Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Interesting to finally see it, but if you really want it to make sense with the rest of the SOE ships, and to make it TRULY UNIQUE, it needs to have a covert jump drive, and a rep range bonus (not rep power). BLOPS logi from a faction ship with significantly higher price would be a perfect fit. I'd even be in favour if killing or nerfing the drone bonus if it got the other features.

Pricing and availability would keep it from showing up in fleet battles in more than token amounts.

e: maybe give it the ability to light covert cynos as well - it would be a great fit with the probing bonus and BLOPS usage. A subcap ship that's going to trade into the billions should have some unique abilities.

You have an opportunity here to make something that is NOT like every other ship in the game.

This looks like probably the most shizo ship design ever.

And honestly, it's boring. I was hoping to see those stats asap, but the ship ended up being just underbonused Dominix with laser and "explo" bonuses noone will ever use.

Refitting in combat is massively broken and is due to be nerfed loads.

CCP Rise,

while the team is doing work on the Nestor, could there be consideration for a 5 second cloak refresh for the astero and the Stratios ?

Please make it covops capable (or at least grant it some cloack bonus), their whole theme evolves around it.
I mean you send a self-sufficient expedition deep within uncharted territory for long term deployment, and (basically) your support ship is the only one that left it's stealth-socks at home? Logic.

It's like saying that from the strategic bombing unit (B2's and F-117's) the B2 (the most important part of the unit) is not stealth capable. Yea, great thing his buddies are...

This is what is needed. Dps maybe a little to much, so maybe 15% to turret dmg? EDIT: Personally i would give it 6th unbonused turret, 1 mid to low, and keep rr bonus (but due to the 6th turret only one could be fitted).

Only, SOE shouldn't be considered "Peacekeepers". You've got the exploration on the way in, the Asteros. The strength to fight lies in the Stratios. The Nestor should be the last input. The help to stay (repping, as has already been designed) or the choice to leave (carrier or distraction to serve as a method of leaving).

Turning it into nothing but another laser boat would just serve to further generalise the ship and be the final nail in the coffin for it's uniqueness.

My apologies, sleep-deprived mind skipped over the fact it was a quote from another. I still hold it should not be a heavy-hitter though.

Imma have to go with "bleh". How is this supposed to make it attractive for wormholes when everything else does a much better job at all of it's gimmicky roles. Very niche at best and, frankly, disappointing.

Yes I agee. That's why I advocated lowering the dps but keeping the rr capability. It makes the ship unique. The biggest problem i see with making it a pocket-carrier is that carrier cost about the same ISK... so really no point in BS logi. Besides you can't take a BS and force it into being an oversized cruiser or a mini carrier - game mechanics does not promote such abominations...

As for making it a laser boat, I dont agree. There is the Nightmare which is a shield ship, there is a Baal that has lasers but the dps is not its primary role, and now we have Nestor which has laser but they are not a primary weapon. So we have 3 pirate laser platforms of which none is good at using lasers in PvP (Nightmare is good for PvE). What i would like to see is a pirate version of Abaddon (not saying it has to be Nestor).