I didn't think this through yet, so this is just theorycrafting:

What if robots had a built-in mobile teleporter like Inda says, and you can only use it when your accumulator is at 100%, and it sucks it completely dry everytime you use it. (No other limits.)

The range of the teleport could be different for all robot classes. More for scouts and transports, less for heavy combat stuff for example.

My basic thought was that for travelling you don't need your accumulator, and this would already rule out a lot of unintended usages that this could make possible. If you fear that your destination is not safe then you can still use normal teleportation.

Yes it definitely should not be drained completely to 0%. Something along the lines of 30-40% is a lot more reasonable(why not have skills that help with that too, EP sinks are always good).

What is Eve?

go away.

+1 I just mentioned this in the other thread and then read this one, great minds and all that

Sitting still for three minutes is pretty boring gameplay.

i personaly think its a very bad idea to have onboard teleporter.

why?

there are reasons why the telepots are deployable and it will have a lot drastic and in my opinion negative influence on the gameplay.
-they are attackable/destroyable
-its takes 3 mins to get ready

just think about a onboard teleport that is ready at any time your bot is at fulll accu.
if you have a big roaming gang or a big attack fleet doent realy matter. you encounter a enemy. but you find yourself outgunned. you just activate your teleport and be on the next exit gate. if you are on beta you can run around and at first sight you will be off the island. no change to catch you.

ok lets say you have to stand still for a bit of time... then we are back to the point where you have to wait and the question arises how long is ok. when you come to terms of pvp i think the 3 mins is a quite good time. think how far different kind of bots can move in 3 mins. its ment that ppl can move up there and still kill without the enmey just hoping away.
and yes we have different kinds of telepots for that. emergency, armored...

everything got quite faster with the gamma patch. you can move over the islands in a couple of minutes and ppl still complain that they have to wait a few mins.

instant teleport is a very bad idea and even a short delay is not a good idea.
even so if it comes to transportation:
if you have a scarab and jump with your onboard teleport over an island and then your accu is empty. yes you did not have to wait 3 mins to jump. but now your accu is empty and you have to wait untill its full for the next jump. so again not much gained.

the deployable teleports are already making live very easy. movement should stay a tactical thing in this game. with giving every bot a instant jump this will take it all away and make the short travel distansis in this game even shorter. i dont want a game world where i am basicly neighbor to everyone. even on the other side of the "world"
distance should take some time to cover and the current beacons make it easy enough in my opinion.

Just add T1-T4 jump-modules.

+1 for onboard tps.

How about fit that in legslot as a module? How about that drains not that much energy, needs some time to charge up and if someone is locking you that interrupting the process?

Also, one more time - it can eat plasma too, color-based even.

Then it can be tiered item, says t1 - 5km base range, t3 - 15km, t4 - 25km.

Then there can be some extensions like energy/plasma usage decrease, jump range increase, charge cycle decrease etc.

Then such modules can be separated as we have teleports now - standart, emergency etc, each with different skills to affect (optional)

All that together, balanced and stuff, can make tp beacons completely obsolete.

Please, Please, PLEASE do not add teles directly TO bots.  This will change pvp in ways you cannot fathom.
Let me emphasize that point again, it will completely change ALL PVP, not just a SMALL portion but all of it.

NOW, if you, the DEV's, decide to go forward with this idea, DO NOT make it a mod, make it a very Specialized bot type, not all the way up to heavys but up to mechs, lower DPS, lower tank, but it have more maneuverability.  Were talking cost offset.

This isn't a terrible idea, just start to think in anyway that were going to break it in, I can think of several ways to really frustrate people.

Just adding, a mod, is a terrible idea with little foresight, or afterthought.