while i agree with the whole ship battles being the same maps, based on the ship they are in, what about ground battles? Static maps for those would be a waste, unless the maps and number of people were reminiscent of how MAG was.

If CCP could make it so Nova has ground battles similar to how MAG was it would be amazing. Make it so the defender is actually defending an objective and not just 5 control points.

HOLY CRAP! I JUST HAD A GREAT IDEA FOR NOVA! AND FOR EVE ONLINE!

One of the biggest issues for EVE online is how much money is created vs how much money is lost in the game. Basically, prices have been inflating massively the last couple of years in EVE. This idea is, in my opinion, a potentially good and innovative way to create an isk sink in EVE while also providing a dynamic and tangible eve/nova link that (in theory) shouldn't be too hard to create.

Everyone who plays eve knows about concord and how they absolutely decimate anyone who breaks the rules in high sec. Depending on the local security level, Concord will show up in 30 seconds max, and immediately incapacitate your ship via EWAR, then one shot it a second later.

So, what if instead of destroying the eve player's ship, Concord just EWAR's it then forces it to warp off to some secret CCP wormhole or wherever and then promptly puts a contract up on EVE-Nova for Nova mercs to land on the ship and infiltrate/secure it. Who do the Nova Mercs fight against? Easy answer, one of two things, Either NPC Drones that can be "on board security" for these ships, OR other Nova Mercs that the NPC Pirate factions (like angel cartel or serpentis) contracted to also invade/secure the ship from Concord. Heck, EVE players could even create their own contracts to capture back their own ships.

So why would this benefit EVE players? If Concord is able to secure the ship from the onboard defenses/competing factions, they can then take that ship and re-sell it on the player market VIA an open bidding system/contract with the name of the old ship and its former owner being public information. This benefits eve players because pirates might be able to buy back their ships from Concord for sentimental reasons, or it might give unique trading opportunities to other players looking to make extra isk. All the while, CCP creates a giant isk sink because of how much money people would be paying into Concord or other NPC factions.

So why would Nova players benefit from this? It gives them a tangible effect on EVE. It could be used as a way to get loyalty points for NPC factions. It could also be used as a good social tool between EVE/Nova players. It also checks the box of Nova players boarding EVE ships and capturing them that so many people wanted WITHOUT the technical/game mechanic issues involved with having all of that done live during a space battle. If all of this occurs in the "safe" space of an non playable area where only CCP and NPC factions can see then it creates a much easier way to pull this off from a game development point of view.

THE ONLY drawback to this idea that I can see is that CCP would need to design a map for pretty much every ship. One way or another Im positive every type of ship in game has been destroyed (or hopefully one day captured) by Concord. So theres really not a lot of ways around that. Lore/mechanically Concord would just have to say "were not interested in aqcuiring these types of ships yet" to explain lore wise why there aren't any maps for most ships right away, but thats a completely different topic.

Anyway, what do you guys think of that idea? I know I wrote a lot but the idea really is a simple one. It seems like a perfect way to have ship boardings/ captures while avoiding all of the giant gameplay implications having a ship boarding feature in a real EVE battle would create. Its also potentially a massive ISK sink for EVE as a whole which is always welcome in my opinion.