Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I like this. The mega now makes sense as a fleet ship, both the hype and mega can now reasonably fit railguns, the hype is even more effective at active-tanked brawling...the domi still needs drone speed added onto its bonus, though, and perhaps something to help with control range?

domi too ugly..appearance needs fixing

Heh kids these days... I'm guessing you aren't aware that CCP trademarked the word Soon (tm) are yeah?

The problem I, and some others, have with the Dominix right now is that is basically a less flexible and tanky drone battleship when compared to the Armageddon.

The only solid advantage the Domi has over the 'Geddon is in sentry range and tracking... which CAN be used for sniper builds and tactics but realistically won't because snipers need to be mobile... which means that you will leave your sentry drones behind (which is a bad idea when you only have enough room for 1 or 2 "replacement" sets of sentries).

As far as CCP Rise bringing up the possibility of being able to recall sentry drones like normal ones... I would LIKE it to happen very much and would raise less fuss IF it came true... however it currently isn't reality. And you shouldn't balance ships based on "possible fixes" or "soon to be" improvements.

all these crying gallentee, get ROF bonus on mega now it has 8 lows. really? more damage than the windicator comon.

man up ccp tell this whiners to stuff it.

So from what i am getting. Mega needs CPU, but is good. Hyperion is "good"? And the dominix has no place or point cause the Armageddon now does it better, faster, longer.

And the real failure of the dominix is both the bonuses on the ship a d the failure of drones, specifically their interface and functionality.

So either they redo drones now (wont happen) or they figure out how to make the dominix man up to the neut Domi..Err neut Armageddon.

Basically they gotta give the domi something, some greater drone benefit over the Armageddon. So it either gains some new super drone bonus, or just gets to fly an extra drone.

Domi's a weaker version of the Armageddon.....

Course you do that and people will probably scream bloody murder over the domi extra drone.

I noticed that Caldari is the only race that had a battleship with EWAR and that got me thinking, how much more effective would a blaster fitted ship be if it were fitted with sensor dampeners, I think that if you gave the Hyperion it 8 guns back but instead of a damage bonus you gave it a bonus to sensor dampeners. This would allow the pilot to force his target to get close to get within the range of the Hyperion's Blasters if he wanted to engage. this would also allow for fits that do not require a prop mod and more cap can be focused into the tank.

CCP Rise - Good work with these second changes.

I've worried about the traditional racial flavors in EvE not being represented. In the past, these haven't been followed exactly, and I don't think they need to be now, so don't think that is what I'm saying.

Gallente ships have traditionally had more flexibility than their Amarr counterparts due to their drone bays and extra mid slots. I'd like to see Gallente ships retain an edge in drones. For example, in the cruiser class if most cruisers can use 5 medium drones and fit just 5 medium drones, the gallente ship should have 75 drone bay to give the gallente pilot extra flexibility in drones. I'm not asking for 10 drones on each ship, just a bit more flexibility in drone deployment choices. In the mid-slot department, having the extra slot gives the gallente pilots a personal flavor for how they fly. Amarr are more fleet oriented, and Gallente ships should be competitive in fleets (see the current hyperion for an example of how not to be competitive), but they should still retain their flexibility.



The Hyperion desperately needed the low slot, and the change to 10% damage per level is not overpowered. The ship has 9 effective turrets instead of 10, and even if the extra low slot is used for a mag stab (which it probably would be), the DPS on the old hyperion wasn't all the awesome when fit for max tank, so I don't think you're breaking anything. The additional low slot will push the dps up a bit, but not to OP levels. The extra drones might be an issue, consider dropping it to 100 bandwidth with 150 bay. The utility high is very important for a small gang or solo role, which a ship with the current repair bonuses is going to spend most of its time. Good work.

The Megathron is the quintessential Gallente ship, and people are very protective of it. In addition, the Megathron's role in EvE, while diminished in recent times, is a close range weapon of destruction, and it does that very well, though with predictable fits. Keeping the role and expanding the range of possible fits is the key. A 7/5/7 layout gives mid-slot flexibility that the Gallente are known for. I'd like to see 6 guns (blasphemy, I know) with a 10% (maybe 7.5%) ROF bonus - giving back the utility high slot. The 8th low slot is very appealing, but I agree with others that it is 'not Gallente' and steps on the toes of the Amarr too much. The extra hitpoints will help survivability, and so will having an extra mid-slot for EWAR or extra tracking. On the drone front, I'm OK with keeping the 75 bandwidth (bumping it to 100 or 125 would solidify my decision to reduce the ROF bonus to 7.5%), but give the Megathron 125 drone bay no matter the bandwidth. I never used 5 heavies, I usually carried a set of 4 heavies and 5 lights, or two sets of medium and a set of lights. With the extra mid-slot, it also gives the Megathron a chance to fit an interesting shield tank, which again, gives the Megathron some flexibility.

Keep the Megathron the Gallente poster-child, but update it to be 'better' which is what you want the BS to be - better.

When will people like you realize that the reason gallente bses are hardly flown is they can't match the stats of other races, including minmatar? 8/5/6 makes that problem worse. 7/4/8 makes the mega competitive. Now it can fill roles other than "undock camper".

No way! I love my space boot!