Player Features and Ideas Discussion

why not just 350 calibration for t1 and 250 calibration for t2. No penalty.

You can only fit one. Pay more for more leftover calibration for other rigs. Add a single high mid low that you want. I would find these immensely valuable on frigates and Dessie's as well as some amarr cruisers just lacking a single mid to make them great.

Im absolutely down to adjust the calibration and drawback considerations, and would love feedback on it.

I'm just tired of standard CDFE and Trimark fits.

I would imagine this would have conflicts with the UI, as it only supports up to 8 slots on each rack.

And I would imagine smaller ships would find these more valuable than anything else.

Also fear faction frigs would find these overly useful. Since they have bonuses high enough to only require 2 turrets. This leaves them with an opportunity for an additional utility high. Drone ships too. Stacking up on neuts is an extremely powerlful trait...

cool idea. The fact that it requires most of your calibration and only gives a slot with no extra fitting to fill the slot it shouldn't be 2 crazy broken. Also for the fact that normally you can't go over 8 slots per location that limit could still be enforced. Not many ships have 8 meds or lows which is where I think this rig would be the most useful as neuts in the high come at alot of fitting cost.

Why?
If you look closely at the sheep fitting window, you will notice that between the med and low slots, there is a small gap. That could actually become the magical ninth module.

You mean we could add more than eight turrets to a gank fit tornado?

This basically. Slot layout is how CCP does balance. My usual rant....if looking at your fit and going just one more slot would have this uber this was probably intentional. Some seem to forget CCP does from the player base. Some of them quite good as their name before they became CCP some_new_name. they know how to work eft pretty damn good.


Surprised they didn't say well you lose a rig slot as downside, the other threads before this have.

My usual example. Caldari I tend to have at least one shield rig fit.


I take this here rig, get +1 mid, and get to fit another shield mod. I will let op research resists of a shield rig (t1 or 2) versus another shield mod. Even with stacking you make out better in the latter case. My shield rig/mod combo usually tied to invul + say therm hards and 1 em rig. Other mids for sniping and such. Or put the thermal in rig and EM is the hard. Either way....this would get me 3 slot hard tank vice the 2 slot I usually run. Stacking not killing me too much.

Basically I don't "lose" the rig slot here. I upgrade what would have been a resist rig to a better hardener. OP, run rokh at all skills 5 in eft. Or other ship that gets resists boosts per level. Should see some nice resists boosts there, I did.


The heat damage....not really a ding. Max thermodynamics, max nano paste skills, and mitigate that a lot. That's for people who actually cook mods regularly. Those of who don't cook often, nothing to see here really.

How about improve other rig variants bt changing bonuses though you could consider them as well and not only extenders and trimarks?

and you don't think having to sacrifice a rig slot, and ~half of your available calibration for a single slot isn't a bit of a major trade off?

There was a rig which added a mid when rigs were first on the test server... It did not make it onto TQ.

The issue of the 8 slot limit was a factor but more importantly a midslot was far more valuable than a rig slot and the rig seriously damaged balance (not to mention adding a horrendous number of additional variables to consider in future balancing). I don't think enough has changed to make this a good idea.