Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Suddenly spaceships talking about solo

Frozzie, I like the direction of the changes, but feel that gang boosts are still too potent.

For example: A 5 Link Claymore (which is much easier to fit, still easily tanked with over 80k EHP, and able to fit all 3 Siege links and 2 Skirmish links (Rapid Deployment & Interdiction Manuevers), both with mindlinked-quality boosts (when implanted with the corresponding Navy Implant).

That will give every ship in fleet:
25% better resists across the board
25% faster repair, across the board.
39% more tackle range
30% more speed.

So, my < insert shield repping ship > now effectively reps 50-70% more effectively than my opponent, travels as if I have 3x Overdrive II's added to my hull, and all t2 webs, pts, and scrams function as if they are best navy faction versions.

To get similar boosts without a fleet booster, I would need to pimp out my ship with blingy tackle mods, install a bunch of extra overdrives in lowslots I don't have, and use a full set of crystal implants, and take a standard blue pill to boot. And all that will effect one ship, while the fleet booster boosts everyone in fleet.

Props on the CS needing to be out-of-a-POS, but it can still hug a POS, where it can get safe pretty fast. Not to mention, I could alternatively hide it inside a deadspace pocket (like inside a gated plex, or say, 400 km's off the plex entry gate, which makes it immune to being probed because anyone warping to the probe result will land on the gate instead of the CS). I could alternatively put it next to a station, where it can dock up if danger comes (and while I applaud the fact I can now effect these boosters, the boosts are still sooo potent that those with boosts have an overwhelming, obnoxious benefit over those without.

How is this balanced?

Looks like a good 1st step

1. It is not really soloing if you are using two characters.
2. Get better fleet mates.

NERF IT MORE

About effin time something is happening in this direction.

+1


PS:Nerf it more

This is ******* horrible.

Two comments:

All those who think you can't compete without gang links are spoiled little brats. The "blob" can just as easily bring gang links as you can, and generally they are more likely to have them. Also, people were out soloing and partaking in asymetric warfare long before gang links became so ubiquitously used. You just need to learn to employ tactics, learn how to engage, and do so without having stupidly potent enhancements to your ship.

As for the "move mining links out of POS shields" too. This would be alright, as long as the rorqual can cloak while sieged. Put it on grid, 200 km's off the mining operation, so it can cloak up the moment a hostile enters system!

This nerf is very bad idea.

-1

Those are for Command ships. T3's would be less effective, providing a max 1.1 modifier, rather than the 1.15 modifier of a CS.

So, a 25% max boost for a CS would be 25% * 1.1 / 1.15 = 23.9%

navy mindlinks? are you kidding me?
hell yeah!!!!