Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Okay, what I have been thinking about is a way to use titans in an effective way on the battlefield beyond bridging and DD other supers/capitals off the field. I wanted to see Titans have more flexability and a greater purpose in large fleet battles.

So I thought there could be a module (High slot) that could be fit to a Titan that would act in a similar fashion to a seige/triage module. To the effect that the Titan would become immobile, the Titan could not warp or "dock."

However in fitting this module would prevent a DD module form being fitted, or just disable it so it could not fire. If the Titan has guns fit to it those would still be operable. The module would require fuel to run; just like a siege/triage module.

Now those are the basic negatives. What this module does for the Titan is it turns it into a mobile space station. Players can dock with the titan just like a station and the Fleet Maintenance Arrays are fully accessible to the players docked in the station along with the full fitting ability. The Titan pilot can of course drag and drop more fuel from his various bays into the necessary fuel bay for the station module. This would give pilots access to fresh ships and supplies during the battle without the titan/carrier pilot ejecting a ship into space for a pilot in their pod to jump in before either are destroyed, or grabbed by somebody else.

This would allow a Titan to bridge fleets to the battlefield then jumping itself can carry a small fleet worth of replacement ships, modules and ammo to help resupply the fleet during the battle itself. This allows Titans to become mobile command stations when an alliance is battling for control of a system/constellation.

This would add more value to a Titan beyond its DD for a fleet. This also provides more flexibility for Titans while not diminishing their current role on the battlefield.

It is not a complete idea but I believe it is a good starting point to breath new life and purpose into Titans.

And if you choose to use my idea or some part of it, can I have credit somwhere in the module description? Credit where credit is due.

As I said it is not a complete idea. However Allowing players to dock would help prevent pilots from getting podded off the field before they can grab a new ship. And there can be additional bonuses given the a Titan using the module that would be beneficial to the fleet.

My point is that Titans are a floundering ship class. They have two uses on the battlefield, bridging and DD. They need more versatility on the battlefield. If you have any ideas on how to expand my idea I would enjoy hearing them.

I was just going to post a thread suggesting a capital ship that could act like a mobile station when I saw this thread. So I'll dump my idea here, and briefly discuss how I feel about the OP:



My idea was to make a new capital ship that is designed around its ability to be a mobile base. It could anchor, perhaps by using a type of siege module as suggested in the OP, and it would generate a protective POS shield bubble around itself. If this ship has its armor drained while anchored, it would go into reinforcement allowing time to rescue it, but it couldn't be flown anywhere until it is brought out of reinforcement. If it is unanchored when its armor is depleted, it will go into structure like any other capital and can be killed instantly. The ship would have features somewhere between a capital and a station, including the ability for capsuleers to actually dock inside it--not just put their ships in the SMA but also to ride in it as it jumps rather than having to follow along outside. When anchored, its weapons would disable for, say, an hour, and then would come online stronger than before. The hour disable prevents in-combat anchoring to try to gain an edge in a battle.




I think it makes some sense to allow titans to do something like this. My idea was going to be something the size of a carrier or dreadnought, but a supercapital version would be great. I think it needs to have reinforcement, and be slow to siege/anchor so that it can defend itself while immobile but it should take a considerable amount of logistical effort to hunker it down. This ensures it's used as a mobile base, not as a mobile ship that you're calling a base.

That is why I like adding to the Titan class. It takes an existing ship class that has a very limited use and gives it actual versatility. I would like Titans to have a unique interior to them for the players that dock in them. You should know that you are docked in a Titan and not a station.

I like your idea that a player could have their MC in the titan, but I think the clone bay shouldn't be active until the station module is active. That way the Titan pilot has to be functioning as a Mobile Command Station in order for pilots to have that ability.

It could be set that only one Titan acting as a MCS can be active in a system, or one per fleet. I don't believe the capabilities exist at this time for pilots to dock in a Titan while the Titan makes an FTL jump. I think that would make the Titan a little OP. He can bridge a fleet then jump with another fleet docked inside it. But jumping the fleet and having a clone bay that is active when the Titan becomes a MCS so pilots will wake up in the Titan with full bays of ships, modules and ammo.

Each Titan has what appears to be a docking force field on it somewhere. Sorry if my thoughts are a bit disjointed, 22 hours without sleep. I couldn't miss FanFest.

I'm getting really tired of hearing people say X can't be done. In almost all cases not only can it be done, but it is in fact relatively easy to implement as a standalone feature. Usually when the creators say it can't be done, what they mean is one of the following things:
1.) It can't be done very easily with our current setup, or it requires more resources than it is worth
2.) The technology required for it does not mesh well with the technology the platform was built upon
3.) We have not yet come up with a way to make it happen
4.) We are not interested in the idea and do not currently plan to implement it, no matter how easy it is

How about a halfway measure that lets people literally dock their ship in it like a station, with a special environment and everything? This would extend to any capital with a maint bay, but unlike stations you still have to adhere to the capacity limit. That being said, you could carry a bunch of pods in the bay.

So what happens when the immobile station-titan eats a dozen doomsdays and explodes while a load of people are inside it?

And what happens when it or they log off?

It can be extrapolated from current in-space logoff mechanics, all those docked in a titan inherit it's aggression timers and if they log off while inside and all their timers run out the current mechanic come into play and they cannot be interacted with. If the titan that they are docked in dies then they might autowarp to a random spot 1 mil km from where it died when they log on. On the other hand, if their timers don't run out before the titan dies then they die with it.

Supercapitals as semi-mobile, anchorable, destructible stations seems like one of the best directions in which to take them at this point in the game. When the Supercapital ship anchors, the pilot ejects and the station then becomes like any other station. Except that the pilot - and those members of the corporation granted the proper roles - get a special view outside the station, which they can use to target things using the Supercapital's weapons - be they fighter bays, neutralizers, smartbombs, turrets, remote repair modules, etc. Or the station could be configured in the command mode running leadership links. Or whatever...

Anchored Supercapitals get vastly increased hangars, cloning services, etc.

If the Supercapital/station gets destroyed, normal loot mechanics apply. Any pod pilots inside a station when it is destroyed would reappear in their home station (or something like that).

Edit - the fact that you are not the first person to think of this idea (neither am I), is not a strike against it.