Quickdocking, boon or bane?

[Diomedes]

I'm really just not sure on this one. I like the idea, but have some concerns.

So many things have been balanced around the ability to quick dock, and they would likely have to change.

The pitiful base defenses would need to become a whole lot scarier for actual realism. Sure the docking sequence should be longer for the fleeing target, but the base cannons should also light up any hostile (and then we have problems with people neutral to things they shouldn't be, like a FL taking an unlawful bounty on a trader shooting him up at a 3rd party lawful base to which he is neutral).

Also, things like quick docking trade lanes and jump gates/holes near hostile battleships or cap ship patrols. It's really the only way to get a transport through without taking large amounts of damage or requiring CAU. And no, there isn't always another route that can be taken in a reasonable time. NPCs also disregard Freeport NFZs, some of which do have cap ship patrols that move through (Tau-29 comes to mind).

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