Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I'm still trying to figure out why a Golem with cruise missiles needs webifier bonuses. I'm not saying that it shouldn't, I'm just lost as to why any thought process would lead to this. For the love of baby Joveus can someone explain it to me?

It's a recurring problem in EVE, but that doesn't mean it isn't a valid point, especially as 'combat' vs 'attack' ships are further attempting to clarify the idea that there's something to these ship-type names.

So, without getting too derailed, how about:

T1 sub-capital haulers - Commercial Vessels. Or Cargo Ships.
T2 remote-repair cruisers - Tender Ships. (Since, you know, that's more or less what they are, only in real(ish)-time during combat.)

The web bonus is more useful against Frigates.

Also having things come within web-range is very common in PvE situations, whether it's missions, incursions, or scan-sites.

Personally I'm not a fan of the web-bonus because it's a tad over-powered against smaller targets compared to a Target Painter or Web-Range bonus.

The drawbacks were worth the advantages when the 30% resists were part of the package in my opinion.

no it was still a "click here for a 1bn isk+ lossmail" button.

Through the eyes of a solo lvl 4 mission runner...



Bastion mode

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Increases shield and armor repair amount by 100%:

Nice ! I feel bad for the forum poster who loses a marauder in pve after this, the Forum savages will eat him alive.



Extends all large turret falloff and optimal by 25%:

Better damage app, OK good.



Increases all large missile max velocity by 25%:

Less wasted ammo is always a plus.



Has a cycle time of 60 seconds:

OK, Timing when to bastion, an when to come out, can make it work most likely.
Last npc ship dead and your stuck for the next 59 sec....



When in bastion mode, Marauder is immune to EW but cannot be remote assisted in any way:

HaHa, sweet death to perma jamming, tracking disruption and sensor damping.






Hull Changes

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7.5% bonus to the velocity factor of stasis webifiers per level:

Webs, meh, The web range is too short, When a elite frig is close enough two 90% webs
are still not enough for large guns on pali to hit , unless a once in a blue-moon lucky shot happens.
The 90% webs do help a flight of drones dispatch elite frigs a bit faster. Best off using some other
useful module rather than webs.



100% bonus to range and velocity of tractor beams:

Tractor beams on a marauder are a quality of life improvement, more range plz, does not have to be
as good as noctis but just a bit better. Yes Plz.



Reducing their drone bays as they are primarily meant to deliver damage through their main weapon system:

I need just enough room for a flight of lights an salvage drones.



Increasing their maximum targeting range:

I like it.


70% reduction in Micro Jump Drive reactivation delay:

MJD hopping around sounds ok, give me a ship angle indicator relative to the tactical display
and I can plot a two jump move with my needed angle and land right on top of that jumpgate 77km away.



They also are receiving full Tech2 resists:

I can live with that, The Osmon marauder ganking gangs will need to bring a few more tornado's.



As a final combo bonus, we also are changing Target Painter cycle time from 10 to 5 seconds:

My Golem is going to make sweet sweet hot sticky luv to you.

No even though it is almost 2am I am at work and bored.

And the post.

The lock ranges here are not that great given there ability to jump and engage from 100km.

These could be improved on the hulls or this could be another bonus built into the bastion module. 20 to 25 percent would fit quite well with the general range increasing nature of the bastion module.

I don't even know where to begin. Next to the changes in the leadership bonuses that have completely nerfed the whole point of being a fleet commander, this is the worst change I have seen since I started playing Eve.

If I wanted a Dread, I'd buy a Dread. I use my marauder, as probably most players do, to brun through missions and make isk as quickly as possible and rack up the LP.

You say you don't want them to compete with the pirate battleships. Fair enough, I suppose. But good luck taking your pirate faction BS anywhere but HS or null that your alliance completely controls. Those ships are trophy kills for anyone, and we all know that.

The "original design" for the Marauders, as the OP mentioned, was PvE---so, why the heck does CCP feel the need to change it's role almost completely? I'm not gonna be using a 2B isk ship in PvP.... Sorry, just not worth it. But using it in PvE, I mission burn.

Honestly, I'm getting tired of logging on after an update and not being able to undock becasue a fit I've been using for months, or even longer, is now no longer viable.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

These changes suck. Leave the Marauders alone. They work fine, they do what they were designed to do, and a "mini-siege" mode?
*Snip* Please refrain from personal attacks. ISD Ezwal
That has very little practical use in PvE, and, as the OP mentioned, the timings will still make you an easy target to kill in PvP.

I'm losing drone capacity and bandwidth, I'm losing shield, armor, and hull, and gaining no additional resistance.

Hurray, let's make a great ship suck.
*Snip* Please refrain from personal attacks. ISD Ezwal

Arthur (I guess now I'm officially a "bitter-vet"

I want to like these changes as the mini siege module and transformation thing sounds incredible fun. However at this time, with this web bonus on ALL the hulls *Snip* Please refrain from gender stereotyping. ISD Ezwal

Stuff seems confused. Honestly, i'd relook at the entire concept and rework.

Obviously depending on the direction you jump 110km gives a very narrow window and given the limited mid-slots on the Paladin an Kronos a sensor booster or even a signal amp seems a waste of a slot when it could be factored into the balance if the bastion module.