I listened to the Dev/Power Bloc recording.

The topic of reinforcement timers was brought up a couple of times-- I thought those were already implemented.

Regarding giving defenders a bit more chance, the old problem of time zone attacking and alarm clock defense was brought up again.

I will pose a very simple solution. It may be too simple or too restrictive, but it's an idea.

Decide on a reasonable window of time, out of a 24h day, that a corp/alliance must have people available to defend.  6h?  8h?

For argument, let's pick 8h, though I think 6h may be more sensible for players that have real world commitments.

OK, 8h.  When a Gamma Base is built, the builder picks an 8h block of time and locks it in.  For the other 16h, the base's "inherent natural defenses" make the base itself invulnerable to harm-- period, end of story.  Note that this does not cover any other structures-- just the base itself.

During the 8h preset time block (and defender would likely pick their own best TZ), the base itself is in "recharge mode", or whatever technobabble you like, and can be attacked.  Therefore, you need live bodies on to defend it, in addition to whatever static defenses you have.

Will this prevent a vastly superior force, or better-planned attack, from putting the base into reinforcement?  No.  But it will mean that the base builder, the group that has invested the resources, will know when it is vulnerabel to atttack.

It  will still be a very bad move to build on Gamma if you cannot bring enough people to the party.  But, at least, you pick when the party gets thrown.

If the block of time was 6h, that makes it tighter.

Of course, this means that attackers from different time zones would have to marshal forces at inconvenient times.

I suggest this based upon a number of points that I heard from the discussion.  If I missed the point, sorry.

Is it intended that mined-out fields still show on directional?

I found an "X" on D-scan for a mined-out Silgium field: scores of black or greenish-black stubs.  Tried mining some just to be sure.  All "no minerals".  Area scan showed 0.09% for the field-- in the old system, this percent might have allowed a few minable blocks.  However...

If there were 2 or 3 tiny stubs amongs the hundreds, there was no way to distinguish them-- also my idea of "spend some time having fun in an online game" does not include sifting through dozens and dozens of mined out blocks for the one that may still have 5% left-- especially if maybe the original mining group missed it under a plant or something.

I understand the original intent, but I am hoping that this is a bug and that, at the moment, the D-scan and area percents are too sensitive.

It is counterproductive and non-engaging to spend a long time first on D-Scan, then in sifting through almost-exhausted tiles.  To put it simply: I used to like occasional mining, singly or in a group.  If the system is functioning as intended, I would be tempted never to mine except in big, previously-found fields, and leave it to some other poor unfortunates to find the leavings around the fringes-- if they even exist.  If that is the intent, then it is successful, but I worry about its impact on the game.

Is the intent that we just keep looking fiurther and further away and end up fragmenting all the fields, until we take the region below the magical minimum to re-stock the fields?

Or is the system bugged?

In cases where taxation is being applied, could the Transactions please show the original incoming NIC amount (from missions, trading, etc.) and then how much is routed as a debit to the corporation?

Currently, it appears only to show the net amount.

I know that Alpha is going to get some PvE loving-- soon (tm)-- and I personally will be living on Beta/Gamma.

However, I still believe that a viable Alpha experience will be one of the keys to Perpetuum's longevity and growth.  If nothing else, Alpha can be a good place to learn the ropes before making the jump elsewhere.  Ideally, it may even keep a certain permanent population-- and not just one of alts.

So: with the realignment of resurce availability, with the absolute necessity for Beta/Gama resources for so many more products, and with the implication that Alpha resources may become available on Beta-- will it become pointless to try and do industry on Alpha?

Or will there be "Alpha niche products" that will actually be of use to the Beta/Gamma folks?  Will there be trade?

Note that Beta/Gamma corps will have things that Alphans want, but if there is nothing that Alpha can trade back, then...

Hi.  I reported this once before (recently) in a ticket.  The Devs responded quickly, politely and professionally, as always.

It just happened again so I'll ask if anyone else is getting this: I had an open field container while mining, about 97m away.  I was depositing stuff into it.  Then it just vanished.  The 1st time was on an Alpha Island; the second on a Beta.

(What I usually do is plant a can in the middle of the field, start mining at about 95-97m and work my way towards it, to get the most use out of it.  Once I get to it, I can continue into the other half of the field until I hit about 95m again.)

Now the can symbol had a full orange ring on it, because it was open.  It vanished while I was looking at an info pane, so I didn't actually see it go, but when I went to put some more ore in it, it was gone.

I suppose it might have been some sort of lag issue, or a zone disconnect (I have had those not become evident until back in a terminal, when I try to deploy again), or perhaps an error in the distance reading on the overview.

This is only the 2nd time that it has happened, and I don't much care about the contents of the container (ony worth a mill or so), so I won't bother ticketing it again.

However, if it is becoming reproducible, I am a bit worried about the future.

One other person told me that they had once had a can disappear too, but that's just two people.

Anyone else ever had one vanish while it was open?

For now, I am just going to make sure that, if I have to mine into a can again, I am within 80 or so metres of it.  If it still vanishes that close, then I think there is a problem.