Player Features and Ideas Discussion

We need an all-in-one exploration frigate. Right now, we have the T3 which can be somewhat fitted for exploration but isn't really it's main focus. Now I don't want this frigate to be able to solo null-plexes, maybe the weaker low ones but I want it's main focus to be for exploration in high-sec. Generally it should be able to do the following:

Tank about 150-200 DPS and dish out around 200-275 DPS while having a expanded probe launcher and a bonus to scan strength.

Right now I can get a Ishkur to have a probe launcher, 131 DPS Tank and ~330 DPS. I think a full-fledged exploration vessel should be able to beat this.

I don't think there should be one for each faction, just two, both made my SOE. The first one will have low-skill requirements and low-bonuses for new players o be able to get their feet wet in exploration. Perhaps the skill reqs would be Spaceship Command V and Astrometrics IV or something. Not something that could solo a 4/10 or Vigil without some serious skills. Maybe a 5% bonus to scan strength along with some other bonuses. This ship would T1. Add another skill called "Frigate Exploration Vessels" which would be 4x and be similar to the AF, Inty, EAF and Cov Ops skills.

Now there should be a second T2 ship, a much stronger and better version of the first one, but with higher skill req's, maybe Spaceship Command V and ASC IV along with Mech V, Engin V and Astro IV or something. but this ship would be able to solo the 4/10 and Vigil with a little more ease and maybe also a 6/10 and some low-sec sites with some awesome skill. Give it 200-250 DPS Tank and 300-350 DPS. Just a thought


Also another idea would be Scanning Drones, at max skills you could deploy 5 and they would act like normal probes but with half the scan strength. Only able to scan out exploration sites and WH's, not other players. When you deploy these drones it causes interference with probe launchers rendering them unable to launch any probes and you are unable to launch these drones until you have recalled any probes. After finding a site it would display on your Scanner, and after finding all the sites it would return to your drone bay. Perhaps Light, Medium and Heavy Version's of these, each having more scan strength then the smaller version.

Add in a skill called "Scanning Drones" that would be 3x, each level allowing you to deploy 1 scanning drone.


Just some thoughts, what do you think?

If your proposition is more than three words long, you're doing it wrong.

Fix Hybrids.. Nerf Supercaps.. Return Ship Spinning.. etc.

Now there is Ishtar.
You dont need expanded probe launcher on Ishkur. You dont need Ishkur for 4+/10 because there is a lot of ships that do this kind of plexes with ease.
Learn to use existing ships for your specific purpose, not requesting new ship each time you have some exotic idea on your mind.

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Or you could just say:

Working As Intended

Psilocybe are bad for you, mkay?

Such a productive post.

Why create a new ship class to do something that the vexor and ishtar are already great at?

While you're at it, why dont you ask for a ship that can run explorations sites off-grid? This way you don't even need it to tank.

It is bad enough that 6+/10 can be soloed, you ask to make it even worse.

Also, there are hundreds of ships out there, and many can do what you ask.