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Officer drone control units
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Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#1 - 2012-11-28 15:01:49 UTC
Has anyone ever had a problem with fitting a ratting carrier? Unless the officer mods would give some kind of tracking/damage/speed bonus etc. to drones/fighters I can't see anyone ever using them.

DCUs are not used in pvp, fitting a carrier for ratting is doable even with all skills at 0. If these officer mods perhaps cost less than normal DCUs I would use them. Consider buffing these Officer DCUs, the other drone mods look perfectly fine imho.

PS: For those of you who don't know the stats, their CPU need is lowered, with the best one down to 6100 CPU (which is then cut by 99% like all DCUs on carriers)
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2012-11-28 15:52:55 UTC
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.
BadAssMcKill
Aliastra
#3 - 2012-11-28 15:58:19 UTC
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.



Drone Control Unit not Drone Damage Amplifier
Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#4 - 2012-11-28 16:12:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Screenlag
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.


99% Reduction in CPU requirement when fit to Carriers and Supercarriers. Good luck fitting it to anything but a carrier. other than that, I agree with what you said. Also, could introduce a Meta variant to the DCU with a small, similar bonus as the officer ones
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2012-11-28 16:13:07 UTC
BadAssMcKill wrote:
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.



Drone Control Unit not Drone Damage Amplifier


Ahh, I assumed he misstyped (Damage Control Unit you know ;p) . Points are more or less still valid though, they're not just intended for carriers. Most subcap drone ships are for instance incredibly strained on CPU such as the Ishtar or Gila.
Lady Godwynn
Lady Godwynn Corporation
#6 - 2012-11-28 16:32:15 UTC
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
BadAssMcKill wrote:
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.



Drone Control Unit not Drone Damage Amplifier


Ahh, I assumed he misstyped (Damage Control Unit you know ;p) . Points are more or less still valid though, they're not just intended for carriers. Most subcap drone ships are for instance incredibly strained on CPU such as the Ishtar or Gila.


Still not getting it....
Malcanis
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#7 - 2012-11-28 17:43:02 UTC
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
BadAssMcKill wrote:
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.



Drone Control Unit not Drone Damage Amplifier


Ahh, I assumed he misstyped (Damage Control Unit you know ;p) . Points are more or less still valid though, they're not just intended for carriers. Most subcap drone ships are for instance incredibly strained on CPU such as the Ishtar or Gila.


You're thinking of the drone link augmenter.

"Just remember later that I warned against any change to jump ranges or fatigue. You earned whats coming."

Grath Telkin, 11.10.2016
Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#8 - 2012-11-28 17:56:58 UTC
Any feedback on the OP?
Jacob Holland
Weyland-Vulcan Industries
#9 - 2012-11-28 18:20:22 UTC
Are these the only Officer Meta Capital modules? I could see people going scatty for Thon's Neutron Siege Blasters (IIRC Thon is a Serp officer, apologies if he's not) but as you say, the Drone Control unit is rather too binary to gain much from a very high meta version...
Of course there's always the chance that we're seeing the easy phase of a change - perhaps the Devs have forgotten all those ten-drone-domi's which rampaged around Sisi when the Drone Control units hit, before they were modified to make them impossible to fit on anything but Carriers and Moms, and intend to bring them back... Roll
Ginger Barbarella
#10 - 2012-11-28 22:58:36 UTC
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
BadAssMcKill wrote:
It'sNotMyFaultYourMother ThrewYouAway wrote:
Who says they're for carriers? ;) And who says you even need to use them at a Drone ship to get the wanted effect? Many ships already benefit more DPS wise by fitting a DDU instead of a fourth damage upgrade to their primary weapon system for instance.



Drone Control Unit not Drone Damage Amplifier


Ahh, I assumed he misstyped (Damage Control Unit you know ;p) . Points are more or less still valid though, they're not just intended for carriers. Most subcap drone ships are for instance incredibly strained on CPU such as the Ishtar or Gila.


Dude, seriously, look up "Drone Control Unit" before you post again...

"Blow it all on Quafe and strippers." --- Sorlac
Joker Dronemaster
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2012-11-28 23:32:21 UTC
If these things allow for more drones per mod (IE +2,3,4,5) I could see them being VERY useful. 35 fighter bombers on a fully skilled Nyx....... Big smile
Ave Kathrina
My Ass Is On Fire
#12 - 2012-11-29 01:32:02 UTC
There is much fail in this thread.

'Drone Control Units' fit to the high power slot of a carrier or supercarrier.

I haven't bothered doing the maths but you probably not going to be attaching one of these to your ****** l4 dominix and time soon... unless CCP released the 345643563456% cpu implant (Imagine the LP cost of that!)
I've done some really stupid shit in this game.
Tarn Kugisa
Kugisa Dynamics
#13 - 2012-11-29 01:43:54 UTC
Joker Dronemaster wrote:
If these things allow for more drones per mod (IE +2,3,4,5) I could see them being VERY useful. 35 fighter bombers on a fully skilled Nyx....... Big smile

the horror

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Alara IonStorm
#14 - 2012-11-29 02:08:30 UTC
This Whole Thread = Aces.

Big smile
fukier
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-11-29 02:28:08 UTC
this is what i posted in the dev blog feedback thread:

i would like to see the officer DCU get a bonus to fighter damage and fighter bomber reduction in explosion radius.


Something like for:

D-34343

Plus 1 active drone.

Fighter damage increase by 15% and fighter bomber explosion radius by 15%

then for:

F-435454

Plus 1 active drone.

Fighter damage increase by 16% and fighter bomber explosion radius by 16%

then for:

P-434554

Plus 1 active drone.

Fighter damage increase by 17% and fighter bomber explosion radius by 17%

then for:

W-634

Plus 1 active drone.

Fighter damage increase by 18% and fighter bomber explosion radius by 18%



regular stacking penalty occurs...
At the end of the game both the pawn and the Queen go in the same box.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#16 - 2012-11-29 15:02:36 UTC
this thread

I should buy an Ishtar.
iskflakes
#17 - 2012-11-29 15:25:15 UTC
The stats on the test server for the new officer DCUs are terrible.

These modules, with their current bonuses, are actually pointless.

The bonus needs to be +2 drones, OR some kind of fighter damage. Fitting requirements on DCUs are a non-issue, which is why the CPU bonus is pointless.

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Screenlag
Armaggedon Inc.
Shadow Cartel
#18 - 2012-11-29 16:48:16 UTC
Ave Kathrina wrote:
There is much fail in this thread.

'Drone Control Units' fit to the high power slot of a carrier or supercarrier.

I haven't bothered doing the maths but you probably not going to be attaching one of these to your ****** l4 dominix and time soon... unless CCP released the 345643563456% cpu implant (Imagine the LP cost of that!)


What is your point even? Not even with a CPU implant would you be able to fit one, because of PG. Have it been suggested that these mods should be fittable to battleships?
Tul Breetai
Impromptu Asset Requisition
#19 - 2012-11-29 17:25:48 UTC
This thread has been hilarious. +1

OP: It seems like they're more for "OMG see??? We have officer EVERYTHING!!!" cuz ur absolutely right...

There's nothing worse than an EVE player, generally considered to be top of the food chain in the MMO world, that cannot smacktalk with wit and coherency.
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2012-11-29 18:28:54 UTC
When I saw they were coming out with these I was all:

ShockedLol

Then I saw the stats and I was all:

ShockedWhat?Sad

Seriously CCP, could you have made a more useless module?

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
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