POB Change Suggestions

[Paddy.]

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Critique

Suggestion Addressed:

Mandatory Offers to Surrender
Problem Summary

• There is no indication of what would happen if the defender says no to both offers to surrender.
  The cost of getting a name/IFF change is expensive at 500mil SC
  Needs to clarify the point – surrender does not mean change of owner to attackers – just allegiance.
  No RP at the end of two weeks is good idea, but it is surrendered. What happens then?
  

Amendment

• If a defender refuses both surrenders, siege is completed, base destroyed.
  For siege based enforced IFF/name change, costs to be reduced to 200million SC
  Make certain surrender is not change of ownership, but under the authority of the besiegers.
  If after a month since the Attack declaration is issued, and with no rp contact with PoB owner/rep, then besiegers can destroy it.
  Representative of PoB must have Admin rights to PoB to effect surrender terms.
  
  

Further Discussion

I actually like this concept because it is a very simple thing to implement. A rule added specifically for PoB sieges. We have PvP rules about practice around ship engagements, so why not around PoB’s.

It needs to be tidied up with some reflection on how it would work, and we would benefit from a trial period or even some faction doing an RP’d attack on these lines to see if the rule would work.

I can imagine an AD (Attack Declaration) being posted, more indepth RP being done on forums or even a RP face to face meeting between PoB owner and siege commander at the PoB, and surrender terms proffered. If the surrender term is turned down, then the attack begins.

The attackers should have the right to offer any other opportunity to surrender but mandatory ones before the attack commences and maybe 30% HP left.

Would not be happy to have a PoB set up where two AD’s are issued with the other one attacking only when the HP is at 30%. I would suggest if attacked previously and HP is reduced to 30% already then the second attacker only has the one mandatory offer to surrender to proffer. Also avoids rorting the intent (work arounds)

I think that if a PoB is Core 1, in a sensitive area, it should be considered a hostile act and set upon so long as it is fairly new. I.e. No shield and less than 50% HP perhaps. Normal AD applies.