I am pretty sure the 8 hours is made exactly so that the owners have time to prepare and to even do some hauling to the base till then.
In addition they will kinda know when to expect an attack. This doesn't mean though that the attackers will attack after 8 hours is up, though. They can still attack when server population is at 10 people and there is no counter threat.
Now you are saying that the owners are not allowed to do anything to their station in order to get ready? What is the point of waiting 8 hours then?
(03-28-2016, 03:51 PM)Snak3 Wrote: Are you saying that local lawfuls/criminals can't do anything but wait for 8 or 24 hours before sieging a hostile base?
Umm... no... quote me where you saw that.
what...
From the rule clearly states you cannot SEIGE THE BASE for 8 hours after submitting the declaration.
You can still however try to blockage traders for instance.
(03-28-2016, 03:59 PM)Snak3 Wrote: Yeah. 8/24 hours of blockading traders instead of sieging it. Absolutely immersive roleplay. As if sieging PoB is not a drag already.
better roleplay than not doing any RP and seiging a core 1
better roleplay than having only RP in a message dump and considering that valid RP before attacking a pob that is higher than core 1
Sieging a pob is not a drag either if you have the numbers in relation to the core etc etc.
I like new rule , it is very fair , now attackers cant insta-kill new base , and defenders actually have some chance to gather some help , and we will have great Siege battle in that case , which is always good .
Now we can have great "cat and mouse" situation , attackers can choose when to attack in 2 weeks period , so defenders have to be on alert at all times , never know when attack will be . If attackers are smart , defenders have slim chance , if they are not , well . . .
I understand the sentiment behind this regulation, however the implementation is bad and open space for serious abuse when we speak about core 1 bases.
This rule MUST be accompanied with this for core 1 bases: "During the protection period, base defense must be set on non-hostile mode." (defense modes 4 and 5 only if I remember correctly)
And very preferably also with this: "During the protection period, construction of weapon platforms is not allowed."
Another option how to prevent the worst is additional rule "POBs can´t be constructed closer than 10K from nearest space traffic object such as docking and mooring points, stations, trade lanes, jump gates and mining fields."
If something from above mentioned won´t be implemented immediatelly, you just opened window for example for for placing full hostile POB with weapon platform(s) in front of planet´s docking ring (or next to important station, for example ore selling point) which will be killing all undocking ships for several hours because lawfuls can only sit and watch for at least eight hours (assuming the base will be discovered and reported shortly after it´s deployed, what will not be always the case and thus slaughter can last even longer). Because builders don´t have to bother with shield construction as they know that base can´t be attacked in this time.