Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I like this very much so~

I was thinking about this for quite a while now...

What if some sort of station service was available to modify the bonuses and type of slots on a ship?

For an example~
If I had X amount of materials/LP/iskies etc, I would be able to convert the laser hard points of my Geddon to missile hard points. The ship would then be given bonuses to missiles instead of lasers. The bonuses would still be in line with the original. So~ If the bonus was to laser range it would convert to missile flight time.

This would allow players a MASSIVE amount of customization without causing undue havoc / things to be overpowered / rustling of jimmies etc etc etc.

Auto cannons should get an effect like the one used in Homeworld 1/2/ Stahgate etc, where you can visibly see the rounds moving through space. I'm bad at explaining this but I'm sure someone will know what I'm talking about (Stargate BC-304 Railguns?)

Redone drone models. It's always bugged the hell out of me watching my drones shoot sideways... Redo the models to include a small rotating turret. Same for fighters.

The new drone damage modules should be converted to highslot. Drones need to be seriously looked at again.

Also, a way to paint ships would be nice.

Virus module,

Purpose: target enemy drones and inject a virus which makes the drones attack other targets.

Module could have an area of effect like a smartbomb or target a ship and upload the virus to the drones based on skill.

The higher the skill the faster you inject the virus and make the drones rogue.

Virus can either self destruct drones or have them attack a random new target by switching their directive, they can even target the ship that launched the drones initially.

The virus can be loaded with different strain scripts into the module.
Some cause the drones to slow down or stop firing fly away etc
others cause the drones to switch targets

Webbing bubbles would be fun

Rigs that add plus 1 either to low/mid/high slots.

Cloning Structures for POS's.

MUCH lower CPU req. for Expanded Probe Launchers

New Probe that allows you to search for anomalies (or possibly pilots) outside a given system using the universe map.

Deployable self powered sentry guns.

Moon mining ships - Moon mining Modules

As T3 cruisers add T3 frigates, T3 battlecruiser, and T3 battleships, OR allow certain T2 ships the ability to use subsystems.

X-Lg Armor Repairers

Boost Amplifiers for Armor Repairers

A crystal implant set for armor tanking and a slave set for shields.

(Improve armor tanking???)

we have tachyon beam lasers
any chance we could get tachyon pulse lasers as well

A few random ideas (just read http://community.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&nbid=42269 , wanted to contribute to the cause. ^_^)

Construction ships/drones/modules - Think of construction on our Earth. We Humans tend to use specialized equipment in building our roads, buildings, and so on. Why aren't there any in Eve? Things that could improve anchoring speed or onlining of objects. I'm not sure the best way to go about this, it's just an idea, but might there be a use for specialized construction equipment (namely a ship class) in Eve?

Wormhole Probes - Forgive me if this is already in the game (from reading about Wormholes on the wiki, I didn't see anything about it), but in Star Trek, when they found various portals in space, they'd often send a probe through to see what was on the other side. For those that don't want to jump through and find out in person, might it be possible to have wormhole probes (use whatever name you like) that the player could fire into the wormhole which would report back on the status of the wormhole itself (approximate capacity and lifetime remaining) as well as the type of system on the other side, ect? They could be fire and forget items like moon probes so that no tracking or need to go in after them need be programmed in.

Specialist Mining Drones - I'm sure this is neither necessary nor particularly popular, but you never know. Could specialist mining drones be introduced? Drones that can more readily mine their specific ore type (Veld, ect.), but have reduced or zero capacity to mine other ore types? Not really a huge thing, just an idea that struck me so I decided to throw it out there. If nothing else, it might just be fun to play with.

Expanded Drone Bay - Is what it says. Increase the size of a ship's drone bay at the expense of cargo hold (well, that's the most simple and logical thing.) Might also add a separate "Increased Drone Bandwith" module (at the cost of reduced CPU/Powergrid) or roll them into one. Either way, the idea is fairly simple. And while you PROBABLY wouldn't do this for balance reasons...I think it'd be fun if it even worked on ships with no drone bays. /evilgrin But THAT'S probably because I've thought forever it'd be fun to run an anti-Pirate Iteron...basically a transport with some nasty surprises for Pirates looking for easy prey. ^_^

Tractor/TUG Drones - Effectively little micro tugboats you can send out in lieu of (or in addition to) tractor beams. Send them out to retrieve wrecks and bring them back to you, pull in cargo containers, ect. Nothing fancy, and would PROBABLY run into the same problems that were mentioned in the devblog on salvager drones...but it's just an idea/thought. Why not?

Cloaking Field Modules/Drones/Anchorable Emplacement - Okay, this is a crazy idea, but might be fun to play with. What if, in addition to the existing cloaking devices, there were ways to make "cloak spheres"? Basically, it would be much what the idea sounds like. A ship can engage the module/drone, and friendly/fleet/(all?) ships within the range of the sphere would be cloaked from ships outside. The downside could be just like the standard non-covops cloaking devices, making the cloaked ships have to recalibrate sensors before locking onto targets, ect. Or whatever you want (maybe go Star Trek and have it zap people's shields, whatever.) It's another "hey, what if..." idea I had that could present some interesting strategic decisions. I've also had a few times I was flying around cloaked near friends and thought it would be cool if I could extend my cloak to hide them from threats.

