POB Change Suggestions

[Lemon]

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Suggestion
Type: Rules
Title: Remove and/or add harsh criteria for PoBs built on top of NPC bases

Specifics

• Disallow a PoB built within e.g. 5 or 10k of an existing NPC Base. If one is built it must fulfill criteria like
  - dockable to the entire faction of the base
  - disabled weapons platforms except when defending against a siege
  - being useful for the whole faction
  - added RP criteria, as it becomes essentially an extension of the NPC base
  

Potential Problems

• Extra GM work and needed rule change should they be allowed
  

Example of Effect
Someone wants to build a base e.g. right on top of planet gammu atmospheric entry point.
They would be allowed to do so only when fulfilling the harsh in-rp and oorp criteria and becoming in effect an extension of the base - with potential of becoming canon extensions

Further Discussion
Bases like Velvet one next to FP11, Crayter next to Minato or Order one next to Dabadoru are very harmful. Their weapons platforms disrupt PvP interactions, make people hug the base and try to trigger fire and CDs (even against you when you are part of the NPC faction of the PoB) and are just bad for gameplay. And on top of that not only don't provide any benefit to the faction, they don't even let them dock and just act like personal storage for the owners. A PoB built on top of an existing NPC base should be open useful to the faction, or not be there at all.

At the very least, the criteria should be harsher for them to be built and maintained than a random PoB that nobody ever sees.