Time that the deployment system was replaced with...

[psijaka]

.. a network of Teleporters

I'm sure I'm not alone in being frustrated by the current deployment system; all too often it will give me bizarre and useless choices yet not let me get to somewhere 2 lattice links away.

Solution - replace deployment with a network of teleporters that follow the lattice.

These would be located in the spawn rooms so travel between lattice linked outposts would be fast, efficient and reliable. A spawn room would contain teleporters to all the adjacent outposts, so a small outpost would have 2, but a larger outpost might have 4. They would obviously need to have a sign on them saying where the destination was, and teleporting would only be possible between friendly outposts of course.

And introduce a TCU (teleport control unit). This would be located near the spawn room, but could be hackable; a hacked TCU would disable the teleport link to and from the outpost; potentially serious consequences and an ideal target for "Black Ops".

Deployment should remain as an option, but perhaps only to the warpgate and to spawn points within a small radius. Players would then use the quick teleport system to get to where they want.

This would need to be tied in to a revamp of the spawn system, otherwise people would just suicide and respawn; not quite sure what the answer is here other than limiting the radius of spawn options as for deployment above.

As an afterthought - a series of RCU (resource control units) could also be added. Hacking or disrupting these would interrupt the flow of resources through the lattice link (probably been mentioned before).