Player Features and Ideas Discussion

CCP has made it clear that they will be moving all boosters outside the POS shields, and possibly on grid. My idea is to make it so the Rorqual is able to be used on grid in null/low belts.

As it stands now the Rorqual is only used for ore compression inside the POS shield. This is because as a Capital Industrial Ship it would make little sense to give it any form of truly offensive weaponry, and as such it currently has enough defensive firepower (drones) and tank to fend off belt rats. The ship currently has no place anywhere outside of a POS shield because of it's horrendous defense, and its complete immobility while the Industrial Core is activated.

I would recommend giving the Rorqual what amounts to a miniature POS shield when deployed. Shield diameter would be small and would disallow entry of any non industrial ships (similar to the Rorq's ship maintenance bay).

example:

Industrial Core I
Max Velocity Bonus = -100 %
Shield Radius = 7.5km
Activation time / duration = 300 s
Tech Level = 1
Consumption Type = Heavy Water
Consumption Quantity = 1,000
Consumption Type = Strontium Clathrates
Consumption Quantity = 250
Disallow Activation In Warp = 1
Jump Delay Duration=60 s
Max Group Fitted = 1
powergrid usage = 150,000 MW (increased by 25,000 MW)
CPU usage = 100 tf
Max Locked Targets = 3
Shield Boost Bonus = 100%
Shield Boost Duration Bonus = -50%

This addition of a shield would require that the Module not consume fuel until the deployment animation was finished. Total shield amount could either be flat total, or variable based on Industrial Reconfiguration level. I would suggest 7m flat or 5-8 variable. You can add stront to your fuel bay to run a reinforce for 15-30min, and once reinforced you can't add stront to the fuel bay. Then the moment a rorqual is forced into reinforced mode, it will remain present in space for the duration of that timer. It cannot leave deployed mode once reinforced till the timer expires.

Any industrial ships inside of the shield would be unable to lock targets, preventing entire mining ops from being run from the safety of the shield. Rorqual would retain reduced lock capability so it could continue to offer remote reps and utilize its Capital Tractor Beam(s)

To me this seems to be a good change for the Rorqual. I tried to look at previous discussions and work in most of the better ideas I read.

Excellent. I've always wanted to have an almost invulnerable mobile POS to hide in during combat and make gang/fleet fights tedious as hell.

You started good OP... but then you forgot that other people play differently and will use your idea in ways that would be abused.

I support the Rorqual getting buffed to at least be on par with a carrier... just not in this way.

Helps when you fully read the post before you bash it.

Full Ewar Immunity and +1 warp core strength per level of Capital Industrial sounds good to me

Wouldn't need both - normal points wouldn't hold it and HICs have infini point.

It is a band-aid but until they really take the rorq apart and put it back together again, that would be a big help. I could at least jump out if it comes down bumping