Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Suppose Propulsion modules had their own Slot, neither Low, medium nor high.

They still took up the same CPU and powergrid, and every ship had two of these slots (for dual prop fits).

All ships retain their current amount of slots, no CPU or powergrid increases. Freighters do not receive these slots.

Virtually every ship has a prop mod, and thus, this is why I ask, it's as if every ship is -1 med slot from the get-go.

How often do you see subcaps without prop mods in low/null sec?

for instance, any fleet sitting on a gate or at a warp in with the intent on alpha'ing off whoever they target, would likely rather have their mids filled with sebos and TC's.

like the others have said, not every ship fits a prop mod, and on some ships its a meaningful choice which prop mod u intend to use.

this would also give a free mid to almost every ship. a big deal for Amarr and Caldari folk.

and screwing up the current balanced situation we have now is good because?

a well argued empty point...

edit- if u think winmatar are that much more powerful in the frigate level, then train them up and use them. it wont take long.

are u suggesting a falcon should get seven e-war slots, two prop slots and then seven shield slots?? this is where ur perception of balance should be saying 'wtf...no!'

The hoops u have to jump through for a shield tank are there for good reason, and armour tanks have to jump through similar hoops for damage and speed. so if we get separate slots for e-war and prop mods, we need separate slots for weapon upgrades and hull upgrades. and u can see where this is going.

what we have now works well. where we have some ships that want to fit heavy e-war going for armour tanks despite their racial flavour, like falcons, scorps etc, or some ships that want speed and dps going for shield tanks despite their base attributes favouring armour, like brutix. canes, tempests and face smashing vindi's and navy domi's.

there is creativity within constraints with the system we have now, and its not only working, but interesting too. separate all the slots and there is so much freedom every ship has e-war, every ship has damage mods, every ship has prop mods and every ship doesnt have to make any sacrifices to get any of it.

TL:DR

flavour and creativity over homogenisation