Player Features and Ideas Discussion

It's a good idea, in theory, but it would be a pain to code. But +1 for the concept regardless. I've oft' wondered if this could be possible.

similar but easier to code; t2 ammo that has a heat damage component to it.

a random enemy module takes x heat damage, or x heat damage distributed randomly between the modules, at the cost of a bit of actual weapon damage. if you're playing a game of cat and mouse with some one and the fight is lasting a long time having this type of ammo could be the difference of winning and losing if the heat damage adds up enough to remove a repair mod or a hardener or a prop mod from the fight.

In a frigate battle that ends fast you will not have a BIG advantage .. but destroying the weapons on a titan cold be a win situation in a battle..
Still.. it cold be implemeted in such a way that just fireing upon an enemy will sometimes trigger a module damage or distruction depending on the ammount of damage output without targeting a particular module first.

But still thinking tactically cold be an advantage for ex blowing the engine of a Trasher before it escapes and you will not see him again :P

Lots can be done.. implementing this can change EVE a lot.. making it either more fun .. somewhat more complex...or... it may as well rip the essence of the game all together and this is a risc :))

Cool idea but with the way things are set up now, unfeasible both code and gameplay wise.

Well if something like this is implemented, make it so you at least have to get them into Hull before you can actually do any specific damage to the modules.

this targeting of engines and weapons sounds good it would give a layer of ship to ship combat to eve and combat blob warfare and alpha strikes,
if a whole fleet mans up one on one and say fires on there weapons system the target fleets over all damage out put would be lower with each volly of ships to ship strike .
this would bring in the fact of disabled ships need to warp out to get repaired and the concept of off grid triage support as multiple damaged and disable ships would be hard to rep on grid.
also shooting a target engines out would stop them warping and or slow them to be caught also allow battle ships and slow armored blaster boats an option in combat.

the thing is i like the concept but it needs a lot of thought and testing

The more I think about it, the less I expect it to impact the outcome of a fight.

If you allow players to directly damage modules, then you're indirectly applying a massive nerf to active tanks. Such a change would have to come with the ability to repair modules while in combat, and for logi to repair them as well. This means simply that you'll have to tank your modules as well as your ship. It will add a layer of needless complexity, as in the end the fights are still going to come down to overwhelming someone's ability to tank until they are removed from the fight.

It would certainly put a boost in the market for nano paste, I don't think any modules should be damaged though from incoming fire until both shields and armor are gone through and frankly the fights over with by that point anyway unless you are one of those rare hull tankers

That would completely kill armour tanking.

Yes true.. but it can be fixed with smth like "Target shield generator" and it will not unbalance the various ways of tanking.

This needs to be greatly refined i can't think of a complete refined way to implement this ..because of course I do not know 100% how the game mechanics works and this is not even the biggest problem... this can be full of exploits if implemented without rigorous testing and thought but could change the game and add it a fresh spin...

...but hey let us discuss this is the way good ideas are born..

I quit playing eve because is getting awfully boring in space battles and space battle is kind of the idea in a game with spaceships.

There are no tactical maps / tactical features in the game, battle is boring.. you fit your ship go to battle find an enemy, target the enemy set orbiting distance activate guns and overheat and that's it... hope you don't miss and u have more skills / damage or better fit than the opponent (i don't want to sound blunt there is still fun in eve PVP-ing but it cold be way better)




man .. you sound like a novice sysadmin.. "that's the way it works, don't have any idea how ..but it works so just to be safe i don't mess with it"
NO this is not the way ... the Inquisition was like this ... DO NOT THINK DO WHAT WE TELL YOU... bla bla...
just because you are too scared by change the game should not evolve... maybe not my idea... but countless others. people imagine things .. that's why we have smarter phones than most of people on the planet...

think about it... rules are made to be broken