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RE: Changes to POBs - Oprixy - 04-01-2023
(03-31-2023, 10:42 PM)Megaera Wrote: Just my thoughts on this:
Why not do the 6x decay rate when not fully staffed (crewed)
Keep passive decay at the same rate or double it, but not make 6x the standard rate.
Pros of this:
- People don't have to no-life pob supply 4 times a week to keep one alive
- neglected pobs (with dead crew) will decay really fast.
This will negate the clutter and rewards proper upkeep, without forcing people who don't have a lot of free time into a pob hell.
Solid idea here.
Having to supply a base with so much just to keep it alive may also cause more burn out, more people leaving the server either temp or perm.
RE: Changes to POBs - Darius - 04-01-2023
It isn't causing burn out, it's just removing the absolute insanity that is maintaining 5+ bases solo. Out of all the PoBs on the server, there's more than a third which all belong to a select 5-6 individuals. This just shouldn't happen and, as Haste put it, was an oversight.
Also, consider that PoBs aren't the end goal nor should they ever be the "final" task a player has to get to. If you can't reliably supply one... maybe that's just not for you? What if we applied the same standard elsewhere? "Please make snubs slower, I can't spend so much time learning". I think I got the point across clear enough.
RE: Changes to POBs - Megaera - 04-01-2023
Also a note on this comment:
(03-31-2023, 11:21 PM)darkwind Wrote: Hook quickly shield and fuel, and your base will start repairing faster than any siege can cause damage ^_^ going to be totally newbie friendly. Screw governments and terrorists ruining novice bases fun ^_^ governments and terrorists should not dictate fun for players
What are the safety features when someone dumps a fully kitted out troll pob right in front of a jump hole or another stupid place, and no one can ever remove it because it outrepairs 25 battleships?
This is discovery we are talking about.
Edit: Can't wait to see the first rogue base right next to Manhattan
RE: Changes to POBs - darkwind - 04-01-2023
(04-01-2023, 12:09 AM)Megaera Wrote: Fast buildup will also make them impossible to siege. They already take days with current rates. If you multiply this, you practically make anything above core 1 immortal.
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Sure faster buildup is fun, but it also causes it to become a second job when you stick to these rates. Disco simply isnt that populated anymore and there are many PoBs that are years old that are still being cared for by long time players.
Your idea focuses on the brand new ones, but I think the existing ones should be given a bit of a leeway too.
Hook quickly shield and fuel, and your base will start repairing faster than any siege can cause damage ^_^ going to be totally newbie friendly. Screw governments and terrorists ruining novice bases fun ^_^ governments and terrorists should not dictate fun for players.
Exactly what I think can be cool to have, as it will allow one person or group of people having base anywhere they want to have fun quickly and without regrets of encountering those trigger happy lawful and unlawful siegers ?
I can already see myself supplying such illegal base under the cloak disguise
Sieges should not be really a thing in the first place, they are pretty much just party poopers
RE: Changes to POBs - darkwind - 04-01-2023
(04-01-2023, 12:23 AM)Megaera Wrote: Also a note on this comment:
(03-31-2023, 11:21 PM)darkwind Wrote: Hook quickly shield and fuel, and your base will start repairing faster than any siege can cause damage ^_^ going to be totally newbie friendly. Screw governments and terrorists ruining novice bases fun ^_^ governments and terrorists should not dictate fun for players
What are the safety features when someone dumps a fully kitted out troll pob right in front of a jump hole or another stupid place, and no one can ever remove it because it outrepairs 25 battleships?
This is discovery we are talking about.
Edit: Can't wait to see the first rogue base right next to Manhattan
For such cases admins exist. After all they rename bad named players too and encouraging not screwing up completely
RE: Changes to POBs - darkwind - 04-01-2023
(04-01-2023, 12:23 AM)Megaera Wrote: Also a note on this comment:
(03-31-2023, 11:21 PM)darkwind Wrote: Hook quickly shield and fuel, and your base will start repairing faster than any siege can cause damage ^_^ going to be totally newbie friendly. Screw governments and terrorists ruining novice bases fun ^_^ governments and terrorists should not dictate fun for players
What are the safety features when someone dumps a fully kitted out troll pob right in front of a jump hole or another stupid place, and no one can ever remove it because it outrepairs 25 battleships?
This is discovery we are talking about.
Edit: Can't wait to see the first rogue base right next to Manhattan
You are reading my mind
unlawful atmospheric entrypoint to makeImagine amount of transport traffic from this. And lawful appeared jobs each time intercepting those transports
RE: Changes to POBs - Megaera - 04-01-2023
(04-01-2023, 12:25 AM)darkwind Wrote:(04-01-2023, 12:09 AM)Megaera Wrote: Fast buildup will also make them impossible to siege. They already take days with current rates. If you multiply this, you practically make anything above core 1 immortal.
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Sure faster buildup is fun, but it also causes it to become a second job when you stick to these rates. Disco simply isnt that populated anymore and there are many PoBs that are years old that are still being cared for by long time players.
Your idea focuses on the brand new ones, but I think the existing ones should be given a bit of a leeway too.
Hook quickly shield and fuel, and your base will start repairing faster than any siege can cause damage ^_^ going to be totally newbie friendly. Screw governments and terrorists ruining novice bases fun ^_^ governments and terrorists should not dictate fun for players.
Exactly what I think can be cool to have, as it will allow one person or group of people having base anywhere they want to have fun quickly and without regrets of encountering those trigger happy lawful and unlawful siegers ?
I can already see myself supplying such illegal base under the cloak disguise
Sieges should not be really a thing in the first place, they are pretty much just party poopers
Ok, so PoBs are not really meant to be used for RP anymore.
They are meant to be dumped on the most illogical places regardless of law or common RP sense.
And no one can do anything about it?
Right,
Well sorry, at first I believed this to be legit plan to improve POB gameplay. Now I feel this change is just to make sure the rest of the community will start to hate PoBs aswell
RE: Changes to POBs - darkwind - 04-01-2023
(04-01-2023, 12:32 AM)Megaera Wrote: Ok, so PoBs are not really meant to be used for RP anymore.
They are meant to be dumped on the most illogical places regardless of law or common RP sense.
And no one can do anything about it?
Right,
Well sorry, at first I believed this to be legit plan to improve POB gameplay. Now I feel this change is just to make sure the rest of the community will start to hate PoBs aswell
You are too much concentrated on negative side and missing the catch of breaking shackles of old system which is just stopping fun to new players.
This can be a change stopping corruption of governments and terrorists pushing their often toxic unwelcome atmosphere to new players
Pobs can't harm players with weapon platforms any longer
Time to get new blood to this stuff, and having possible gameplay and RP not distracted by old toxic people in pixel power. Let admins judge it being good.
Let activity flow from all the transport activity for new fast build bases
RE: Changes to POBs - Kauket - 04-01-2023
admins can and will likely moderate any pobs that are impeding the gameplay environment, plenty of times we've had troll pobs moved.
RE: Changes to POBs - Megaera - 04-01-2023
April fools joke wasn't that obvious till you started zealously preaching.