Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Decryptors give the ship they invent characteristics.

Take will take form as skins, attachments, new particles, bonuses and drawbacks.


Minor or Extreme bonuses that can not be predicted , they are randomly 'invented' ; different decryptors have different random sets.


The bonuses and drawbacks they provide can be anything....here are some extreme examples

+15.0% to something
+ 1 sm, med or large slot
+ interdiction nullifier
+ a spoiler on the left side of your ship
+ more engines, bigger brighter ship trails
+ drone 5 mbit/s
+ POS gun control + 1 (6th gun)
...
- (-10%) max velocity
- suspect flag lasts 100% longer
...

or more mellow

+ 1.0% damage
+ 1.0% armor/shield
+ skin change (black myrmidon)
...
- +5% mass
- signature radius + 10%
- docking time increased by 1sec
...


Players don't know what bonus they are receiving in that ship. They can see the effects in show info, but they may alter unlisted ones.



OPTIONAL : Make system available to players without science or invention skills. So no one has an advantage.

OPTIONAL : New set of Inventor skills. Only inventors can see what kind of bonus the ship has in the invention completion window.

OPTIONAL : Lots of new decryptors are made available through variety of means. Only those new ones will give these new characteristics.

This would be a cool feature but the entire game would have to be built around it or CCP rebalanced every ship in the game.

My dream MMO would be eve except all ships are custom designed by the players from their size to hull components weapon types, engine placement etc.