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A thought about racial mining barges. . .
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Chung DanYul
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-06-10 11:29:33 UTC
I read some forums about racial mining barges, and people are thinking combat. . . of course. . . lol

I would think that it could be logical for Amarr mining barges to get a bonus in mining Kernite, where a Minmitar mining barge would get a bonus in mining Omber and so on for the other races. And of course those other racial bonuses would be nice. I would love to see a "return of the barges" or "the miners strike back" and actually be able to fight back with a barge. . .

I think that we should keep the ore mining barges around for the all around option, and for those that are actually into mining. . . the racial mining barges would help alleviate our boredom with the same ship skins :D

As the game is an evolutionary system, racial mining barges would allow the artists to design new ships and help spice up the mining :D

If mining barges could fight - that would add a new dynamic to game play and not make miners so helpless. How about the ability to target a ship and shoot them with the strip miners!!! I mean really, if it blasts asteroids, then why not turn them against a ship. . . maybe have it bring in scrap metal each cycle for fun. . .
Sex Slave Girl
Absolute Order XVIII
Absolute Will
#2 - 2013-06-10 11:36:56 UTC
What's next, Freighters with doomsday weapon?
Dave stark
#3 - 2013-06-10 11:48:52 UTC
i think you're being silly, and posting in the wrong section of the forums.
Abrazzar
Vardaugas Family
#4 - 2013-06-10 11:50:57 UTC
I want a barge with siege mode. And a CovOps barge. And a Jump Barge. No wait, give the Rorqual a Industrial Jump Portal. And I want to rig a Mega Beam Laser on my Skiff.

Sovereignty and Population

New Mining Mechanics
Chung DanYul
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#5 - 2013-06-10 13:02:13 UTC
I was being somewhat serious, as for being in the wrong section. . . this is entirely possible. . .

I do like the idea of jump barges and siege modules. . . but that is not my idea, lol
Barrogh Habalu
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2013-06-10 13:20:25 UTC
Reminds me of Total Annihilation and its construction bots/vechicles being able to dismantle units almost the same way they were gathering resources, dealing minor damage and even gathering some metal in the process...

Future of T3 cruisers - multi-tool they aspired to be instead of sledgehammer they have become
Regan Rotineque
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-06-10 14:01:20 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
What's next, Freighters with doomsday weapon?


Speaking of being fitted with doomsday weapons .... dats a really nice top you have on.....
Lilliana Stelles
#8 - 2013-06-10 14:30:23 UTC
Abrazzar wrote:
I want a barge with siege mode. And a CovOps barge. And a Jump Barge. No wait, give the Rorqual a Industrial Jump Portal. And I want to rig a Mega Beam Laser on my Skiff.



...some of these ideas aren't actually terrible.

Not a forum alt. 
shaie Terona
Doomheim
#9 - 2013-06-10 14:34:26 UTC
Capt Tenguru10
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#10 - 2013-06-10 15:42:33 UTC
nO

http://i.imgur.com/EYX5Zi7.gif
Azami Nevinyrall
172.0.0.1
#11 - 2013-06-10 16:00:23 UTC
CCP trashed racial mining frigates and introduced an ORE mining frigates for a reason. I'll let you go through the dev blogs why this was done.

Something tells me this argument for racial barges is moot.

...
Yusef Brion
Big Yellow Pidgeon Inc.
#12 - 2013-06-10 19:43:10 UTC
shaie Terona wrote:
combat barge you say?


I can't stop laughing

The more I read the forums over the years, the more I swear. To god. That the typos are intentional mistakes. Part o f the encryption.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#13 - 2013-06-10 19:48:51 UTC
Chung DanYul wrote:
If mining barges could fight - that would add a new dynamic to game play and not make miners so helpless.


Battle Procurer. BS tank, full flight of drones, quick locks.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
President of Spaceships
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#14 - 2013-06-10 20:00:55 UTC
I've always thought mining lasers should be able to do damage. It would be amusing, and hardly unbalanced. Say if a Strip Miner II had roughly the same combat stats as a T1 small beam laser and a Miner I was equivalent to a civilian laser.
Kult Altol
The Safe Space
#15 - 2013-06-10 20:03:46 UTC
I here people use ventures for something other than mining...if only...

[u]Can't wait untill when Eve online is Freemium.[/u] WiS only 10$, SP booster for one month 15$, DPS Boost 2$, EHP Boost 2$ Real money trading hub! Cosmeitic ship skins 15$ --> If you don't [u]pay **[/u]for a product, you ARE the [u]**product[/u].

Erutpar Ambient
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#16 - 2013-06-10 20:52:19 UTC
Barrogh Habalu wrote:
Reminds me of Total Annihilation and its construction bots/vechicles being able to dismantle units almost the same way they were gathering resources, dealing minor damage and even gathering some metal in the process...


Ooo yeah I really loved that about TA. If you had enough bots harvesting off of one unit they'd get tore up! Which brings up another great point. To repair units in that game it requires metal. I think repair in eve should require minerals instead of just energy/isk. Then you'd have an interesting new pull on minerals and there wouldn't infinity reps in blob warfare. Yeah would be amazing! Also it would make sure that the minerals you harvest from stripmining a ship don't end up starting a perfect afk mineral farm with reps on the ship you're "harvesting".

Sounds balla! Also new """logistics""" ships would be industry related instead of space magic. They would actually move supplies to where they were needed. Maybe make reps use a type of ammo to cycle. The asb and aar already have this sort of thing happening. Why not make that the standard? If you can repair armor and hull with energy then why can't we just build a ship with energy? Ya know for armor/hull rep using plain minerals sounds like its not such a bad idea. That is what they're made of!
Tuttomenui II
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2013-06-11 03:06:50 UTC
Sex Slave Girl wrote:
What's next, Freighters with doomsday weapon?

That's just silly, freighters need 3 rigg slots and a single low with the fitting capacity for a DCUII, and we need trimarks for hull. It would take capital riggs btw. =)
Solutio Letum
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-06-11 03:25:20 UTC
Dave Stark wrote:
i think you're being silly, and posting in the wrong section of the forums.


no its the right place... GD is for all trolls
ACE McFACE
Dirt 'n' Glitter
Local Is Primary
#19 - 2013-06-11 05:43:14 UTC
I was going to type out different 'weapons' for all the barges but it was taking too long, so I stopped.

Now, more than ever, we need a dislike button.
Sex Slave Girl
Absolute Order XVIII
Absolute Will
#20 - 2013-06-11 11:44:15 UTC
I think pve miners think they can and have the right to be fitted to maximum mining yield and be able to kill cruisers at the same time while mining.
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