GAMEPLAY: Scout Missions in PVP Space

[Hirnsausen]

Here is an idea the warmongers among us will love:
Aphelia missions that request a pilot to race int PVP space towards a coordinate "for scouting" and then to return. Those scout missions are incredibly high prized but also have the drawback that those various scout coordinates are known to PVP pilots, maybe some of them leading to PVP og bases where the system detects high amounts of weapons and active players. Some missions allow to warp, some don't. Only if the ship returns, the prize is paid.

This will lead more ships into PVP space and to interactions between the warmongers and regular pilots. Those will build special ships that are meant to withstand attacks for some time, but of course, some will fail.

Edited September 5, 2022 by Hirnsausen

[Taelessael]

An interesting thought, but presently tricky to implement well. The present abundance of safe-zones close to near about everywhere already encourages all but the largest pvp groups to keep their stuff parked in an SZ when not in use unless they are trying to rp something or be edgy... so implementing this would probably just chase the little guys in to SZ locations leaving you with naught but warp-beacon-stations fitted with base-shields belonging to large orgs to locate...

 

It would encourage some fights initially, and get a lot of pvp players to run those missions in order to try and locate stuff belonging to an opposing faction, but I suspect that if the payouts are not carefully balanced then you'd end up just throwing cash at people in a way that could damage the game's economy. I'd like it, but it would need to be implemented with great care to avoid accidentally breaking other parts of the game by giving some people too much money.

[Vazqez]

PVP player is a bad word.
You should call them thieves or parasites

 

A true PVP player is one who fights against an equal or better person.

 

 

Better to make an arena Two flies on flies one.

[Hirnsausen]

On 10/21/2022 at 7:04 AM, Vazqez said:

PVP player is a bad word.
You should call them thieves or parasites

 

A true PVP player is one who fights against an equal or better person.

 

 

Better to make an arena Two flies on flies one.

I agree with you, of course.  But it seems to be in the human nature to always go after those that are weaker. Unfortunately.