Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Doesn't have to be massive changes

Sensor Strength +
Role Bonus damage 125%-150% (25%-+50% more than previous)
Increase resists to HAC resists to make viable for PvP

Nothing else is really needed and it won't effect PvE but it will give it a plus 1 on faction BS.

Simple changes would work best. Kronos could be an outstanding ship for a PvP pilot if it had a few tweaks! Just don't go nuts on them they need a buff remember. Sit back look at the role they are meant to fill.

These tweaks at a minimum, plus better tractor beam (300% minimum) and salvager bonuses.

Somehow i don't think they will make marauders over the top dps with t2 resist with sick booster bonus heaving 300% tractor bonus and bonus salvagers!!!!

Now only thing that is missing is cyno jamming,bomb launchers and cov-ops cloak just to spice things up.

You ppl have serious issue understanding how buff/balance/reality works.

Thanks god CCP will do it and even they screw it up sometimes.

I'm hoping for a last star fighter approach where the thing spins around and kills everything in sight

Exactly. This is precisely why if the marauder stays the same as it is now it won't get full hac resists. Decent sensor strength would be your only guarantee. I know for a fact that a Kronos will murder a vindicator in 1v1 already can you imagine one with full 65/80 resists on thermal/kinetic? It would totally broken.

Once again I put forward to the community that we must modify their utility. Without introducing a new function based on modules you doom this ship class to competing with others that have the same features and role. Bomb launchers as a featurw isn't a novelty it's a fundamental rewrite of gow and where to use a marauder. If anyrhing missions in null become that much easier while pvp becomes riskier and more spontaneous

Unlike all the other t2 ships at present marauders aren't specialized. The tractor beam bonus really doesn't do anything except when running missions solo.
I suggest giving bonuses to the various things that can be put in the extra high slots.
Golem: Double range smartbombs and they don't hurt your drones/fleet members or non criminals in highsec
Vargur: Bonus to range and/or power of remote reps
Paladin: Nuet/Nos range
Kronos: Drone control units and increase to allow for 8 heavy/sentry drones in bay/bandwidth

Just throwing some ideas out. Please don't scream op too much. I know some of them are unless they are done carefully.

Reduce sig radius to 350?

This way they take reduced damage while moving from other battleships and helps their active tanking profile a bit more. Better than resists if you ask me.

This is only true for shield fittings, since the Vargur can't use artillery without gimping the fitting and locks a lot slower than the mach. The Golem is actually really good with the painter bonus and proper gang links it becomes a extreme useful ew platform while still dishing out high dps with CMs and being able to snipe stuff at 150km, even when the missiles handicap it in contests. If it is missile speed riged it will hit any target within 60km(4s) if it is not a insta kill in a contest and painter apply instantly what gives your gang a huge advantage if you go for another target than the other gang. Plus both got the general problem when it comes to fit shield RR by the high CPU use of this modules, reducing her flexibility compared to armor fitted marauders.

A lot of the older armor FCs prefer a marauder instead of a pirate BS for Incs, because they offer more utility(spare cap transfer, RR reps to prevent ship loses and be more flexible with the logi choice) and you can throw anything you need(ore, spare ammo, sniper fitting, a shuttle) in the cargo if you move around a lot. The T2 resists make them excellent omni tankers(Paladin doesn't have the big explosive hole and can be fully EANM tanked, Kronos just patches explosive with a rig and can use 1-2 EANM archive 70+ across the board). At least the armor marauders are quite often used for Incursions, even as full marauder gang setups in case of the paladin.

Marauders need a few tweaks(lock speed, sensor strength, being able to fit shield RR), rework the Vargur to being able to fit artillery, rework the Kronos to be become a true dedicated rail/sentry platform, trade the active tanking bonus for another damage application bonus and a small buff to her utility features, like written 2 pages ago. At least the armor tanked ones are quite useful Incursion ships already. Even the tractor beam bonus can be useful for the Overwhelmed Civilian Facility to collect the civilians.

Which is all that matters since Armor Fleets are rare and slower than Shield fleets in Incursions.

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