Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Ban it from highsec. Then it doesn't matter if you go suspect or not.

So here is the final product of our brain storming!

New Module: Tracking Device Launcher

Requires: Hi slot, 5 PWG, 20 CPU

Ammo Type: Tracking Device (10 charges)

Can only be fitted to Covert Ops ship Class:
- Buzzard
- Helios
- Cheetah
- Anathema

1. Once the Tracking Device is fired upon enemy ship the device signal will last 15 minutes giving the Tagger ship the ability to warp to the signal.

2. The tagged ship will not know it has been tagged, only the tagger ship gets the 15 minute timer.

3. Jumping to another solar system nor docking nor cloaking will affect the tracking device. Only way to remove the tracking device of the ship is by repackaging it.

4. It will still be active even if the Tagged ship is cloaked.

5. It will still be active even if the ship is docked in a staition, the tagger ship will warp to the staition where the signal is located. (Note: the tracking device only tags the ship not the pilot)

6. The Tagger ship will get weapons timer, and Suspect timer, but will NOT get concorded.

Also this new module will give the Covert Ops ship class a PVP Role, wich at this moment lacks.

Now we wait and HOPE CCP takes a look at it and gives it a GO!

Sometimes tackle is not enought, there are these modules called Warp Core Stabilizers! and in regard to the Cloak nerfing the signal that is a subject that still needs a bit more thinking.

Carebears will always be carebears LOL

Ideas like this have been proposed before, but I can't be asked to find the right keywords to search for those threads. Too many main threads about Omni, TC's, and TE changes obfuscating those threads.


I always thought two types of tracking devices would be awesome:

1.) Inter-system Tracker. Latch it onto a ship, and for the next 30-60 minutes you get a notification anytime it changes system, as well as the ships signature ID so you can scan it down with probes.
♦ This should be passive, so that the tracked has no clue they are being tracked.
♦ It should not cause aggro, so you can utilize it in highsec on anyone you like.
♦ If a person ejects/leaves ship, the transponder ceases to work.
♦ This should be a moderately short range tool, like you need to be less than 30 km's from a target to tag it.
♦ Mechanics of use: Tag a ship, and the pilots name and scan ID appears in a new chat window. Everytime they change systems, that chat window is updated with the new system and scan ID.
♦ Ideal usage, target a ship using a passive targeter and tag them. Then follow them from a safe distance and do what needs to be done. This would be a great spy tool. Put it on a wartarget with your alt to sneakily follow them around. Put it on a capital ship undocking from a station so you can find where they are jumping too, etc.


2.) Intra-system transponder. Latch it onto a ship, and for the next 15 minutes you have the option to warp directly to it, anywhere in a system (as if it was a member of your fleet).
♦ This should be an active module that notifies the "tagged" that they have been compromised, allowing them to take evasive maneuvers.
♦ Should it work while cloaked? I believe yes, but am not fully convinced.
♦ You should be able to tag a target add a moderately long range, like perhaps someone 50-75 kms away.
♦ If a person leaves system or docks, the transponder ceases to work?
♦ After a certain amount of time (10-15 min), the transponder ceases to wrok!
♦ Mechanics of Use: When you tag someone, they appear on a new "watch list", which you can utilize to warp to them.
♦ Ideal usage: A kiting gank is pulling away, you tag one of them while they are close, and warp directly to them once they are far enough away. This would also be extremely handy for espionage. Have a friend in the enemy fleet that you can tag. Use that character to continually pounce on top of them.

Cloaking should not nullify it. This would be about the only way to actually track down a cloaker. It still requires the cloaker to have been uncloaked and tagged at some point so I don't think it is overpowered to be able to warp to a cloaked target that has been tagged.

Questions:

Can you only tag 1 target at a time?

What happens if you tag a pod, then the pod gets into a ship?

I think the tagged target should show up in the overview for the covops that tagged it. Regaurdless of range (similar to planets/stations) Simply tagging the target doesn't seem very useful since if you warp to the tagged ship while it is still in-warp you are just wasting time. Maybe have the tagged ship's warp-to high-lighted so that you know where it is warping and you can warp to it BEFORE the ship exits warp. The only way this wouldn't work would be if the target was warping to a bookmark.

Yes! if the Tagger ship is the Fleet Comander He can warp the fleet to the signal.

3 options come to my mind:

1. Pods can Not be tagged.

2. Pods can be tagged but they loose the Tracking Device as soon as they get into a ship.

3. Pods can be tagged and the signal will fallow the Pod always regardless of ship boarding.

We must pick one!

Its not OP remember you need to target the ship and fire the tracking device. so you have to actually be in range and in the fight basically.

The counter to this is Kill the Tagger, or Repackage the ship or make a run for it.

Also when you probe down a ship what usually happens is that its either alligned, or it has warped already when you land on the signal. So this makes it a bit easier on the Porbing ships to keep track of the enemy.