Player Features and Ideas Discussion

BASTION MODE: Auto-Overheat, Cooling (read on...)

The first thing that needs to be addressed is slots. We have 19-20 (typically 20) slots on Faction ships, but only 19 on Marauders. And the additional high slot is more or less useless. What I propose:

Paladin: 7H/5M/8L ... Golem: 7H/7M/6L ... Kronos: 7H/5M/8L ... Vargur: 7H/6M/7L

Next up, roll bonuses. With Rubicon the tractor beam bonus is now effectively useless, so instead replace it with a 100% range of stasis webifiers. This turns stasis webs into more of a mid-range option for Marauders.

Last but not least, Bastion. If the drones are getting nerfed then the loss of DPS needs to be offset with some different Marauder bonuses. And let's be honest: who's going to train to Marauder-V with the current bonuses?

Keep the T2 resists, the ship stats, EM immunity and the 100% shield booster and armor repair for Bastion-only mode. But instead of dropping to a dead stop, on activation it automatically overloads all slots and absorbs all heat for the duration. The animations already have the ships opening up, so what a perfect way to explain the temporary cooling effect.

With respect to the Marauder skills, each level enables +30 seconds of Bastion mode (150 seconds max), with a fixed 5-minute cool down to prevent abuse. The overload and 100% shield booster/armor repair bonus might be a tad much, so this may need to default back to the previous +37.5%.

Yeah I agree and already posted an ol idea awhile back (192ish?) and was told it was mentioned before. IMHO if you are made stationary a dmg bonus is a must, and getting from ol is somewhat mild b/c it doesn't actually increase the burst dps the hulls are already capable of, just the sustained dps. I think it would be nice.

Concerning the slot layout, I would like the additional high for utility, but esp thinking of the vargur, the lost rep bonus, and the TE nerf, additional lows make sense. Armor tank +gyros in lows, TCs + prop + cap in mids, and it may even free up a rig spot due to stacking penalties.

well if it was range web bonus like reckons it would more useful then TP mathematically but then we don't need that tp one


100% only gives u 30 km on true sanshas it very good for incursions and on turrets ships but but its not enough for golem

btw marauders have less slots then their t1 variants . WTF ?

indeed golem with 2x t2 rigors and domi TP and CNR with 2x t2 rigors and t2 flare (without tp) vs dramiel have difference about 20-30 dps. and versus crusers unless they moving 400+ m\s raven have same application (without tp).

the golem is the only marauder with only 8 effective weapons and it also gains the least from the bastion weapon bonuses.

cruise missiles dont need range and torpedos still have to less range to be useful.

give it missile sig. / explosion vel. bonuses instead.


also: why does every marauder get a web bonus? with only 10km range there is not much you can do with it.

i agree that marauders have to less slots (med/low)


with the recent buff to shield and armor reps lvl4s got ridiculously easy;
so the whole bastion thing will not be that great in pve (dmg application and ewar resist are still nice though)

i dont like the web bonus on every marauder either but when you think about overheated, gang-bonused faction webs...
it gets interesting there, even in bastion. when you can use marauders for pvp, costs shouldnt be a big issue.

It's so the Golem can sling shot it's friends out of danger and sacrifice himself .. I started training for the marauders right before these proposed changes and 20 days from level 5.. Excuse me while I go change my skills to something else that isn't suppose to be a death trap.

Anyway Don't forget my suggestions

• Return the Drone Bay
• MWJ can pick jump range by deactivating early (Possible for ranged jump)
• Allow for bonus to utility drones [400% to Target Painting, Webbing]
• Allow to carry scramble drones (Had to add a little )

yeah.... nooo....

8 mids, 5 lows

it's not entirely wrecked.
It'll perform lvl 4's a bit better while in bastion,
However, there's less niche situations that bastion could perform, and the hull itself is worthless without bastion.


I still say :
Leave the hulls as they are on live with increase sensor strength.
Remove the 8th high and apply it as a tank slot, since 4 utility highs is way too much in pvp.

Then, return the resist bonus back to bastion mode.

If the resists plus 100%, plus 37.5% is too much, then change the rep bonus of bastion to cover the difference of 100%, so 62.5%..


Another nice change would be that the 37.5% buff to base hull also effects incoming logistic reps/boosts.
This would counter the possitive effects of t2 resists, but do so in a way that helps all 4 ships equally

Well, I agree, and disagree at the same time.

Golem has more damage application with TP bonus...
Golem can also tank more, but the sig radius kinda nullifies this a bit.

However, I'm hoping that bastion will correct the tanking capability.

Now, the RNI can output more dps, but less effectively.
That said, it's expected that the RNI should have more dps than the Golem. I think it's actually supposed to be this way.


As far as missioning though, I always preferred the SNI, as it had 8 mids, allowing for more tank than a RNI, and still easily fit TPs to have more effective dps than RNI with less to no give on tanking and mobility.

The SNI is actually the subject I use to say that the Golem needs that 8th mid..
The SNI itself should get a bit of a change to make it focus on something else.