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Suggestion for haulers and transports.

Author
Aesheera
Doomheim
#1 - 2013-10-16 11:02:13 UTC
With the introduction of the changed Gallente hauler line, I feel that the rest of the haulers got a little bit shafted.

Question Why do I feel this way?

The T1 Gallente haulers have every useful bay you could possibly imagine, while the other racial haulers don't get anything truly interesting.
Anybody looking to train for useful T1 haulers just jumps directly into Gallente.

Why weren't these new bays introduced in the shapes of modules or rigs of some sort?
"Bay Modifiers" or something like that.

Idea Suggestion:

Arrow RIGS:
A rig slot would convert your cargobay (or a portion of it) to one of the new baytypes adding a % additional space on top of it's consumed cargo capacity while sacrificing someting like Hull HP.

IdeaProposed example:
Replaces 50% of unmodified cargo space with Ore Bay space.
The flat cargo space taken is increased by 30% - 35% for T2 versions.
Stacking penalties apply.

Arrow NEW MODULES:

Idea Bay Hold Expanders. Same statistics as the known Cargo Expanders, simply affecting the different bays.

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I am aware that if the Gallente haulers stay as they are, introducing these (types of ) rigs and modules would make them ridiculously good.

So what could be done/should have been done, is to remove certain haulers completely and keep a light and more agile hauler with modest space and a bigger bayed, slower hauler for all races - like Amarr and Caldari already had.
(Personally I never understood the difference in shipcount for the T1 haulers between races *shrug*)

The modules and rigs can also be used on T2 haulers, increasing their versatility as well.

QuestionLate suggestion?
Attention Yep, I am aware, then again, I wasn't playing when this was a hot topic (A year long break - le sigh).

- I think my passion is misinterpreted as anger sometimes. And I don't think people are ready for the message that I'm delivering, and delivering with a sense of violent love.