Move PoBs from the Mining Fields

[jammi]

I've always been an advocate of "No PoBs within 10k of anything dockable or within 20k from any mining fields"

Edit: Ninja'd by Jammi again.

Really, three's no harm in PoBs being located near an NPC base. It can make supplying easier, but there's very little abuse that can be conducted that way - it doesn't really affect any of the interplay mentioned above, because if a pirate chased someone that far, they'd have been able to dock to escape normally anyway. Well, maybe you could abuse that through the reverse, using platforms to try and kill anyone who wanted to dock? Dunno. I suspect the admins would take quite a dim view of that.

10k would be more than enough distance from a mining field to be reasonable, as well. Miners shouldn't be sitting ducks, not by any stretch. 10k allows a particularly sharp eyed miner to save himself when a hostile appears on the edge of his scanner, but it doesn't guarantee his escape. It means the depot is still close enough to be convenient for mining (although still optimally more efficient with a transport buddy shuttling), and the effort of maintaining a base still increases their survival chances.

And yeah, I'm a ninja qualified by Ra's Al Ghul. He's an affiliated sponsor of Bowex.

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