One of the first rules in the software business is "Don't outsource your core business".  I was going to post a lecture on why but then I read this:

http://tobolds.blogspot.com/2014/06/don … iness.html

I lol'd

Between my instability and syndicate protection is approx a 15 second window. 
15 seconds.
Let me say that again,  15 SECONDS. That's it, that's your whole window.  For the hauler, that's all the risk you have. 15 seconds of risk.

I didn't say there was no window, I said there was practically no window, because 15 seconds is not practical. 

Put a plate on your scarab and suddenly there is no risk at all.  Who's plated a scarab before because it'd make them survive a 1 shot? Who could that be Rasnath? Anybody we know? Nudge nudge wink wink.

I'm about to start telling stories of when we jump Scarabs through Beta right in front of fleets at a teleport to try and get them to flag. It's so ridiculous we rub it in people's faces.

-K

I'm disagree with you about being unable to catch them.  We can't catch them on Beta because they don't really enter Beta.  Sitting at the teleport is a tease that they're entering Beta. A tease and a threat really, like sticking your tongue out then jumping across the line when someone responds to the troll. It only takes the twitch of a finger muscle.

By adding the PvP flag when jumping out of Beta the entrance to Alpha is not a single activation tile. There is no more bottle neck.  There is no twitch of a finger muscle.  Now it becomes a time dependent entrance - a cool off from PvP.  If you want to escape you'll run and cool off, but you HAVE TO RUN. 

The twitch of a finger muscle to quickly click a button is not "running away".     
Sitting on a teleport teasing that you're about to PvP but immediately jump out at the first sign of a threat is not committing to entering a PvP zone.

As for the teleport camping.  Yes and no.   As soon as you teleport onto the island you commit to entering a PvP zone. If I face check an Artemis. I can still teleport back to alpha and run like hell and possibly get away.  That's the difference - I have a fighting chance at running away and that artemis has a fighting chance of catching me. The teleport back to alpha gives me that head start  where as trying to run away on Beta doesn't as I have no where to go really.  It's not a camp if I'm not cornered immediately upon spawn.   

Not to mention the camp is instantly broken the second that artemis has to jump through and chase me.  He now enters an area he doesn't have eyes on.  It could be a trap. Who knows.  That is truly a chase. Both parties are on equal ground at that point with the runner having a head start. A valid head start.

-K

Zoom, yes this would matter because when you decide to jump to beta you would be truly are committing to entering a PvP zone.

Right now you are not committing to PvP because you can jump back to 100% safety within a small window. Then you can jump back in, then jump back out, then jump back in, etc.  There is no commitment.  You can grief and tease that you're going to PvP but you are not committing to anything.

Anyone who has experience with women know that a tease is not a commitment.

-K

- You are NOT committing to PvP by jumping to Beta alone. You have to get a few thousand meters off the TP before you're committing anything.

- You can go from 100% certain death to 100% safety via the click of a button and then reengage 30 seconds later when circumstances are in your favor.

- Attackers will constantly refresh PvP flag whereas defenders will not.  The game mechanics favor running away rather than fighting.   

These are the problems with the current jump mechanics.  These were not created by the patch.  The patch only makes them worse.

-K

There is no transitional grey area between full safety and certain death when you haven't fired a shot at the gate.   When you're being pursued or even shot at and you jump to Alpha you're immediately safe.

There is no risk in teleporting to beta. You're really not committing to entering a PvP zone until you get about 3000 meters off that teleporter.

Then it seems like a more consistent step would be to force a PvP flag after you come back from beta whether you engaged in PvP or not.

There I fixed it for you

*waiting patiently for zoom to re-post the CIR complaint form*

Please fill out complains about your devs in writing.

lol,  Did YOU read the results?

4th:  http://forums.riftgame.com/technical-di … ues-6.html
5th:  http://forums.archeagegame.com/archive/ … d10876074b
6th:  http://forums.archeagegame.com/archive/ … d10876074b
7th:  http://support.unblock-us.com/customer/ … -?b_id=530

Most of them show a clear trace route and then just after it reveals a high ping at that node.

Network defense software doesn't throttle suspicious traffic, they outright drop it.  Not to mention the ICMP packets used in a tracerout or ping are standard network diagnostic tools. They don't register as hostile on NIDSs unless their origin is suspicious or they reach flood level - which a ping or tracerout from a single computer is not capable of reaching by itself.

Any intentional configuration that introduces that kind level lag to the network is in direct conflict with that company's business model. There's something weird going on with that host.