Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Or at the very least have the same number of total slots as "most" t2 do compared to parent t1 hull... At least pre patch there were two commands that were like this... The drop of a slot on the Sleipnir and claymore put them all -1 compared to their parent hulls... While I do like the normalized slot number that has been created by this, I still feel Fozzie went the wrong direction.

I'd strongly suggest giving all of the commands +1 tanking slot.

Overall I quite like it. You've cut out a role for commands as a ship that can field siege links and actually be quite useful in fleets or solo. They offer a nice mix of damage, survivability, and bring something to their fleets that'd be desirable. Nerf offgrid links and they'd be in a great spot.

Why cant hacs get the same love.

Oh my. That new Nighthawk will be even better than it is now for PvE. May become an actual contender with the Tengu!

The Nighthawk's damage bonuses have been moved around, and rapid light missiles have been removed, but neither of these were called out as changes.

Currently:
Caldari Battlecruiser bonuses:
5% bonus to RLML, HAM, and HML ROF
4% bonus to shield resistances

Command ships bonuses:
5% bonus to missile kinetic damage (includes RLML)
5% bonus to heavy missile explosion velocity

After your change, the ROF bonus is on Command Ships and the damage bonus is on Caldari Battlecruiser. I guess it was moved in order to account for the loss of the launcher? Makes sense, but still might want to call it out (additionally on any other ships that may have had the same thing happen).

Also, why is the Nighthawk having its RLML bonus removed? RLMLs are awesome, and I'd hate to see the ship nerfed by not getting a damage/ROF bonus to them anymore :(

I would just like to question the idea of putting 2 10% bonuses on the Sleipnir. With 11.25 effective turrets, in an artillery configuration it will be capable of enormous alpha strikes for medium weapons. At the moment the only comparable ship is either the 'Cane with 7.5 turrets of alpha strike, the Muninn with 6.25, and the current Sleipnir at 8.75. Now we jump 2.5 effective turrets worth of alpha to the Sleipnir at 11.25 turrets of alpha? Perhaps a RoF bonus might be more fitting. Even a 7.5% bonus (shows me 5*1.5/.625=12, perhaps a bit high, but not enormously out of line with current).

Edit: that aside, I very much like these changes. In most cases damage is preserved, or nearly preserved while adding utility and tank to all of them. I think these ships will be very dangerous, and will see much more use on the battlefield now.

Barely. less than one whole turret. That's less than a 4% DPS nerf, with so much more utility.

Wow buddy, way to ignore the actual important aspects of the ship.

You might look a bit closer at the other base resists by the way:

Apparently if you aren't fitting your command ship so that it has 30k ehp and can tank 1 battlecruiser, but gets totally disabled by a medium neut, you aren't doing small enough gang pvp.

Ego mongering fozzie at his finest yet again

Why are there two rep bonused Command ships but not ONE rep bonused cruiser hull?

You know the ships that are more likely to be used in small scale scenarios where the rep bonus is actually useful? You are being really inconsistent with your rep bonuses CCP.