Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I like most of it.

No. They are already extremely powerful. But a separate module for low slots boosting warp speed would be fine. Additionally there could be a rig for warp strength with a slightly reduced targeting delay.



We need to be able to manage our warp speeds, so all members of a fleet can land at about the same time.


Omg, yes. Probably even some more. Also acceleration to maximum warp / slowdown to sub warp should both depend on ship size to make the differences in warp speed more meaningful.

Doesn't alignment depend (at least in part) on ship mass, which depends on size? So this is already there.

Yes it does:

TimeToWarp = -ln(0.25) × Mass_kg × Agility / 1000000

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Aligning

Really, learn to use the search button, and not just for the forums.

Bigger ships have more mass and less agility--i.e. they take longer to go into warp or align.

Same for acceleration.

https://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Acceleration

Acceleration is a function of both mass and the ships inertia modifier.

That too is already in the game. Get in a freighter, and go to warp. Note how long it takes to drop out of warp. Now do it with an inty or frigate.

This. The difference in getting to maximum warp after entering warp and slowing down again before dropping out of maximum warp is almost meaningless between ship sizes.

Yes.

An inty warps about 12-18 times faster than a freighter. That's noticeable enough to make a difference when it comes to acceleration / slowdown within warp.

Compared to a battleship, an inty warps only between 3 and 4,5 times faster. Assuming they enter warp at the same time, the difference in time when they land on the next gate is barely noticeable for the average gate to gate distance. And for some of the rebalanced T1 haulers the difference is even smaller now, than before.

Part of the problem are distances between gates and the size of systems ofc.

It's weird regarding immersion and also I feel like I should be able to get ahead of slower warping bigger ships in a noticeable way, when I'm flying an interceptor. Even with the warp distances like they are atm.

CCP is aware of the issue, but it's very old code.

Its interesting.

I would propose that when a ship warps it forms a temporary object in space that acts as an acceleration gate, putting you in the same warp tunnel. If you are in a ship with a fast warp speed you can catch up, and even pass the ship that created it, possibly meeting it on the other side.

This warp scar would last a small but significant time, 10 or 15 seconds. You certainly would not want to sit still at your safe spot when being hunted or a pursuing ship would likely decloak you upon landing.

Well, what I was thinking was make gates bigger, have a 50km radius you arrive in to warp, a straight up blockade should still be a possible thing, but sitting still on a gate is lame.

Also this doesn't just apply to gate camps but to other types of engagements to, warp a heavy dictor into a fleeing fleets warp tunnel and cut them off, however heavy interdictors should have a slower warp speed requiring you to place them strategically.

A super capital warps and instead of cloaking after it leaves warp it would be caught in the middle of space.

Fighting in FW plexes the kitey frigate warps off and you chase.

And is significantly faster than most other ships too. I personally think it would be very difficult to make a system to support such an idea that would work in the limited time it takes to travel across all but the largest of systems. You may only have a minute to catch the target get within "scram" range, and then hit them before they have already hit destination. Plus like mentioned before, if you hit them with a scram do they fall out of warp and you keep going? Do you fall out of warp instantly too? Also what would be the use of bubbles if you only had to have a fast ship on the outbound gate to catch them as they try to warp off?

no.

No ship in the game has the ability to do what I just described.