Player Features and Ideas Discussion

And on the flycatcher, has anybody actually fit out one yet with the new changes? I hear people complaining about the single low... but has anybody actually tried/fit it yet?

Fix Black Ops

>Note: can fit Covert Cynosural Field Generators and Covert Jump Portal Generators

Why Black Ops cant be fitted with Covert cloaking device and warp in cloak ???
That is like stels bombers without cloak warping.....

Blackbird have cheap price and much more range of jammers and good jammers power but Falcon have biggest price + low range + not so jamm power+no tank+targeting penalty after de cloack !!! :(

Why All Force Recons have penalty after de cloaking ???

Finally we're also updating the Eris weapon systems to match the latest version of the Roden flavour.

I'm ok with the dps changes on these ships.

They do allot of damage now, or at least have the potential to. Ok in retrospect Assault Frigates might have an issue with them.

That is fine.


These are based off the destroyer hulls, which are generally not overly used except for microfleets or ganking freighters. These interdictors can be run solo, can be run in a gang, can be run in a fleet, and they aren't dusted off the field in 3 seconds.

They may have become too strong based on the ability for them to kite and potentially kill larger targets.

Again, fine with that.

The real fear with people using these is not the assault frigate or cruiser players....

Its the people in the capitals, supercapitals and titans....

Nullsec and wormhole space just got more dangerous for cap pilots...

And on the flycatcher, has anybody actually fit out one yet with the new changes? I hear people complaining about the single low... but has anybody actually tried/fit it yet?

Interdictors v2 ahoy!

We're going a bit more radical with the updated rebalance on these ships, incorporating a few good ideas from the community and making changes to the sphere launchers as well as the ships themselves.

The biggest change is to the Interdiction Sphere Launcher itself. We're removing the reactivation delay, and instead giving the Launcher a smaller three bubble magazine, 5 second cycle time and one minute reload time (like the ASB). Interdiction Sphere Launchers will then be limited to one per ship.
This will mean that pilots will be able to launch three bubbles in quick succession and then wait 60 seconds for the reload, or choose to save their bubbles and launch one at a time to avoid the reload for as long as possible. The limit to one per ship will allow more practical fitting options for fleet dictors instead of forcing everyone into partially fit flying coffins, and fits well with the general survivability increases that are the second part of the v2 changes.

With the bubble reactivation delay gone, the shared Interdictors skill bonus is no longer needed and will be replaced with a 10% per level reduction in MWD signature radius penalty (at level 5 this gives the same benefit as the AF or HAC role bonus). We're also giving the dictors another slight bump in base HP and upgrading their T2 resists to the same level enjoyed by EAFs. Combined these changes should make it a lot more realistic for good interdictor pilots to stay on field for longer periods of time.

Since they are gaining such significant survivability benefits we are going to slightly pull back the speed at which they can enter the field, via a decrease in warp speed from 8au/s in the first proposal to 6.75au/s in this one (same speed as most T2 frigates). We are also toning down the agility changes on the Sabre and Heretic, to the slight benefit of the Sabre and slight detriment of the Heretic.

Finally we're also updating the Eris weapon systems to match the latest version of the Roden flavour. It will be a pure hybrid boat, with bonuses to optimal, tracking and damage. This matches the theme of the Ares and our plans for future rebalances of Roden Shipyards vessels.

If you prefer the slot layout of the Eris then fly the Eris. Choices man, choices. Racial destroyer V only takes about a week.

i can fly all race it's not a problem.

But 3 slot for dps and tanking is really short.