Discussion of PvP balance, anti-griefing, etc.

[Laserbilly]

I say for the problem faced, we have cheap, easy-to-set up massive Shield Generators. They're simply too powerful to penetrate on their own (But big). For someone to destroy the complex, they must launch a ground assault and overtake the shield and blow it up. An automated computer-run defense system guards the complex (Also cheap and easy to set up), which will defend against ground invasion. When enemies are detected, an alert is sent to all online members of the faction/city, owners, etc, and those offline are alerted through a small client pop-up, if desired (This can be turned off). The automated defense system is enough to hold them off for a while while the defenders mobilize. This prevents instant PvP destruction and gives the defenders a chance to defend.

EDIT: Actually, I'll split this into content discussion.

What if, instead of a super cheap/powerful shield generator, we start the game with a portable shield generator that only covers a smallish area, say a circle with a radius of 20 blocks. The area is large enough for you to get started on building your base or a small corvette-sized ship, but isn't large enough to cover a frigate or larger vessel. Also, it has a 15 in-game day battery life (each minecraft day/night cycle lasts 20 minutes, so 15 days would be 5 hours). After that battery runs out, then you have to power it with whatever energy source you've found which might not be enough to power it at full shielding capacity again. This would allow those who want to establish a base first to go ahead and do so, and enable those that want to build a ship first and go on an early star ways voyage to go ahead and not worry about some of the more complicated machinery of bigger ships (shields and energy weapons).

[joykler]

why not both i like the idea
but after this you need more defensive measures