Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Somebody better let the minmitar know. For solo or small gangs perhaps kiting is fine, but once you get into anything involving Logistics and brawling, kiting isn't worth anything. The Vulture bonuses were also laughable given its role compared to the Damnation.

Any chance of changing the Flycatcher's kinetic damage bonus? I thought Caldari ships were supposed to be moving away from it; a lesser bonus (like 5%) for all missile damage or a rate of fire bonus instead would make the ship much more flexible. I was thinking of using it for some high sec work on an alt but the kinetic only damage really hurts.

The rebalanced interdictors make pretty decent high sec explorers. A decent slot layout combined with t2 resists and small sig, they will outperform assault frigates in high sec DED sites. The kinetic damage bonus isn't a huge problem except on one particular plex where the overseer has 80% kinetic resists and the Flycatcher simply can't break it's tank without using another damage type (and even then only barely).

I realize interdictors have traditionally been PVP only ships, but as they stand on Sisi they can definitely fill a (albeit niche) role for PVE.

Have flown these for a while, if the player skills are a major factor to decently pilot/use these pesky little things, their survivability on the other hand is pretty awful and can quickly burn 99% players trying this specific game play very hard to master.

I'll miss the double bubble paper tank dictor only because of the double bubble, never because of it's tank.

This new 3 bubble clip with a 60sec reload timer makes it a bit "weird", increase it up to 5 clip wouldn't hurt even if these won in tank it only profits in smaller/solo engagements, in big fights these are still the main target of anti support wings and will pop easily after spewing their 3 bble stuff.
The 5 clip change would actually help them jump in, pop a bble or two while running OH for their life, eventually manage to gtfo and drop again for another bble run before the 60sec timer.

With the 3 bble clip, despite the obvious tank reinforcement but also the agility/mass nerf, it will only require more Dictors but their survivability will still be the same in big fights (because of alpha) and thats why its rather hard to get pilots doing it, it's such an interesting role but also such a fast ticket home you guys need to actually get another approach of it imho.

Again, adding or increasing their firepower is ok for small/solo engagements, in big fights? - the guy better fit another extender or hardeners instead (I don't fit a single gun in my latest ones because worthless)
There are two support ships that don't need a single firepower unit: logistics and light dictors. They need speed, agility, tank and rep/bble power.

Logistics are ok, hell a bit more than just ok, we can safely say those are pretty close to op even.
Light dictors, but it's just my opinion, could use of extra tank/tackle/ewar slots instead of firepower, just remove completely all guns and let them use cover ops cloak (only light dictors) with 5 sec targeting delay cause they don't need it anyway, their job is to poop bbles but poop them wisely, not to bring 250 miserable dps on the table for the best of them in this department (Sabre).
Also, the covert ops cloaking ability in exchange of fire power would make this role so much more interesting and pesky to deal with then just drop arty canes/SFI (+10% tracking p/lvl) .
A bit like the Bomber, pesky dumbass thing it's either too late when you see it or just another KM if the guys does it wrong (and uncloak/bble will still leave it a few sec inside his own bble, so not OP at all)

You mean a Hictor?

Or maybe a speed/mass bonus? Wait...

MWD sig bonus should be a role bonus / second interdictor skill bonus should be a combat bonus

I don't see any mention of Bubbal Launcher in the latest patchnotes. Is it left unchanged? Or just forgotten?

Downloading the patch... ah well apparently i missed some info among the myriads of uninteresting changes.
I already knew the sabre is getting nerfed but a general dictor nerf, that radical, wow, that really blows.

Dunno, I think interceptor bubble immunity is wtfbppop overpowered, and not really role related or that necessary because of speed and agility.

I think Interdictior bubble immunity is very befitting of role and would give survivability as well as an interesting new dynamic to the game.

I imagine a spider caught in it's own web, and the gnat just flying on through, wtfbpop indeed.

Anyhow, yup Eve Online is still going strong, brilliant new update, told all my mates at work about the new expansion, happy days.

Best of luck for the future