Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I thought about it after posting and decided having a full 10 heavies on the field would be a bit much coupled with the damage bonus. So I edited it down to 200 mb/s so that it maxes out at 8 Heavies or you can fly 6 heavies and 4 meds, or mix it up from there. That's a bit closer to being balanced I think.

Doesnt make sence to me.

Covert frigate and Cruiser, the BS should have been a Black Ops.

Neatening up my idea:

Really think something other then a carrier is going to be able to launcher more then 5 drones? Come on really? Do some of you REALLY think before you throw ideas out there. This is why CCP listens to us less and less. You aren't getting more then 5 drones launched at a time from this ship. You aren't getting a covert cloak. Most you will get out of this is MAYBE a range repair bonus instead of amount. As I don't see why it needs a repair bonus, I think giving it the blackops cloak velocity bonus be better, and allowing it to jump through covert and regular cnyos. And some saying give it 7H, 6M, 7L, or 6H, 6M, 8L, really? How are you going to add slots but not take them from anywhere else on the ship? Something like 6H, 6M, 7L, or 7H, 5M, 7L would be ok, but you don't just add slots without taking them from somwhere, makes no since at all.
But keep coming up with crazy ideas that make it either OP as hell, something it isn't going to be, or just all around crazy and see if CCP takes anything we say serious.

You are joking right? Only need 2 skills huh. Just Amarr and Gallent BS to at least L4, plus good drone skills, ok to good repair skills, ok to good laser skills. Good armor skills and ec and if you plan to use it in it's role good exploring skills. Wow, just wow.

Look at the last idea I posted. It may seem very powerful, but with its relative availability, it may be nearly worth the price- if you want the same thing for half the price, you could get a carrier- this is basically evolving into a sub-carrier that costs twice as much.

Also, at most it could field 8 Heavies/sentries. A carrier has the ability to use 10, and costs half as much.

This ship would be a very expensive and more mobile but weaker version of a carrier in this design.

EDIT: I'll just put it into this post:

Nestor

Amarr BS bonus:
4% bonus to armor resists per level

Gallente BS bonus:
+1 active drone per level

Role Bonuses:
50% bonus to drone optimal range, tracking speed and velocity
50% bonus to large energy turret optimal range
150% bonus to Remote Armor Repair range
50% bonus to Remote Armor Repair effectiveness


Slot Layout: 5H, 6M, 8L; 4 Turrets, 0 Launchers

Drone Bandwidth//Bay:
200 mbit/sec // 1000 m3

Ship Maintainence Bay: 350,000 m3

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However, I've also submitted a couple other ideas, such as:

Nestor

Amarr Battleship Bonus:
4% bonus to armor resists per level

Gallente Battleship Bonus:
+1 active drone per level

Role Bonuses:
50% bonus to drone optimal range, tracking and velocity
50% bonus to large energy turret optimal range
50% bonus to scan strength of probes
+15 virus strength to data and relic analyzers

Slot Layout: 6H, 6M, 7L; 4 turrets, 0 launchers
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 200 / 500

Which one would you rather use?

As an exploration pilot, I can't see a BS being used for solo exploration. The key attributes a ship needs for the exploration role is to be able to cover a lot of ground quickly and the ability to remain undetected, with the Nestor unable to do either of these things effectively. Even if you give the ship a jump drive you still need another ship to light the cyno. If this is the case then the cyno ship can have the virus strength and probing bonuses for exploration. With the Stratios and Astero fulfilling the exploration with teeth roles have the Nestor mix with the SoE's humanitarian theme, making it a logistics ship with teeth. I imagined the Nestor being a deep space rescue ship able to get on the field quickly to apply reps and save lives.

As to it's capabilities I was thinking removing the virus strength bonus at the minimum with the probe strength next. Replace them with a bonus to cloaked speed and maybe even a jump drive for mobility in hostile space. I would also like to see them have a bonus to both armor and shield reppers but I have no opinion on the range issue.

I see these ships being used in smaller class wormholes as a cloaking logi to both support T3s and add dps. As for Kspace, I can see explorers dual boxing combat sites with a covop or SoE ship running exploration sites and lighting cynos to bring in the Nestor's bigger guns for combat sigs and, if on the off chance that CCP does manage to squeeze a covert jump drive into the Nestor's hull, BlOps gangs liking them for logi but only if they have the isk to replace them regularly.

Unlike frigates and specialized cruisers I can't see a BS trying to sneak through hostile gates even with a covop cloak, which no BS should have anyway. With the SoE goal of exploration covered, combining their humanitarian bent with their philosophy of self defense and signature cloaking technology would result in the ship described above, at least in this pilot's humble opinion

Well, I apologize for insulting the GV with this, but I really just tried to make a ship to be a mini-carrier sort of thing.

Also, I had copied+pasted from a post i had previously made and tried changing things, but made a typo (that's the turret typo).

Here's it again:

Nestor

Amarr BS bonus:
4% bonus to armor resists per level

Gallente BS bonus:
+1 active drone per level

Role Bonuses:
50% bonus to drone optimal range, tracking speed and velocity
50% bonus to large energy turret optimal range
150% bonus to Remote Armor Repair range
50% bonus to Remote Armor Repair effectiveness


Slot Layout: 5H, 6M, 8L; 4 Turrets, 0 Launchers

Drone Bandwidth//Bay:
200 mbit/sec // 1000 m3

Ship Maintainence Bay: 350,000 m3

Also, it'll be slightly less effective than a carrier (only up to 8 sentries/heavies) and will be twice as expensive. I feel as if this is almost reasonable, if not in need of slight changes.

Apparently you havent learned the lesson that CCP learned years ago when they first introduced titans to the game. Never count on price being a balancing factor, ESPECIALLY where fleets and alliances are concerned.

Needs a little work but I totally like where you are going