Player Features and Ideas Discussion

The last round of capacitor changes in Rubicon 1.3 helped, but the Nestor is still lacking. For an armor-based ship it's really lacking due to the 6 low slots. Thus, I propose the following:

• The Nestor seriously lacks grid. You can't even mount 5 large lasers, a large armor repair and MWD or large jump drive - let alone any logistics. Extend the power grid to at least 19,250 (+8,000).
• The Nestor lacks offensive capability. Add another 2 turrets for a total of 7 so you can run the Nestor primarily as a laser platform if so desired with drones as support, or vice-versa. You won't be able to run 7 of the largest lasers without augmenting your grid, but it offers some interesting options. Sure, it has the potential to be a glass cannon - but one that's running almost twice the cost of a Vindicator.

I think we've all but given up hope on the Nestor receiving a Covert Ops cloak or anything else to justify the hefty price tag, so let's at least make it more useful.

CCP Fozzie explained quite in detail how CCP Rise is suffering from the Nestor being so not-quite-it. Thus, they actually are monitoring the ship *closely*. (From a short list of explanations during Chitsa's recent *small wormhole townhall)

So if there is any ship way up on the tweaking list, it's the nestor. In addition: If you spot a magnificent idea or discussion, pointing CSMs towards those was advertised as a good thing to do.

And I cant fit 6 Neutron Blasters a large armor rep and a MWD or MJD on a dominix either, but that's what you get for a DRONE BOAT. Your primary weapon doesn't take CPU and PG.
Does the nestor need a fix, absolutely but we don't need more PG to put more guns on it other wise its DPS potential at both short and long range would be unbalanced.

The biggest problem right now is they want it to be an exploration, remote rep, drone BS. Its trying to fill to many roles at once and while it could be useful in certain situations, the price to have one is not worth it compared to other ships.

was refering more to the effect that the nestor is primarily a drone boat

No but it did use to have bonus to hybrids

clearly you missed the "use to have" portion of the post. The point i was trying to make is that a majority of shisp with drone bonuses dont tend to have the best CPU/PG to fit everything you want onto another non bonused ship of the same class. The rattlesnake (faction BS) only has 4 missile hardpoints, trying to fit a tank and dmg amps launchers is very tight without increasing its CPU either by rigs low slots or implants.
Im sure there is a way to fit all the things the OP wants on the nestor, just probably not witout using rigsand or faction/deadspace items and that is how balance in this game works.

Dmg amps BCUs, DCU, Xlarge shield booster, invul fields, web,scram,launchers and nuets. I use it for dueling All T2 or faction mods. RIgs are shield rigs

we dont need more cloaky BS, not like they can warp cloaked any way. BLOPs is also a very specific role and doesnt perform well in other areas.

The nestor needs still quite a bit more cap(4m 40s with perfect skills is just not good enough with 600M in T2 RR rigs, fitting not even a single large remote rep or laser on it), a bit more fitting, 10 lockable targets and a 100% damage bonus to lasers, reducing the turret count to 3(what also massively helps with the cap), allowing it to fit both weapons and RR.

It is kind of ironic that I actually found kind of a useful niche for it and changed the opinion of many people that did say it is pointless, but it is still hilarious expensive for what it does and ultimately not worth the price tag(what extends the hull cost multiple times, as soon as you try put together something useful with the bonuses).

It was never mentioned ITT what kind of cloack bonus was meant, and it's not like BLOPS role was suggested (as it stands today, we probably don't need different jump bridges just becayse they are of different color; exaggeration maybe, but still).

Not sure if it will make Nestor worth flying, but sure it isn't really atm.