Player Features and Ideas Discussion

The Sentry/Guardian T2 BS

Tech T2 PVP defense BS
These ships would have a single primary focus - Allowing players to redirect hostile target locks to their own ship from other friendly vessels within a set range.

These ships have bonuses for tank and the "Target Redirection Module"

Target Redirection Module: edited details in caps. (Typing in my smart phone, limited typing abilities)
- Redirects target locks of SHIPS OUT SIDE THE AOE TO THE BS. SHIPS INSIDE ARE NOT EFFECTED.
- THE AREA OF EFFECT WOULD BE BETWEEN 5 and 7.5 KM.
- FORMER PREVENTION OF SHIP MOVEMENT REMOVED. REMOVED THOUGHTS THAT PREVENTED PROP MODULES AND WARP DRIVES FROM WORKING
- Only one such module can be in use within 50-100km.

- Counters are nuets and Command Destroyers MMJD. Nuets to shut down the module, or MMJD to jump the ships from inside the safe zone out, excluding the BS.
- 60-120 sec cycle time, and repeatable. If disabled by the player or from lack of fuel/capacitor it has a 300 SEC cool down before it can be reactivated.

- THESE SHIPS WOULD BE FULLY BONUSED AROUND THEIR FACTIONS ACTIVE DEFESIVE FEATURES. COMBAT ABILITES WOULD BE LIMITED TO UNBONUSED DRONES AND HARDPOINTS.
- AS SOME FEAR THESE WOULD BE WASTED BY CAPITAL SHIPS, PERHAPS THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SORT OF ROLE BONUS THAT ASSIST AGAINST THAT, OR MAYBE THE ABILITY TO EXCEED THE CURRENT RESIST MAX AND MAX OUT AT LIKE 98% RESIST.

Lore: Durning a number of salvage runs and research operations into Drifter space, a group of (NPC) scientist found what appeared to be a Target Spectrum Breaker.
Upon closer review and weeks of reverse engineering they learned that the module didn't break target locks but redirected them to the ship using said module.
The research and prototypes where leaked to eiach empire which hurriedly developed high-end defensive ships to use the modules, for capsular use.

p.s. By providing thoughtful counters and an attempt to find ways to balance such a ship (which I have seen my failings in the below post) I still think something like this would be benefit EVE Online. It would add different hardships on the battlefield. Just think about their use in sieging well defended structures in high-sec. Or tanking that super-carrier your mate found while exploring a wormhole.
Yes, they would not be invincible but they would be nearly unbreakable while active when approached without the proper counters.
For me, having hard counters and harsh restrictions for any ship to have such one sided benefit is part of the balance. As EVE is a sandbox, some people would enjoy ships like these and use them to wreck havoc on us all.

Didn't really think of capitals vs these ships - then again, as I wasn't thinking about them I didn't try to balance them for capitals, plus the fact that all the times I have seen PVP fleets I hardly ever see dreads involved. Unless the fleet is tower bashing or attacking another capital ship.

Yes, they are doing some cool things.
And yes, this is basically just a "aggro" control ship.
I would leave the visual graphic to CCP.
But as I am not trying to prevent damage to ships in the safe target zone, but rather divert the target locks to the BS.
Having a "safety bubble" that prevents damage or sends all damage toward the "tank" doesn't seem to fit the sci-fi nature of EVE.

This is EVE... Everything that happens in this game has something to do with Capitals.

I am not sure if this is a good thing though. Fleets already rely on anchors a lot, and now you're going to allow a brick tanked battleship be an even better anchor?

Actually I'm thinking way too big even though I am 100% correct regardless. I hear phoenixes are quite popular for blapping sub caps.

But seriously a modest sized fleet of arty Machs that are quite common these days in Low and Null will alpha it off the field. Heck a Tach nightmare fleet should be able to do it as well. Arty nados if on a budget or you know, Cane's for real cheap. If it's sitting still it's dead.

Well more dead.

Thank you.

So like, 2 dreads instead of one?

Remember, it's also taking the enemy fleet's worth of DPS over what the dread is bringing. It adds up fast.

@OP, if I brawl inside the bubble, I can freely target?

If it could move, it could be used as an anti-logi but there is an anchor attached to the redirect...

This idea is just bad. It won't make the game more fun or more interesting. If it takes a Dreadnought to break it, then it is OP for small scale fights. At the large scale it will just be a useless HP wall that will have to get killed.