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Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#21 - 2012-03-30 16:03:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel Plain
i concede that the module would not benefit CCP's financial situation. but from my point of view, even buying the fuel with aurum so as to keep the real-life $$ flowing would be a viable solution. scouts and gatecamps, as well as transports are not a valid comparison though, as they require at least occasional attention, which a cloaked orca really doesn't.

and once more, while a POS is not cloaked, it has exponentially higher HP, self defense capabilities and can do much more than just store stuff.

as for the lazy part: i am lazy in the same way a person who uses excel rather than a pencil and a calculator is.


edit:
after giving it some more thought, i think that rather than buying some obscure aurum fuel, you could just make the module keep the orca on grid and functional when the pilot logs off. you would still need an extra account but you would not need to keep the client running all the time.

I should buy an Ishtar.
Lunkwill Khashour
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#22 - 2012-03-30 16:58:39 UTC
Perhaps a module with a small poslike shield. The Orca would still be scannable, probable and destructable but you'ld need a password to enter the field and board the orca. You'ld also get a notification if your orca was under attack. Wether or not the shield should carry some hp benefit or be reinforcable, is open to discussion.
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#23 - 2012-03-30 17:01:48 UTC
Lunkwill Khashour wrote:
Perhaps a module with a small poslike shield. The Orca would still be scannable, probable and destructable but you'ld need a password to enter the field and board the orca. You'ld also get a notification if your orca was under attack. Wether or not the shield should carry some hp benefit or be reinforcable, is open to discussion.

at this point it becomes just a flying small pos. the explicit distinction between an 'anchored' orca and a pos is supposed to be that the orca is unscannable just like a cloaked one is unscannable now.

I should buy an Ishtar.
GreenSeed
#24 - 2012-03-30 20:19:31 UTC
Nalha Saldana wrote:
So setting up a habitat orca should be easier, cost less and have no risk? I dont agree with the concept. And putting up/taking down a POS isnt hard, you dont even need to bring any modules as its only there for the shield.


so.... theres no risk in moving an orca around?




if you dont agree with the idea of having it invisible to scans, why dont you complain about them being cloaky now?

because they are.

you park em and cloak and noone can find you, so long lolcal is empty when you move it around, its even safer now than what OP wants them to be.
Nalha Saldana
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2012-03-30 20:37:13 UTC
GreenSeed wrote:
Nalha Saldana wrote:
So setting up a habitat orca should be easier, cost less and have no risk? I dont agree with the concept. And putting up/taking down a POS isnt hard, you dont even need to bring any modules as its only there for the shield.


so.... theres no risk in moving an orca around?




if you dont agree with the idea of having it invisible to scans, why dont you complain about them being cloaky now?

because they are.

you park em and cloak and noone can find you, so long lolcal is empty when you move it around, its even safer now than what OP wants them to be.


I wasnt talking about moving it around, ofc there will always be a risk in that. Im talking about using a orca solo, you cant cloak it up and do stuff in another ship but with this change you could.
This would be just like a small POS but without any risk of getting scanned down and shot which is something that shouldnt exist unless you are cloaked and limited to not doing anything.
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