STYLIE77
KILL-EM-QUICK
RISE of LEGION
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Posted - 2015.01.20 18:26:00 -
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CCP Rattati wrote:Dear players,
we want to talk about District Timers, in particular, the not-so-much-intended practice of safeguarding Districts into difficult timezones.
There are a few ideas already on the table, not a complete list and I expect Kain Spero to show up pretty much instantly.
Methods to reset, if we go that way
A) Randomize - all Timers will be reset to a random TZ within the allowed Begin and End settings
B) Redistribute - all Timers will be reset and fixed in a ratio that aligns with average PCU
C) Reset and allow +-X timers around the default District Timer
D) Reset and reduce the available option for Timers
E) Reset and allow incremental jumps from the default Timer, rising exponentially in ISK cost per 30 minutes.
I will add more.
Please discuss.
It's a real shame we don't have PvE.
Abandoned districts (no activity over a set period of time) become invested with Proto-Drones.
Needing a 16 man team to clear them or the district is lost to the corp for 7 days.
This allows other corps to attack and claim the territory via the same PvE mechanic... rather than just dropping a clone pack on an abandoned district.
In this way, corporations are limited by the number of matches they can field per hour.
Ultimately a corporation cannot own too many districts on one timer due to the mechanic of Swarm Infestation.
This is lore friendly due to our being in Molden Heath's Low-Sec Space is to help the Minmatar Thukker Tribe police the habital worlds, keeping the Pirates at bay.
Inactivity equates into an opportunity to the Pirate Factions whom send in reprogrammed Rogue Drones to take possession of the planets.
Original post from March 2014
What's that mercs? You have never seen the drones?
Dust 514: Gathering Forces Trailer
I think it is time to Beta Test that Drone AI bro...
Want to get Warbarge Clone Packs dropped by small upcoming corps?
Give non-land owners a clone boost if they beat the drones.
Create WP events that grants players access to a Drone Infestation.
Hell make that a mechanic, so that PvE does not put a strain on the normal PvP servers.
Faction Drones opens up Fac Warfare to many more guys that often wait 2-3 hours for the queues to start running.
Snowball effect begins as Critical Mass in the queues occurs due to players not logging off, more players with something to do rather than fight the same people over and over.
Player retention is a Primary Goal, keeping them logged in and playing is key.
This may be a path to that end.
http://caughtyouflinching.ytmnd.com/
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