You can put damaged items in an FC, I do it all the time while kernel farming.

Edit: I do like those other ideas, though.

All the changes for the last major patch need to be integrated.  In addition, there is still a bug where nex mods that buff .05% per ext are shown as 0.0% per ext.

If I get some free time this week I will try to look at it.

OK, this is my work computer, which I have NOT been having problems with. (But I d not use it as much for perpetuum, so It may be a coincidence..)

It is using Verizon fiber service out of Seattle.

Tracing route to gameserverb.perpetuum-online.com [195.228.152.152]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     3 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     3 ms     1 ms     3 ms  L100.STTLWA-VFTTP-17.verizon-gni.net [98.117.116
.1]
  3     3 ms     2 ms     2 ms  G14-0-7-217.STTLWA-LCR-02.ncnetwork.net [184.19.
242.64]
  4    65 ms     1 ms     3 ms  so-6-0-0-0.SEA01-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [108.57
.128.196]
  5    31 ms     4 ms     4 ms  0.so-7-1-0.XT2.SEA7.ALTER.NET [152.63.105.61]
  6     5 ms    67 ms    20 ms  0.so-2-0-0.XT2.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.104.229]
  7    67 ms     5 ms     5 ms  POS5-0.BR2.SEA1.ALTER.NET [152.63.106.13]
  8    68 ms     6 ms     6 ms  so6-1-0-2488M.ar4.SEA1.gblx.net [64.215.195.221]

  9   175 ms   177 ms   177 ms  te6-4-10G.ar2.FRA4.gblx.net [67.16.137.122]
10   177 ms   239 ms   175 ms  te6-4-10G.ar2.FRA4.gblx.net [67.16.137.122]
11   193 ms   219 ms   193 ms  204.245.36.142
12   225 ms   218 ms   192 ms  81.183.0.92
13   194 ms   219 ms   193 ms  81.183.0.43
14   193 ms   193 ms   220 ms  81.183.2.225
15   190 ms   190 ms   216 ms  84.2.225.113
16   190 ms   192 ms   191 ms  gameserverb.perpetuum-online.com [195.228.152.15
2]

It is transatlantic-ing on global crossing (gblx) into France.  I went ahead and took the liberty of conducting a 100 count ping session to their European bridgehead router and was 100%, 150-440ms, average 203.

I will try at home, which is where I have been having problems lately, and see if that is different.

Indy corps are immune because if anyone can declare an aggressive, unilateral war at any time, then it will not work.  PvP griefer corps would just declare war on every corp name they could find and troll alpha all day.  It would be the end of alpha islands, in short.

But keep in mind that's only on alpha.  Same with NPC corps that people start in.  If people want to eek out a living with alpha rewards and try to support a PvP alt with that there is nothing anyone can do except completely get rid of alpha islands.

That said, you shut down supply lines by not letting them carry stuff onto beta islands. Same as now. 

There are other ways it would change the dynamic, though... Do you think No Hope would allow pretty much anyone to join if the outpost holders were forced into wars, and therefore taking a majority of the risk?

If nothing else, protection prices would go up sharply, as PvP corps "at war" and actually protecting an island would have to start collecting more, as they would always be at risk, and would have to begin evicting those who did not pay their share.

Idea:

1. A war declaration must be by mutual agreement, but so must a peace treaty, once a war is declared.

2. You must attempt to declare war to challenge for an outpost (intrusion). If you own an outpost and do not want a war declared against the challenger, you must abandon your outpost w/o a fight. (abdication)

2. War dec fighting on alphas does not engage the general pvp flag.

Is there any scenario that this would not cover?

PvP corps who hold outposts would be forced into declaring war against each other, but could not declare war arbitrarily against indy corps.

Fighting between corps with declared wars on alphas would not activate general PvP flag, so It would not allow for bottom feeders to take free shots at victors of close battles.