...of course, ships leaving the field would lose their cloak, meaning it would effectively make the cloaked ship group stationary unless they were very coordinated. This could be further cemented by making the module overload/shut down if ny of the ships get too close to each other or anything else (just like the standard cloak 2,000 m limit). Depending on the size of the bubble and especially if ships drifting/moving too close would cause the module to temporarily shut down, revealing them all...well, needless to say, fun times could be had with such a device, as well as colosal failures. Everything needed for a fun module idea, right? ^_^

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Anyway, these were just a few ideas I had. Take them or (more probably) leave them. :) I just wanted to help out, too.

Scripts

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Heat

- heatsink moduals for H/M/L which are designed to disipate heat but have only that function.(ie nighthawk 7high launcher+heatsink allowing longer overheat duration of the highs/mid/low where the heatsink is fitted)

-small/med/large rigs to lower heat damage / improve duration that OH can be active.
"projected" Heat moduals allowing transfer of heat onto another player insted of yourself.



EW

-'fueled' energy neutralizers (same kind of idea as the fueled shield booster)

-"Drone hacking" see below

-AOE logistic interuptor



Drones

-drone control units (like for carriers/supers) for sub-capitals.

-drone hacking, ie you can use x amount of drones but they are popped while engageing and there is hostile drones on you use the modual to "confuse" the drones into becomming yours (limited by max bandwidth)



Fitting/Slots

- XL-shield extenders

-Rigs for fitting slots to build a high med or low fitting slot rig giving +1 to either H/M/L
tech 2 could give +2 to H/M/L or +1 to H+M or M+L or H+L. not effecting total gun slots or missle slots available.

-Rigs for + x amount to Drone bay & Bandwidth (ie 5m3 dronebay would get 5 bandwidth also)

-Rigs for +m3 dronebay only

-Rigs for +bandwidth only

the drone rig ideas are more to coinside with drone damage modual and to kind of make mini carriers.



Area of Effect

-AOE logistic modual shield or armor or hull or capacitor (not all in 1 modual ofc)

-AOE cap neut (i think there is bombs which do that too but bombers go squish too easy in fights)

-AOE drone hacking, ie you can use x amount of drones but they are popped while engageing and there is hostile drones on you use the modual to "confuse" the drones into becomming yours (limited by max bandwidth)

-AOE Tractor Bubble

-AOE salvager? (super carebear there huh? :P

-"Self Destruct modual" see below



One-use (consumable) modules

-Self Destruct modual allowing you to destroy your own ship causing AOE damage equal to *insert some 'balanced' equasion here* at a set distance depending on if its small med or large (possably like smartbombs but more powerful because you ARE destroying your own ship right?)



Ships

-faction ships/pirate ships being better then t1 counterparts their resists should reflect as such (not as good as T2 and T3 ships tough)

-Battle cruiser class faction / Pirate ships.

-Destroyer class Faction / Pirate ships.

-Pirate Dreads

-Pirate carriers/supers (we already got the sansha one)

-Faction Dreads

-Sub-Capital Drone ships with 0 missle/guns but have +1 drone per level up to 10(possably more with the sub-cap drone unit control unit [see above])

- T2 version of Noctis allowing use of the AOE salvage and AOE tractor moduals(see above[possabel limit of 1 modual of each 1 aoe salv 1 aoe tractor)

Corpse salvager
Either as a ship module or sort of pos module(?).

Salvages implants that were in the corpse head (in space or in can in space... sth along these lines)
50% chance of salvage per cycle per implant for a given corpse.

With this there is actual reason to collect corpses and potentially make some isk while doing it

As suggested before:

Moon mining laser. (can only be fitted on T2 exhumers)

Maybe Moon mining drones ?
Only medium size.
Uses "charges" (1 per planet per drone). Sort of like cheap small and mobile mining infrastructure that it drops on to the moon surface, after which the drone only serves as transport from surface mining infrastructure to ship.

i know a lot of people would like to have some kind of pos module that decloaks

so i thought maybe it could
disallow cloaking in the whole system as well as decloakes the already cloaked ones for a short period of time
maybe 10minutes ...
further this module shuld consume som kind of fuel AND should have a systemwide cooldown for every module of the same kind i suggest an hour because otherwise it would probably get too overpowered

the idea behind is ... getting rid of cloaky campers (or at least get the chance to do so)

so best using it would be get a handful of scan frigs ready launch the cloakinhibitor-thingy and scan the hell out of the system ... if u get him hooray if not ... he deserves to live a while longer or get out of there


maybe make the cooldown time longer or split it up like ... the module that actually launched the anticloakbubble could have a much longer cooldown then the other modules of the same kind in the system
so that it wouldnt be overused and the cloaks aren't compleatly useless

i hope u get the idea behind it :)

Parking Lock
(yeah give it a fancy name that suits spaceships, but this way everyone knows what it is)


A Module that enables you to leave the ship in space locked up, so if anyone wants to enter the ship, he needs a Password.

This would be a nice thing for miners with only one account who want to go to a belt in the Orca, unload the exhumer from ship maintenance bay and then start mining. Right now that wouldn't be a good idea, cause anyone can take the unattended Orca and fly away. With a parking lock enabled, the miner can do his job without too much worries.

To prevent AFK-mining the Lock should be breakable by hacking. Doing so should take some time, to make sure the owner of the Spacevehicle has a chance to react (2 mins?). Hacking the Lock would be considered a crime, the same way one steals loot from a can.

Weakness: uses up a mid-slot, or maybe its even a rig?