Mechanic exists already: the rewards.
People able to fly and able to afford flying in higher end content will already be encouraged to do so to get better rewards.
No need for additional mechanics, there is no problem here.
It just means that lower expectations is the secret of your âsuccessâ.
Seems all these people posting here against the OPâs proposal have forgotten that after enough complaints, CCP eventually removed T3 Cruiser access to various High Sec Cosmic Signature Combat sites because those ships were overpowered for those sites.
Maybe, but OPâs desire to limit othersâ access to
makes no sense whatsoever, especially in the mechanic proposed to solved the so-called problem.
We really need to remember the Monkeyâs Paw effect when aaking for changes to the game.
There is no maybe, thatâs exactly what happenedâŚ
Whatever dude; wasnât arguing off topic. Would you be happy if I changed maybe to OK?
Did they forget, or did they remember it and worry that CCP might take one personâs request as a sign that more nerfs are needed - when they really are not?
Ah yes, thanks for remembering that if CCP nerfed it once then the nerfs should be iterated until only corvettes are allowed.
I donât care if they did or didnât forget, thatâs not the issue⌠You can call it a nerf all you want. Basically it would just bring the content back to how it was originally meant to be run.
IF is the case it deviated from how it is meant to be run. Which is left for the people proposing the change to demonstrate.
How about you nerf your sarcastic remarks. Just because you think itâs a nerf doesnât mean everybody else does. Especially since low level sites were originally intended to be run with small Hull Class ships.
Nope. Working as intended.
In your dreamsâŚ
Sure, go ahead and explain me in detail how it is not affecting you.
Itâs not a nerf. No ship is being depowered. Is actually have to do hull suitable content a nerf? Titans and other capitals not being allowed in highsec is a nerf? Having gates lock out certain hulls are nerfs?Thatâs like saying a lvl 50 character in WoW not being able to profit against a lvl 1 NPC is a nerf. The disagreements are silly. The truth is you like things easy and you would prefer it stay easy and low skill. Just say that. Itâs a legitimate feeling to have even if I disagree.
So, why are you engaging in such silly argument? Just substitute ânerfâ with ârestrictionâ in your mind and carry on.
My point still stands: âchanged onceâ is not a reason for further changes.
And now you started to read minds, while sleeping in your corvette probably. 
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Once again this is not WoWâŚ
And be careful what you ask for because the way CCP does thingsâŚyou will be back here bitching for them to revert the change you trying to champion.
Best for the entire playerbaseâŚThat you just shut the hell up right now, take a deep breath, think a moment and realize how stupid the idea isâŚand WALK AWAY.
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Whatâs best for the playerbase is you following your own adviceâŚ
And what we do with the idiot that want to force people out?
Your basic premise is that larger hulls should not be able to profit from sites designed for smaller hulls. I agree with you particularly because there is zero risk involved. But itâs not just about hull size. T3 destroyers are just as overpowered. So are T2 frigates. It can be argued, as you yourself have, that some of the lower end stuff is too easy even for T1 frigates or a properly fit corvette. Although I understand the rational behind the idea, your execution is ham-handed and just plain sloppy.
I think the real issue is improving enemy AI, which currently does not exist. If a battleship warps into a site full of NPC corvettes and low end frigates not equip to handle a battleship, the NPC ships should warp away if they are taking damage or being destroyed without returning adequate damage. If a ship is 100km off and able to snipe targets those enemy targets should warp off grid instead of running headfirst to their deaths. If this happens then the site would enter into a 1 minute timeout period after the player leaves before the pirates return. If the offending ship remains long enough or starts attacking structures, comparable enemy ships should arrive on grid that are capable of actual engaging the player in a meaningful way. Similar to the mining fleet response forces, but without being overpowered. They would be comparable to lowsec content. These fleets would be tailored to the perceived threat and only attack the instigator. So a battleship would get battleship equivalent pirate fleet, a cruiser would get cruiser sized ships, etc. And by arrive on grid I mean right on top of them or within range to effectively return fire. This game has the AI code to do this. The diamond fleets and the Triglavians have advanced AI. I do not understand why a similar AI sophistication cannot apply to ALL NPCs across the board and not just the overpowered types. Iâm not even talking about really advanced AI. Just enough to know when they are utterly outmatched and at a complete disadvantage.
I would also like to note that there is an adherent disconnect when it comes to these sites. That being that the escalations these players are looking for are generally of a higher level than the anomalies they are derived from. Itâs my understanding that doing sites of the correct hull size would render escalations for the next hull size up. The escalations a frigate sized site provides are cruiser level. Simply barring medium to large hull sizes would effectively make it near impossible to play with one ship if your goal is doing escalations. Itâs a problem with the basic mechanics of anomaly based escalations in particular. Someone please correct me if Iâm wrong.
For this reason I offer a second additional recommendation to the improvement of the AI. Make the escalations match the content they are derived from. T1 small sized hulls should get escalations they can complete with a small hull. And place the ship size limit on the escalation siteâs acceleration gate. If the escalation is for T1 frigates then only ships up to T1 frigates can enter. If itâs rated for T2/T3 small hulls and Cruisers then only ships up to that level can enter. If rated for T3 medium hulls and battleships⌠you get the picture. And in regard to the response fleets that spawn, those people in the larger hulls should still get escalations that fit their hull size from dealing with the response fleet. But perhaps with a lesser chance of receiving an escalation? Enough to make it where doing the proper content is more efficient than expending more time waiting on the response fleet + having a much lowered RNG.