Player Features and Ideas Discussion

You do have to 'grab' them... that is true.


Also, all the bonuses apply to Heavy Missiles also.

I have 15 Navy Augs on the market in Amarr. Shhh!

Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1800(-416) / 2250(-463) / 2250(-428)

Navy Omen Attributes currently state that Armor is 3,013, if you are going to drop it 463 then it should be 2,550?

Taka.

Caracal Navy Issue: Finds a niche as the heavier version of the Caracal, more suited to brawling than kiting.
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 250(+2) / 0.465(+0.02) / 10810000(+1,000,000) / 6.97s(+0.92)

... so you made it a short range Cerb. Is this just to protect the niche of the missile destroyers because I was really happy with the anti-frig cruiser as is.

Except that it's gonna be awesome.


Nice balance.

See what I did there? It's an opinion not backed up by reason or facts. Try again

SFI isn't a kiting ship

Stop being bad.

Hey everyone, thanks for all the feedback so far. We're working hard to get these onto the test server for you all to try out. It's not quite ready to go yet but we'll be providing more updates as we get closer.

The big concerns I'm seeing so far surround the Scythe, Omen and Stabber, so I want to discuss them briefly.

With the Scythe, we've been seeing concern from people who think it's too weak and people who think its too strong. I believe that the Scythe Fleet Issue an extremely powerful ship in its proposed form, although I understand that the unusual bonuses can make it hard to read. The ability to field 8 effective turrets or 6 effective launchers with fully selectable capless damage (and with a utility high to boot) on a ship that fast and small has some extreme potential. The tight fittings helps keep it in line but I am concerned that it may be too strong. We'll be re-evaluating once we get it out for public testing.

With the Omen, I can completely understand where a lot of the expressed unhappyness is coming from. So far when we've given ships entirely new roles we have usually used ships that previously have no good uses. The Omen Navy Issue is viable right now, and this role is a large departure for it, but choosing it wasn't an accident. I believe that the extra speed and agility combined with the range bonus will create a strong and fun ship to fly, even with weaker damage per second than its T1 counterpart. People looking for an excellent brawling cruiser from the Amarr linup may be interested in the new Navy Augoror. As well, part of the concern may have been exacerbated by my typo that had originally showed the Navy Omen with too little armor hitpoints. All this being said, this is another ship we're going to be watching very closely and rest assured that if it is underperforming during public testing we will take all necessary measures.

As for the Stabber Fleet Issue, it is important to remember that it is not intended to simply be a higher Hp version of the normal Stabber. Its role has been long established as a flexible and fast brawler, using the stellar tracking, good hp and sig. It can be fit for speed and kiting, although those uses rely more heavily on surprise than on the actual ship bonuses. When it comes to hitpoints and mobility it actually has a lot more in common with the Rupture than the Stabber, which we know can be confusing but is something that we don't consider a big enough problem to warrant changing its hull.

Also I'll go ahead and let you guys know that we'll be normalizing the LP costs of these ships at the old "Tier 3" Navy Cruiser values (Which is something I think most of you have already guessed).

Adjusting the DLAs a bit may be possible, but I'd have to take a closer look at the potential consequences.

In this case, as a match with the ship's speed and flight style, yes.

Tracking isn't the primary issue with faster drones, it's the server's ability to keep up with them.