Shadeless, thats a total fail on all points.

1. Oh my god! Arenas dont have anything to do with pvp except being an artificial element in a sandbox game breaking every rule its setting itself right now.

Other then that: This isnt a skill based game except for preparation and tactics. An arena wouldnt make sense at all.

2. The thing you propose contradicts the game basic rules.

3. They have to do this now because marketing/advertising on the main markets starts.

4. No matter how you adjust interference - it will still always favour the bigger group.

Verstärkung ist bei uns weiterhin gern gesehen!

Im Moment sind wir auf dem Uria Outpost von Norhoop stationiert und sind Teil der "New Hope" Allianz. Die Beta-Präsenz hat unsere industriellen Kapazitäten deutlich erhöht und nachdem wir eine erste Großproduktion abgeschlossen haben - steuern wir nun eine erneute Stufe innerhalb der Heavy-Mech Produktion an.

Diese setzen wir nur zu gerne ein, um den Besuchern unserer Insel den Ausgang zu zeigen.

Der Drache ist hungrig!

Hm this never has been a 'carebear or pvper discussion', but how to interconnect both. And its possible easiliy, without restricting anything.

Kernels also been my primary income source - and they will prolly still be - theres just a loss from yesterday to now. Up from today everybody earns the same again - things will be cheaper if inflation is decreased.

And theres more pve there now - roaming npc gangs which are pretty fun and make things not that predictable.

Also - plantable crop - is a good step into the sandbox direction.

I think - you guys above - adapted to a static playstyle within some weeks only. Being a recycler now is much more important and btw - i earned the same amount of nic with repairing or recycling the loot that dropped when farming 500 kernels aaday - back then.

Kernels being worth less now means - you can make easy nic by farming npc, repair and recycle the loot.

Sent you 1m for 2 shares.

Yeah i proposed something similar in my pve/pve/trading interconnection idea. pvp should be influenced by a small political system on this island to polarizepopulation and to increase dynamics between players and their player decisions.

Yes your right, it would espescially inforce the longterm character of such an action and require something to be done afterwards to have an actual gain.

At the moment - the gain of an OP doesnt really feel like a winner becasue the bonus ist rather just cash. If this would be connected more to planning and usage afterwards, it prolly also would feel more of a gain.

Agreed to no - rnd pve elements in pvp other then the npc that are usually around.

Concerning structures and areal control: we have that in place in form of the OPs but there currently arent real benefits.

So what could these benefits be when fighting for owned structures?

My approach would be to let OPs have 3 minor bunkers that can be fought for:

-only dockable for owner
-destroyable with re-gen to make certain dmg potential needed to destroy
-maybe not even dockable but having entrances that can be openen/closed
-that can be fitted with defensive means
-can be taken at any time
-have an alarm going off to the owner when being attacked
-allowing the owner to port into the structure for x amount cash per unit after 30% dmg is dealt and 50% is not reached
-reduce the OPs profits if owned by enemy
-thus work as a form of siegeing elements
-maybe reduce the max docking capability of the affiliated OP if owned by enemy
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well - just a first idea...

Dont forget to increase maximum overall speed then otherwise itl make the game feel even slower.

I think Krupp didnt mean to reduce the weight of EW modules - but give EW bots a bonus to reduce EW modules weight on EW only.

1. The meaning of OPs shouldnt just be of financial nature.

2. Concerning PVP i think - anything artificial e.g. being locked up in an area by artificial means - contradicts the PVP thought since certain means are taken away from you. The more effective you exploit these artificial elements the more success you will have.

3. This leads to open pvp - whereas the freedom should be there to do so - not everywhere, but still in social plaaces. Keyword non-consensual pvp is a basic element since its pointless to fight someone who takes into account to die.

4. Behaviour should be rewarded or penaltylized as in creating several - factions relating to each other through their behaviour, outlaws whatever you call them - who again have some benefits in their areas, have to risk more as in being catched and are excluded from other certain areas.

5. It shouldnt solely depend on numbers - which is a hard task in a game where skill comes from intel and preparation, so maybe the different factions resulting out of behaviour could have certain influences on viability.

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6. There shouldnt be any rewards as in items, but solely the idea of having defeated an opponent.