Jumpdrives

[Garrett Jax]

Sure, with the above fix.

Can I ask you a direct question:

Is the nerf to jumpdrives purely out of the need to increase player interaction or because people have cried about use of JDs in battle and thus this nerf of a 4 system radius counteracts that?

The reason I ask because I do not believe that nerfing JDs is in fact to increase player interaction, this observation is due to the fact that you have already tombstoned Jump Trading when 5k transports were restricted from jumping.

As it was jumptrading that was robbing the server of player interactions, after the 5k transports were restricted from jumping no one jumptraded anymore.

Yet this new nerf is supposed to enhance player interaction further how?

Is it not really an attempt to appease the naysayers here who have cried continuously for Jumping to be completely removed from the game because they just hate people who use jumpdrives in battle?

Is this not really a compromise to silence them?

Well I can tell you that a 4 system jump radius will NOT suppress such actions as jumping in a battle. I mean yeh sure a 4 system radius makes it more difficult to jump directly in/out of battle if the battleground is quite faraway. But there are ways round it like for e.g. finding new jump locations from which to launch and return from that are in range of any battle area and thus allowing you to jump in and out of battle continuously.

I am even of thinking of creating mid way jump points between home and battlegrounds thus meaning anywhere in sirius is still within reach of jumpdevices.

When people start to see this 4 system radius does not nullify the use of Jumpships in battle then there will be even more crying about them.

I think you guys should either remove them completely or reinstate their full functionality and range because a 4 System Nerf technically changes nothing in the operation of jumpdrives.

Truthfully? The nerf to four systems, for me personally, was after long efforts of trying to get rid of JD's from the game altogether, and having to settle for a compromise of a 4 system jump restriction.

If it were up to me, I would get rid of them completely. I begged to remove them, voted for a two system jump when I realized that wouldn't happen and had to settle for four, because I didn't get enough votes.

I believe they are bad for the game, and as long as I have a say, I'm going to vote for their removal. If they end up being nerfed into uselessness, then I'll have to settle for that. So you will not get any sympathy from me for your 4 system JD restriction. Maybe, if players are determined to use this current restriction to avoid player interaction, I might, just might, be able to drum up the extra vote or two to get rid of them altogether. One can only hope.

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