• since it will involve PvP and empire space, anyone participating should have some kind of flag that will act similar to the current wardec mechanics. basically, it means you are "enlisted" by that particular faction, and shooting a faction warfare opponent will not invoke CONCORD or change your sec status. and the flag should be a global thing, not related to specific objectives and you could be vulnerable from enemy players at any time. and it will also have a 24 hour transition period like with normal wardecs.


• since the objectives will be in publically accessible space, there could be problems with "neutral" or "civilian" players interfering with faction-based combat objectives. i think the most reasonable solution would be treat it exactly like a wardec in that regard. non-aligned players would be treated the same as a 3rd party between 2 warring corps/alliances. but should they be allowed to attack the NPC navy ships when not flagged for factional warfare? or maybe in that case, doing so could give a temp-flag similar to current corp-warfare assisting mechanics.


• objectives will be publically available "missions" that spawn/despawn in the same way that exploration sites and encounters do. there will be some kind of bulliten board for these objectives, possibly from agents. regardless of how objective info is provided, the availability of the intel should be based on standings. but unlike missions, there will be no "mission offers" but rather you just go complete the objective and receive credit for doing it, similar to rat bounties and triggered events.


• some objectives can be counter-objectives to prevent the enemy from succeeding. its war, so only one side "wins". it could be things like "don't let them destroy X ships/structures" or "don't let them steal X loot". or it could even be something that spans multiple systems, such as courier missions and the enemy tries to destroy or even steal the courier package.


• rewards, in addition to pure loot from the objective itself, will include standings boosts, ISK payouts, or maybe even some new type of loyalty points. of course, the PvP factor is so unpredictable that the risk/rewards may need to be determined simply by "who shows up to the party"... with small variants based on static PvE elements of the objectives.


• to prevent this system from circumventing the existing faction standings system, a second type of standings may be used. basically, we want to prevent the scenario where a few faction warfare gang missions replaces many storyline agent missions. if they used the same standings systems, then either the objectives would need to be VERY difficult or yield very small standings increases. and since we want this to appeal to small gangs and solo players, they should not be super difficult.


• last but not least, factional warfare should have some kind of impact on the markets too... maybe being an enemy of the faction that owns a given station could prevent you from doing business there, or add lots of taxes/fees.

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You will not need to leave your corporation to join factional warfare. Individuals as well as corporations can join the cause.

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One note -- Ginger, you say in your blog that it will allow participation on a corporate or individual level, but what about on an alliance level? This would seem kind of imperative for entities like the CVA, Electus Matari, the Acheron Federation, and the Apex Conglomerate. I can certainly see how this could have been an oversight, but it's something that definitely needs to get addressed.

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Originally by: Kyoko Sakoda

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I have one request:

If you are going to be able to fight for a faction, please, please, please allow for some way to prove to said faction that players with deep negative standing have the potential to be allies and not enemies. The destruction of the standings system is not necessarily my request, but we need more ways to make amends for past "transgressions."

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Originally by: Snuggly

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It's just so great to have an actual reason to not die, incentive is fantastic!

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Originally by: Kyoko Sakoda

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I have one request:

If you are going to be able to fight for a faction, please, please, please allow for some way to prove to said faction that players with deep negative standing have the potential to be allies and not enemies. The destruction of the standings system is not necessarily my request, but we need more ways to make amends for past "transgressions."

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* Provide PvP between players of different factions
* Provide rewards for said PvP based on faction
* Dynamically alter game world to reflect actions of players

* Faction Mods and ships
* Faction Standings
* War with Opposing Factions

* Faction Penalties
* War with Opposing Factions

* Belt Rats
* Gate Rats
* Agents

* Factions delcare war officially. Setting up clear allies, neutralities, and enemies in other NPC factions.
* Players, Corporations, and Alliances may declare allegiance to a faction. Synchronizing those allies, neutralities, and enemies for their self, corp, alliance.
* "Declared Factions" give loyalty points to players which they can claim for rewards based on player vs player actions
* Loyalty points are rewarded to the player, corporation, and alliance for attacking a hostile players ship equipment or assets, or hostile NPC. I.E. if Johnny Serpentis Kills Klaakitoa Jim then Johnny Serpentis gains x loyalty points to serpentis, Johnny's Corp recieves a portion of those points if they are declared, and Johnnys Alliance recieves a portion of those points if they are declared.
* Loyalty points are rewarded to the player, corporation, and alliance for destroying a hostile players ship equipment or assets, or hostile NPC. I.E. if Johnny Serpentis Kills Klaakitoa Jim then Johnny Serpentis gains x loyalty points to serpentis, Johnny's Corp recieves a portion of those points if they are declared, and Johnnys Alliance recieves a portion of those points if they are declared.
* Loyalty Points are removed from the player, corporation, and alliance for attacking an allied players ship, equipment, or assets, or allied NPC. I.E. if Johnny Serpentis kills Jack Serpentis, then Johnny Serpentis, his corp, and his alliance lose loyalty points.
* The aggregate of loyalty points in any low-sec system gained each day is summed and system sovereignty goes to the NPC force that has aquired the most loyalty points.
* System sovereignty spawns 0.0 quality gate rats of the type that holds sovereignty, and 0.0 belt rats of the type that are enemies of the faction that holds sovereignty.
* System sovereignty turns on/off agents of the apropriate type in the area.
* Systems held by player alliances spawn system true-sec quality gate rats of the type that the alliance is declared for, and system true-sec quality belt rats of the type that the alliances declared for has as enemies
* LP stores for the declared or sov holding factions appear in stations owned by those alliances/factions.
* Pirate Factions LP stores have access to best Pirate Gear
* Empire Factions LP stores have access to Best Navy Gear
* Pirate Alligned players will be attacked by Navy vessles upon entering empire space. Empire alligned players will not necessarily be upon entering pirate faction held low-sec.
* No player entity can be considered "allied" when in 0.0 space.
* Allied player status can be revoked with a Concord war declaration.