Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Why would anyone want to fly this?

I can get the scanning bonus from a cov ops for <50m
I can get the Drones PVP with a Domi for 10% of what the Nestor will cost.
In PVE I can get it out of the Rattlesnake for a 1/3 of the cost and my tank wont interfere with damage output.
I can't take it though a black ops as a logi ship as the Sisters theme would seem to lean towards to begin with. Even if I COULD do that the range on the reps is abysmal.

Even if I WANTED to use it to explore. It can't warp cloaked or run bubbles, its really just a loss mail waiting to happen moving about in low/null sec. For 1/5 the cost i can fit a T3 to cloak, run bubbles, do the scanning and hacking and not have a pretty much guaranteed loss mail.

You asked us which way we would like to see the ship lean.
May I re direct the question back to you and ask what is it exactly YOU had in mind.

I get the lasers and drones as being part of the theme of long deployments. It also fits with the other ships in the series. Doesn't it make far more sense both LORE wise and practicality wise to have the Ship be a faction Black Ops battleship? It would Fit the theme of exploration by bridging the Astero and Stratios cruisers into deep space or QUICKLY slinging them to a disaster site to render Aid. It would go along with the "Shuttle bay" part on the picture. Remove the laser bonus, give a logistics bonus and limit it's damage to a flight of drones for self defense.

Lets think about this along the lines of how the different factions ships are built to support one another. The Astero is a small nimble scouting ship. The Stratios is a flexible cruiser for exploration and DPS when you need some attack power. The Nestor is a relief vessel that specializes in getting the other craft to hot spots and disaster sites quickly and uses its hospital and shuttle bays etc to do it's whole humanitarian thing.

Its supposed to be delivering sacrifices to the Jove. Shouldn't it, yah know, deliver/send something somewhere :P

The great thing is with a few small tweaks you can make just about everyone happy.

The low mass and logi bonus's will still be useful to the worm hole folks, the PvP inclined will finally get the Battle Ship class /Blops capable logi ship they have been asking for for years. The PVE folks will get an armor tanked Rattlesnake for use in areas where the shields native resists are weak.

Drop the scan bonus. Give Logi Range bonus
Drop hacking. Give Blops

For the amount of ISK this ship will cost, why not use 5 of any other ship?

I like the idea of an SoE battleship.

That said, this idea sucks. Other than for ship collectors, this is simply a stupidly expensive lossmail waiting to happen.

It does nothing that a Dominix can't do at far less cost.

Take away all of the turret slots, and 3 high slots. GIVE US OUR LONG-AWAITED COV-OPS CLOAKED BATTLESHIP!!

Unfortunately that has more to do with heavy drones sucking and less to do with the ships being pigeonholed into sentries.

Well lets be honest after looking at the presumed stats for the Nestor. The addition of exploration stats to a battleship poses a new obstacle for players making this possibly a new type of ISK grinding method with ghost sites and plenty of exploration sites spawning over the course of the day in New Eden. I like the idea of the ship but the stat benefiting remote repair needs a remission by chance. A game changer for exploration battleships is the allowance of battleship size triage module capabilities which allow for the player community to use this for different activities such as PvP, Incursions, Null Sec exploration, Factional Warfare, and possibly even Dev Destruction Events (hey at least we try to kill them). Point is that maybe a TRIAGE module fit specifically to be lesser in comparison to a Carrier size triage module is something that might be a twist in the Sister's of EVE since the true secrets of their cause is preservation of New Eden no matter the means.

Another idea is to add 4 types of SOE ships:

Assault Commanders

Ships of this class have advantages towards DPS and Speed. This will also allow the Dev's to institute a possible battleship size boosting ship that gives various fleet command bonuses. This adds another glitch in the system for PVP parties

Logistical Support Vessels

Ships of this class can gain the ability to use the Triage module and have certain features that limit is overall effectiveness in a combat situation without fleet support. This will satisfy most incursion pilots and possibly allow for more room for other ships that go both ways as of armor, shield, and omni-tank firing platforms.

Exploration Platforms

Ships of this class involve stealth and scanning to track sites and other players very quickly among the system the ship is located in. The current set-up is pretty standard for what is needed for these types of ships.

Interdiction Brigades

Full on scrambling ships that are hard to kill and jam. Bonuses for drones and a role bonus that benefit the survive-ability of the ship overall.

why dosnt the hull get a drone speed bonus then? or a special ability to deply sentrys and the sentrys move with the ship as if they were teathered by tractorbeams

lots of people, just cause you wont or others may have alts dual boxed for scanning

the ring end.

idea.. remove turrets. make it like 6/6/8 or 5/7/8 or even 5/7/7

keep exploration bonuses.

give it blops like cloak but raise the speed% while cloaked to like 300m/s

100% bonus to drone dmg or +1 drone per level of galente BS

also shield/armor/energy transfer amount/range

and have it like a subcap Carrier with an exploration twist with a maint bay for holding the SOE frigate in (fitted)

also give it corp bay and refit ability. could be useful for wspace

and if all the above needs are met i guarantee it will be worth the 2bill price tag

ps. needs better scan res.

After a second thought if it would get a 6th turret it would also become useful for incursion, as drones (sentry) or not that popular there. Besides, like I said, it currently has less dps that domi...

What about just making lasers it's primary weapon and drones secondary?