It may acutally be a good compromise between making travel less dreadful, but still making it a stragtegic decision about how to move about.

it should be an individual cooldown for each secondary spark and the cooldown start when you jump.

Ex: http://i.imgur.com/oiTj68x.jpg?1

I forgot Primary spark but it's just an example

For me , 10 or 15 min is acceptable, if above 15min, just delete spark teleport , it's will be faster to buy a sequer and some stantard teleport.

But i'm really for no cooldown on spark , it's so usefull, my life on perpetuum changed when they implemented it, add a cooldown will just do the game more annoying with the move.

1 hr global cooldown.  Like helisao suggested he"ll just buy a sequer.  This is good.

What the problem Ville? It was useful and fine untill applied against you?

... Ok. I have some tips here:
I think that current system enough good. I would add only two simple rules:
1) Possible to set home base on alphas only.
2) Cooldown 15 minutes after dying in PvP for using spark teleport.

Just want to say that a SpT cooldown will effectively kill all pvp. It may make it easier for beta outposts to be taken, but all it takes currently is more than 4 guys working together to accomplish that anyway. Instead of sparking for a chance to actually partake in some pvp, it will now be reserved for sap defense only. Everyone will turtle in gamma behind their walls and only come out to defend saps.

And you sure as hell shouldn't have a spark cooldown longer than your next intrusion time. You should always have the ability to defend your own sap.

The biggest thing I don't like about the spark cooldown is it seriously affects my ability to enjoy the game to its fullest. I enjoy the indy carebear side of the game as well as the pvp side. And a cooldown will penalize me and make me decide between using my spark for indy purposes or pvp purposes. Now I cant go run missions or check markets or buy things without negatively affecting my chance for getting to pvp. With a cooldown, I now have to decide each night if I wanna carebear or if I want to pvp.

I shouldn't be penalized for trying to enjoy all this game has to offer. While someone who just wants to pvp or  just wants to carebear, isnt nearly as affected.

It seems it is already ingrained.

Its not the only way to get to an outpost. But it is the only way to get to an outpost that doesn't take a half an hour. If this game becomes about who wants to spend the most time walking and dropping teleports. Then this game is dead where it stands.... Forcing players to spend 30 minutes traveling everytime they want to have a chance of pvp, and 30 minutes traveling back to where you came from afterwards is ***. And it is poor game design.

Shouldn't have to choose between mining or pvping. I should be able to do both.

If there was a reason to live, actually live not just visit, Beta and teleports weren't pinch points then the travelling time to get PvP problem would be solved.

Solutions have been suggested for both. Devs should think about them.

Back when I started, shortly after release, I was eager to move to beta mine epriton kill higher ranked npcs, the risk vs reward was acceptable. Moving there with my first corp was really fun times, I lost a bots but my income was more than enable to cover for loses and make a tidy profit. PVP was a daily thing back then.

No cheap mobile teleports and they were expensive for most back then. Everyone moved around and most never complained about travel . What has changed now? Most of us vets don't need much of anything population is much lower and game world is bigger. PVP is hard to get now, instant teleport is not a long term solution. For this game, design has to revolve  around planning for a larger player base, you don't plan for failure.

It was once so however it was more like 45mins+ to get to that possible pvp. This is also why a lot of us stopped roaming to PvP. Its never fun to get all dressed up for the party to only get stood up </3

Lets look at  the fact that as a attacker NOW I need to still spend 10+ Mins in route to get to PvP. Once there I attack someone say a Miner. The defender now knows where I am as well as what I am using. They are then able (Assuming all preparations are made) to Teleport to the nearest base, deploy counter bots to engage.

So they are on this island, you are flagged and they now are responding to me the attacker. They can now simply deploy from 1 nearby-terminal or any other terminal. Assuming my enemy is of equal skill and size, they will beat my every move and turn period with the mobility provided from multiple deployments from terminals on the same island in PvP.

I want to prevent a group of attackers from being utterly shut down at every PvP  attempt  on their island roaming or sap.