Conquerable Stations have been a great enhancement to VO, and I've had a lot of fun participating. However, many people dislike the ability to "Ninja" a station during odd hours. I know people from all around the world play this game, and someone's odd hour may be another's prime hour, but this is what I propose:

Make stations conquerable twice a day, once every 10 hours, during a 2 hour time-frame. That way anyone in any timezone can at least participate in one of the designated times. If this was implemented, I believe a lot more players would log on during these designated times to capture/defend the stations. And after the 2 hours is up, you log off, go to work, eat, etc., regroup, and try again at the next designated time.

I know that this would take away the *surprise* when attacking a station. And I am bias because I'm a bigger fan of PvP than PvE, but I believe Conquerable Stations were created to increase PvP (could be wrong).

*If someone suggested this idea is past, I apologize, I haven't payed much attention to any threads here lately.

fr; dr

I agree with the general sentiment of increasing PvP's role in conquerable station gameplay and increasing player interaction. However, I don't like this idea.

This is one of those suggestions that seems like it would "even the playing field" between large groups of players and small groups of players. Station conquest isn't an area of gameplay that should be balanced so that a group of 3 active players can evenly compete with a group of 30 active players. The group with 30 players has the advantage of possibly having people from all different timezones online at all different times of the day, and that advantage shouldn't be neutralized.

I do admit that even with notifications, the "ninja" tactic still seems to be prevalent, but I don't think that this idea is the best solution.

Well all out war just broke out across the entire bractus system for the last couple hours eventually concentrating in the e2 pelatus wormhole so I think this has improved PvP to be honest.

Yeah, that was kinda fun.

damn i shoulda logged back on

favrewebelieve, -1

bro, I think it's station owners headache to set station 24h guarded.

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Ninja is a valid tatic in war times!
And battle time does not have to be agreed upon both parties.

Just think, this is how much we're kicking the shit out of each other over one craftable item..what's gonna happen when you can buy standard items at the station at half cost or hire npc guards...or develop special station specific ships?

The war may have already started....but the glory has just begun!

The itani may have started it crazyspece, but no matter what your numbers, we will finish it

C'mon now... save that for the RP forums.