Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I would like to see a new (Tier one combat cov ops cruiser) with a new weapon system

The weapon system would be a new laser that sticks to the target like a target painter but does damage, it would be balanced by needing alot of energy / capacitor energy etc.. and also it would require a firing up time much like the time it takes to fire up a micro jump drive modified with skills etc, though the ship would also have a long range warp disrupt range.

I would like this because it would be fun to jump into something less expensive and be able to attack a large variety of targets, and join fleets etc much like you can with the current tier one cruisers but in a cloaking style method, the animation would look great as well as the firing up of the beam weapon etc.

I think this could also be good for cloaking - ratting as well perhaps, i think this is something missing in the game that would be really great if it could be balanced with my suggestions or others ideas etc.



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I think it would be a good idea to have a extremely rare chance of a blue-print for limited edition ships, while only being able to create one ship from the blueprint.

I have a counter proposal.

You could use existing ships and not divert time and resources from other more urgent and interesting projects than spend them on something there is no need or demand for.

There are already, are called recon ships.

Cloaky ships are offensively gimp'd for a reason. Plenty of good ideas but if you have a cloak then you should be light on the DPS.

Again: cruiser + covert ops = recon ships.

Main strenght for covert ops is the opportunity to decide IF and WHEN to fight and picking up their target. This is balanced by other severe limitations (tank, dps and so on).
It's balanced as is now, if you boost them in any way they become overpowered. And they already have the bonuses you described, like the long range distruptor and so on.

Also: if you make it cheap and give to everyone (extending it to T1 hulls) the chance to decide IF and WHEN engage a fight this will result simply in nobody engaging, it becomes semi-consensual.

Recon cost is also balanced: covert ops is a specialized training, ships cost have to be scaled accordignly.


I'm not saying covert ops cannot be extended/improved. But there're so many balancement and game mechanics evaluate and adjust...

Please. Tech 1. It's confusing to see "Tier 1" scattered about and have to think to myself "Does he mean tier or Tech?" and then correct it in my mind. Tiers are dead.