow small corps to remain true to their values and still be competitive. I also love the +1 idea here because that will stop these GÇ£eliteGÇ¥ corps from setting all their districts to 6 mercs, in order to spread their small numbers out.
The home base idea is crucial because it should be very hard to completely kick any corp out of PC. If I stack a couple production facilities on my home base (which will cost $$$$), I will have a garrison that can withstand multiple attacks in the 2 hour window. Also, with these large garrisons, epic battles will unfold that last well beyond the 2 hour window because I would keep the ability to re-attack as long as you have more than 200 clones.
I think we should promote as much GÇ£corp onlyGÇ¥ fights as possible, too. I like alliances; I like the idea behind them. But they should never take the place of having all the same corp tags on the scoreboard. In order to promote this loyalty, I say that if you attack or defend with only people from your corp, you get a 10-20% bonus in clone count. If you bring in just one person without your corp tags, you simply donGÇÖt get this bonus.
As for getting EvE more integratedGÇöin a quick fixGÇöI say we look at this corp bonus, too. If you have a ship with your corp tags in space, able to drop orbitals, you should see a decrease in 25% of the timer between OBs.
Until someone can figure out something different, I think ISK should be generated by each district. The problem right now is that itGÇÖs too easy for a corp of 20 mercs to own 40 districts and simply sit on the isk. With the quick changes I detailed above, 20 mercs wonGÇÖt be able to properly defend 40 districts that are online 2 hours over three days. |