3: CONCORD doesn't do the mind transfers; genolution does, and they operate in NULLsec (some parts of Moldy Hearth is in NULLsec, so they would obviously have to operate there; otherwise, it would be impossible to get to those systems).

That's what they want you to think, you know da space police control everything :P. And I don't really care if genolution operates in null or not, for Dust mercs to be able to hop around the null systems willy nilly completely breaks what null is supposed to be.

Then explain how they would get into NULLsec.

Come on dude, are you illiterate now? EVE players would have to transport them or set-up some sort of clone transfer array or something. The whole point of null is players do and control everything. There should be minimal NPC interaction, even Dust side.

3: CONCORD doesn't do the mind transfers; genolution does, and they operate in NULLsec (some parts of Moldy Hearth is in NULLsec, so they would obviously have to operate there; otherwise, it would be impossible to get to those systems).

1: I'd say get rid of the hisec PVP anyways, and move it to arenas. Makes no sense to fight on highly populated planets and destroying them like this.

2: We should be able to go planetside, appear into a city, get a mission, grab some gear, and then go out to lesser populated area, do the mission, and repeat in any security area, not just losec of NULLsec.

3: CONCORD doesn't do the mind transfers; genolution does, and they operate in NULLsec (some parts of Moldy Hearth is in NULLsec, so they would obviously have to operate there; otherwise, it would be impossible to get to those systems).

That's not explaining how it would be done. You seriously think that you can just pack in several hundred clones in a ship and just go? they would die. And or something is not a answer.

Again, explain how it would be done.

Good ideas.

Although I want to separate the predefined PVP matches we have today and the Wild roaming PVE / PVP of Legion.
(Both should exist, but in two distinct sections of the game... Contracts vs sandbox)

My take (sandbox game only)
High Sec:
No EVE link: Search for potential scavenger sites and deploy solo or with squad by clone jumping. When you drop you "lock" the district so no other people can intercept you, and thus all fights will be against AI. This will prevent grefing, and could be explained by Concord granting you exclusive rights to the district for a duration of time. Loot will be of type common.

Low Sec:
Low EVE link. Capsuleers can now support you from orbit using OBs etc. You still clone jump directly to the district, but other people / squads can intercept you. Loot will be more valuable, and it should perhaps be something valuable for the EVE pilots as well.

Null Sec:
High EVE link. No clone jumping. As you state, Capsuleers have to transport you to the destination. Loot should be VERY valuable for both Merc and EVE player, and enemy interception should almost be guaranteed. I would prefer if you actually can't scan yourself in this case, but have to rely on the PI function in EVE to jointly find the loot.


The most important thing for all these are that it can't just be SCAN -> FIND DISTRICT -> DROP -> FIGHT DRONES -> GET LOOT. This will get dull quite fast, so there need to be a variaty of missions you can achieve. Loot should always be involved, but it can't always be the sole objective. There need to be kill (drones) missions, find x items / sites, infiltration, sabotage, rescue, logistics (transport) etc etc.

For all of these, I think they should adopt the EVE agent approach, where you have specialized agents in each system giving the missions to you.

THAT is what we should be scanning for: AGENT MISSIONS, not the loot directly on the planets.
(I can buy the whole clone jumping across the galaxy idea, but think it's silly if I can stay in quarters and scan every district in New Eden. Scanning for available agent missions on the other hand makes perfect sense).

The agents should be available in various levels (as in EVE), and some will not available to you until you skill up. Since the Agents exists in both games, you could also have missions that require BOTH mercs and capsuleers, thus getting a "casual" and natural way for both games to interact, with no requirement for corp Membership etc.

In Eve Online, your consciousness is transferred even if you get podded in wormhole space. The implants that the Dust/Legion clones are built around are based off the Sleeper implants salvaged from sleeper sites that are within wormhole space. These implants are able to transfer consciousness across great distances just like the technology used in pods. Only they are far more advanced than the pod technology that Eve players use to transfer their consciousness.

So if a pod can transfer the consciousness of a player from wormhole space which is almost in its own cluster, then obviously these sleeper-based implants will have absolutely no problem transferring across nullsec in the same cluster as New Eden.

Therefore your suggestion to prevent consciousness from transferring from a sleeper-implant-based clone in the middle of Null sec is a flawed suggestion that won't likely ever be implemented.

Just to be clear... no part of Molden Heath is null sec. Egbinger and Skarkon reach fairly low true sec ratings of 0.05 and 0.03... but they are still classified as 0.1 systems, which is still low sec. Those systems are both a single jump from null sec regions (Great Wildlands and Etherium Reach, respectively) but they themselves are not null sec systems.

There is .0 systems in MH, but there's barely any (I think 2). So yea, there is a bit of NULLsec there.