Player Features and Ideas Discussion

:Edit: Updated most recently April 17th

One more thread today before I start the Easter vacation (Iceland is awesome).

And it's Navy Cruiser time! We're going to be doing a comprehensive pass on the Navy Cruisers as well as the already announced Navy Frigates in Odyssey. These ships are getting significantly larger changes than the frigates as you'll quickly notice.
Within themselves there is a split between the more speed oriented (Omen, Osprey, Exequror, Scythe) and more tank oriented (Augoror, Caracal, Vexor, Stabber) but considering their excellent agility and general playstyle we'll probably toss them all under the "Attack" line whenever the ship lines come up.

All of these are of course open to feedback and change, we're still early in the Odyssey development cycle so there's lots of time to iterate before release.

Important note: unlike all my previous ship stat displays of this type, we're using align time at 0 skills instead of the old ones which were at level 5 skills. This makes the whole thing consistent (all the other stats are displayed for 0 skills) but means that you can't directly compare align times to my past ship change posts.
For comparison, here's the unskilled align times of a few other ships (yes this means all the Navy Cruisers will be very agile):
Incursus: 4.49s
Thrasher: 6.21s
Thorax: 7.66s
Rupture: 8.46s
Hurricane: 12.49s


Omen Navy Issue: Turning this ship into a much more mobile ship with an optimal bonus, much like a giant Slicer.
Cruiser skill bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret damage
10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret optimal range
Slot layout: 5(-1) H, 3 M, 7 L, 4(-1) turrets
Fittings: 965 PWG, 335 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1800(-416) / 2550(-463) / 2250(-428)
Shield Recharge Time: 1250s(-500s)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1650(+25) / 520s(+55.9s) / 3.17(-0.3)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 265(+73) / 0.43(-0.11) / 10850000(-800,000) / 6.47s(-2.25)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 50(+25) / 50(+25)
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 57.5km(+12.5) / 320(+27) / 7(-1)
Sensor strength: 17(+1) Radar
Signature radius: 100(-12)
Cargo capacity: 400(+150)


Osprey Navy Issue: This one flies much like a Caracal with even better speed and agility, and has the most mids of any offensive-minded cruiser, giving options for tank or utility. The comparison with the Hookbill is intentional.
Cruiser skill bonuses:
10% bonus to Kinetic missile damage, 5% to Explosive, Thermal and EM missile damage
10% bonus to Light, Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile Velocity
Slot layout: 5(+1) H, 6(+1) M, 4(+1) L, 2 turrets, 4 launchers
Fittings: 630(+90) PWG, 450(+85) CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 2550(+1143) / 1800(+850) / 2100(+903)
Shield Recharge Time: 1250s(+100)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1450(+388) / 482.5s(+101.25) / 3(+0.2)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 260(+35) / 0.385 / 11780000(+1,000,000) / 6.29s(+0.54)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 10 / 10
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 60km(+7.5) / 310(-1) / 8(+2)
Sensor strength: 19(+3) Gravimetric
Signature radius: 115(+3)
Cargo capacity: 460(-25)


Exequror Navy Issue: Keeping the same role for this one, as a high damage blasterboat with the two damage bonuses. Adding an extra highslot and turret increases damage even further. It's fast and hard hitting but the lack of the Thorax's tracking bonus hurts.
Cruiser skill bonuses:
5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage
5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret rate of fire
Slot layout: 5 H(+1), 4 M(+1), 6 L(+1), 5(+1) turrets
Fittings: 830(+70) PWG, 340(+60) CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1800(+428) / 1950(+474) / 2550(+863)
Shield Recharge Time: 1250s(-200)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1500(+125) / 490s(-1.25) / 3(+0.2)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 255(+7) / 0.4 (-0.037) / 11280000(-260,000) / 6.25s(-0.74)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 25(+5) / 25(+5)
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 47.5km / 325(+3) / 7(+1)
Sensor strength: 18(+3) Magnetometric
Signature radius: 110(+2)
Cargo capacity: 465 (+200)


Scythe Fleet Issue: This is my attempt to redeem the Minmatar split weapons tradition. Instead of forcing both weapon systems it gives both as viable choices.
Cruiser skill bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret rate of fire
10% bonus to Missile damage
Slot layout: 5(-1) H, 5(+1) M, 5(+2) L, 4(+1) Turrets, 4(+1) Launchers
Fittings: 745 PWG, 400(+125) CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 2400(+1000) / 1950(+910) / 1950(+730)
Shield Recharge Time: 1250s(-100)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1275(+213) / 425s(+43.75) / 3(+0.2)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 280(+10) / 0.44 / 10910000 / 6.65s
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 25 / 25
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 50km(+12.5) / 345 / 7
Sensor strength: 16(+3) Ladar
Signature radius: 90
Cargo capacity: 440

Augoror Navy Issue: Ends up flying like a modified Maller. The lack of resist bonus hurts for fleets but the HP bonus is better for pure buffer tanking. Quite skill intensive thanks to the 25% bonus, but the flipside is standard Amarr cruiser laser damage with only 3 turrets worth of cap use and the two utility highs.
Cruiser skill bonuses:
25% bonus to Medium Energy Turret damage
10% bonus to Armor hitpoints
Slot layout: 5 H, 3 M, 7 L, 3 turrets (-2)
Fittings: 1150(+265) PWG, 320(+10) CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1600(-450) / 3100(+287) / 2800 (+221)
Shield Recharge Time: 1250s (-1000)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / average cap per second): 1500 / 475s(-16.25) /...

quite the shakeup you have there. should yield some fun new ways of flying.

Cool.

why nerf omen navy so bad?its superbad as it is atm,the rest seem to be improved to fullfil a purpose


scythe fleet needs 6 hs 3 turrets/3 launcher or kill the split weapon system/

And adding yet more mass to another Minmatar ship, slowing them down because their agility and speed, one of their racial features is now bad?

Sweet... These are the best changes so far...

Disregard my other post RE: the sfi in your other thread.

Thanks for doing the good working Fozzie, I only hope that Sort Dragon will find this game interesting and enjoyable to play by the time we vote on whether or not he should represent those of us that do play in Iceland.

My comment from the CSM forums:

Omen and Aug have the same slot layout, might be nice to switch one of them up. Maybe trade a low for a mid on the omen, since it is supposed to be more speedy, and might want dual webs or something.

I look forward to trying out the Scythe Fleet Issue, though I wish my Fleet Stabber wasn't gaining all that extra weight but maybe it won't be so bad. If anything these are the most exciting changes I have seen in a long time and I am enjoying the smile it has brought me.

Is there any point in training T2 ships any more?