Player Features and Ideas Discussion

DST could use that (with some additional tank).

But to matter at hand:
I am not much of a PvP person myself, but I can say something about interceptor in null because I have flown nullified interceptor through some of the null.

I, a high sec carebear, took an interceptor, made it difficult to catch (I think the align time was still little over 2 seconds so not 'uncatchable' yet) and started touring through null sec. The danger I expected to meet was smartbombing battleships, so I prepared some buffer. They were not there. There were some camps, but they didn't catch me.

I managed to travel through entire null sec regions (meaning every system of them) with single interceptor. That interceptor was finally caught in some gate camp (chatting pilot error vs instalock camp). My second one is more uncatchable and has not been caught yet. However, I stopped my null-sec-tour a while ago. I started the tour because it sounded exciting and for half dozen gate camps it was so, but after that gate camps became boring and I stopped caring. I just routinely flew through regions without intel and it became another job instead of excitement I looked for. (10-15 or so regions so toured atm)

I don't know the correct solution to interceptor "problem" or even if it is a problem, but in my opinion the players could have stopped both of my touring ships pretty easily if they had used two or three smartbombing battleships. To a lazy high sec carebear like me organizing couple of battleships sounds like a lot of boring work and null sec seemed so very empty. Maybe null sec is so empty that null sec alliances don't have the manpower to organize that. Or maybe singular interceptor was simply not a threat and I was ignored. Or it is too boring. This is just from my personal point of view. I leave estimation of alignment nerf effects to the people who do PvP combat. I mostly do just PvP combat avoidance.

tl;dr: A story about a high sec carebear traveling in null sec with an Interceptor.

PS: My apologies go to all the null sec pilots I forced to get to safety with my arrival. It was all part of one of my EVE goals ("visiting every K-space system in game"). I won't continue forwarding that goal until there is some challenge in completing it. Current interceptors and lack of smartbombs make achieving that goal too easy.

$rude_word you! CCP Fozzie.

You nerf all the things I like best in this game.

First the Dram, then taking projectiles off the Bellicose, now nerfing the stiletto's agility.

you suck!!

/me throws toys out of pram.

This only tells me that you have not tackled with interceptors for as long time. The need to apply a short point because the ship is too fast for your incoming gang is almost always a high risk maneuver. Every little pvp noob can shoot onto an Inty with overheated mwd to get a scram and then the intercetor is just dead. Theres no way out of it. Not to speak of webs, neuts and drones that kills you in a close orbit. Theres no way out of it. And if you just hold a long point even with the optimal orbit, which variated form shiptyp to shiptype its easy to eascape with just an overheated mwd.

Dont foget that intercetors lost a lot of HP and Speed with rubicon. And this silly nerf will only lead that we have to fit nanos now that will result in the same align time but again in a loss of speed, hp and orbit agility. A complete silly nerf originated of cry babies that dont want to use cynojammers, fastlocker and a fleetsetup in general that locks and kills interceptors easy.

Dear CCP Fozzie.
Thank you for breaking this **** even more.
I just saw that ceptors and especially linked ones are really completely invulnerable to missiles.
By nerfing agility you only hit unlinked ceptors, the linkd ones won´t get hurt.

Goddam that idiotic "get more alts because we broke the game too much to get new players in" game.

Thanks CCP for ignoring us.

Less time i checked T1 frigates didn't have Interdiction Nullifiers on it.

You are member of the two iq club aren't you?

I think this change has made it easier for them to catch my intershuttler on the gate like a stiletto tried to kill me the other day and I couldn't warp off like I could before. Is this intendid?

or .... make it an interceptor only mid or low slot slot module with non trivial fitting requirements... at least then its a decision to fit the ability that has consequences.

That made sense. Oh wait. No. No it doesn't. Since speed and signature radious is what matters for missile damage mitigation and agility doesn't affect that.