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Possibility of melee ships?
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NEONOVUS
Mindstar Technology
Goonswarm Federation
#21 - 2013-03-07 03:07:24 UTC
Vimsy Vortis wrote:
Alavaria Fera wrote:
But really, armor tanking needs some kind of buff. That Ancillary Armor Rep isn't really that great, as I understand it.

I put it on my big list of armor modules that have no practical use, along with Reactive armor hardeners and Armor Layering membranes.

I'm very fortunate to play in a type of space where armor is actually vastly superior for when you are murdering people because being a massive,multi billion isk immobile slab with 4 free medslots and a ton of EHP is more desirable than being cheap and agile any day of the week.

Highsec is great.

Reactive hardeners only stack with DC2
They are actually really good with skills and after 2 eanm2 & dcu2 +2 1600mm2 and then damage mods.
Mids get a cap booster+tc2 if needed.
And then you just sit there murderizing everything slowly and painfully.
Also it is funny when the pilot ejects and runs rather than die.
It turns out that doesnt count as a kill though.
Jeremy Soikutsu
Kite Co. Space Trucking
#22 - 2013-03-07 03:10:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Jeremy Soikutsu
NEONOVUS wrote:
Also it is funny when the pilot ejects and runs rather than die.
It turns out that doesnt count as a kill though.

You get a free ship though, so that's pretty good.

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Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#23 - 2013-03-07 03:15:02 UTC
NEONOVUS wrote:
Vimsy Vortis wrote:
Alavaria Fera wrote:
But really, armor tanking needs some kind of buff. That Ancillary Armor Rep isn't really that great, as I understand it.

I put it on my big list of armor modules that have no practical use, along with Reactive armor hardeners and Armor Layering membranes.

I'm very fortunate to play in a type of space where armor is actually vastly superior for when you are murdering people because being a massive,multi billion isk immobile slab with 4 free medslots and a ton of EHP is more desirable than being cheap and agile any day of the week.

Highsec is great.

Reactive hardeners only stack with DC2
They are actually really good with skills and after 2 eanm2 & dcu2 +2 1600mm2 and then damage mods.
Mids get a cap booster+tc2 if needed.
And then you just sit there murderizing everything slowly and painfully.
Also it is funny when the pilot ejects and runs rather than die.
It turns out that doesnt count as a kill though.

Nyx or Aeon?

Either that or pimped carrier/dread in a Wormhole?

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Cat Casidy
Percussive Diplomacy
Sedition.
#24 - 2013-03-07 03:22:01 UTC
Garr Khan wrote:

I wasn't thinking an actual sword, that would look ridiculous; maybe some sort of mechanical claws,



Ahahahaha thank you!

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Vertigo Ren
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2013-03-07 03:55:59 UTC
Ramming ships.

or maybe one with grabbler arms.
Ryu Ibarazaki
Doomheim
#26 - 2013-03-07 04:03:32 UTC
Judo chop!
Alexis Machine
#27 - 2013-03-07 04:05:16 UTC
Naes Mlahrend
Devil's Horsemen
#28 - 2013-03-07 04:14:51 UTC
Calathorn Virpio
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-03-07 04:51:44 UTC
quick question...WHY!?!?!

BRING BACK THE JUKEBOX

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#30 - 2013-03-07 04:53:37 UTC
My Machariel is a melee ship... I bump miners with it Big smile

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Drunken Bum
#31 - 2013-03-07 04:54:16 UTC
am I sober and hallucinating again.. or is this real, either way its the dumbest **** Ive seen in 2013. I need a drink

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Aren Madigan
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#32 - 2013-03-07 04:59:19 UTC
Garr Khan wrote:
Renzo Ruderi wrote:
In case this isn't a 0/10 troll, that particular position is filled by blaster/pulse laser/autocannon fits.


Ah, I've never flown Gallente stuff. Are you sure that is truly melee? I was under the impression they just had very short ranges.


Given just how short the blaster range is, blasters with antimatter are about as close to melee range as you can reasonably get with space ships without risking , you know... doing something insane or stupid with them like ramming... only reason a space ship should ever be ramming something as an attack is when they are out of ammo or their weapon systems are down and have no other option... or if you're a kamikaze pilot loaded with nukes or something...
Frying Doom
#33 - 2013-03-07 05:00:49 UTC
Melee ships....Does that mean we need to pick a sword, staff, dagger or mace for our ships main armament?

Any spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors are because frankly, I don't care!!
Molenius Morrowinger
Doomheim
#34 - 2013-03-07 05:44:13 UTC
Totally stupid idea.
Use short range guns.

Other MMOs that way ---->
Swag Han Yolo
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#35 - 2013-03-07 05:51:53 UTC
This is an MMORPG i thought it was a space economy simulator on excel?
Alavaria Fera
GoonWaffe
#36 - 2013-03-07 05:59:25 UTC
Aren Madigan wrote:
Garr Khan wrote:
Renzo Ruderi wrote:
In case this isn't a 0/10 troll, that particular position is filled by blaster/pulse laser/autocannon fits.


Ah, I've never flown Gallente stuff. Are you sure that is truly melee? I was under the impression they just had very short ranges.


Given just how short the blaster range is, blasters with antimatter are about as close to melee range as you can reasonably get with space ships without risking , you know... doing something insane or stupid with them like ramming... only reason a space ship should ever be ramming something as an attack is when they are out of ammo or their weapon systems are down and have no other option... or if you're a kamikaze pilot loaded with nukes or something...

I think T2 ammo gets even shorter range...

But gallente, being armor tanked, may have trouble getting close to apply that "uber" DEEPS

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terzho
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#37 - 2013-03-07 06:12:09 UTC
Mistress Motion
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#38 - 2013-03-07 06:15:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Mistress Motion
I dunno why but i started to like the idea. Lol.

Maybe we could get the rogue drone dominix as one ship. It already has tiny legs which could be used to scratch the armor off everything. Screeech! Screech! Oh noes bring the guardians!

But i don't want to see thorax melee attacking anything. Shocked

EDIT: Now that i think of it, many minnie ships already have lances, as ofcourse incursus. Dramiel is clearly a rogue dual wielding daggers. And much of amarr has some sort of beaks, so i guess they are druids. I think i'll go to sleep now.
Mon Diddies
Indigo Generation
#39 - 2013-03-07 06:28:05 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
Remove all turret hardpoints from Incursus and all Sansha ships. Instead, create new hislot mods that allow us to enchant the frontal spikes/lances with bonuses to attack and damage. Then you could add all sorts of cool effects; set it on fire to convert all damage to thermal for example.

Perhaps officers could even drop officer enchantments. Estamel's Modified Vorpal Enchantment; struck ships need to make a DC20 fortitude save or explode instantly.

EDIT: Maybe something to make the spike/lance/whatever a lightsaber?!



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Peekaboo
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#40 - 2013-03-07 06:33:44 UTC
I've always wanted a 'resurrection scroll' effect. So when your ship gets popped, someone in the gang/fleet can bring your ship back to life so you can get back in the fight. Maybe someone else in the fleet could repair your sword weapons from the damage they took in the initial explosion.