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A titan mod where a pod can enter the titan and use point defence guns
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Glarion Garnier
Thermal reaction
#1 - 2014-02-03 11:34:06 UTC
Imagine
That a titan can be fitted with a new module in place of a doomsday weapon.
A titan pilot could choose to fit either a doomsday or the point defence platform.
This new point defence platform would have no effect of the titans capital guns or other mods.
And best of all it would be commanded by another pod pilot only.


The point defence module/ platform would allow for 1-16 medium / large guns to be fitted on the titan but that's not all
it would require a nother pod to enter the titan and control those guns.
The mainl titan pilot could never use those point defence guns. The pod pilot would have hes own locking abilities
sepperate of the main titan operator. Then again the Gunner would move where ever the titan pilot moves.

The point defence module would allow

Basically sepperate high slots for guns and low slots for damage and tracking mods that would have no effect on the actual
capital guns of the titan. Any and all mods fitted in relation to the point defence guns would have effect only on them.
And naturally the fitting slots would be limited to the right kind of mods. You could not put a say armor hardener there even if you tried.

And since it's a titan those point defence guns would receive racial bonuses from the platform / highslot module.
nerdman234
Revenent Defence Corperation
Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive
#2 - 2014-02-03 13:06:38 UTC  |  Edited by: nerdman234
Hate to shoot this down so early, but if you look for some posts based around docking in players' ships you'll see the classic "The code does not like multiple people in the same ship". Perhaps in a newer build this issue could get fixed, but as of now, it remains difficult/impossible.
The other issue if it is "FPS" based is the ping between Iceland and wherever you are. I don't know how that would affect your firing/ accuracy.
If it was similar to a POS gun, I feel that giving a titan any abilities to fight more than just caps is not beneficial.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2014-02-03 15:52:36 UTC
So...titan pilots just use an alt for that, and thus gain the ability to blow subcaps apart without needing anyone else?
Glarion Garnier
Thermal reaction
#4 - 2014-02-03 22:44:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Glarion Garnier
Danika Princip wrote:
So...titan pilots just use an alt for that, and thus gain the ability to blow subcaps apart without needing anyone else?


It's a trade of. from beeing able to fit this 2mil dmg gun that allways hits.
A titan without a doomsday is quite a different thing in the battlefield. It's effectiveness is not that great vs certain targerts.

And the pilotting factor of the point defence operator would make things more varied.

IT might be game braking idea .. who knows .. Just the prospect of operating different set of guns inside other players ship
sounds like... FUN.

It would be one of those tick boxes of special features you can do in a game for EVE.
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#5 - 2014-02-03 22:57:24 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
There is also the issue where all ships in the game have a hard limit on how many high, medium, and low slots they can have (the limit is 8 per rack).

How did you Veterans start?
Glarion Garnier
Thermal reaction
#6 - 2014-02-03 23:03:28 UTC
ShahFluffers wrote:
There is also the issue where all ships in the game have a hard limit on how many high, medium, and low slots they can have (the limit is 8 per rack).



Sure. Then again Titan's are special and it would be non regular gun slots to begin with. And DEVS can do what ever they feel right.

The idea is open for multiple ppl perhaps ? one contolling 8 guns the other extra 8 etc. Poses have more guns as well. there the limit is 5 per operator sure.

It's similiar logic wise when compared to the main weapon system of a Carrier.. as you can assing fighters with a carrier or mother ship to other players.
Xe'Cara'eos
A Big Enough Lever
#7 - 2014-02-04 06:04:02 UTC
all cap ships have these already, they're called support ships (like battleships!) only differences are:
A: you get to fly your own ship
B: you can be blown up
C: you have to fit your own tank

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