Player Features and Ideas Discussion

A while- because most pirate battleships aren't available in high-sec.

Other pirate battleship are available as a drop. There is no drop of SOE ships (unless you blow up other capsullers:P)

I don't really understand the argument for having getting rid of these. If they are gone, they wouldn't be replaced with something else. They are there because it keeps theme with the other two Sisters ships, and it will likely get used by at least some people for the occasional ghost site or finding sites or for future content that uses hacking.

Seeing Fozzie's newest update, here's a modified design of the last one I suggested:

Nestor

Amarr Battleship Skill Bonus:
4% bonus to armor resists per level

Gallente Battleship Skill Bonus:
+1 active drone per level

Role Bonuses:
50% bonus to Large Energy Turret optimal range
50% bonus to drone tracking, optimal range and velocity
50% bonus to remote armor repairer amount
100% bonus to remote armor repairer range
50% bonus to scan strength of probes
+15 to virus strength of analyzers

Can fit Covert Ops Cloaking Devices

Drones under the control of this ship will not be targeted by Sleeper Drones

The Nestor is incapable of fitting Cynosural Field Generators

Slot Layout: 6H, 6M, 7L; 4 Turrets, 0 Launchers
Drones (bandwidth/bay): 200/500
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 90km / 95 / 7
Cargo Capacity: 700

Seeing as it's acceptable to use five role bonuses now, I suggest this.

This ship would be able to operate effectively in wormholes as a logistics ship, as well as a strong and effective ship to use against Sleepers. Additionally, the inability to fit cynosural fields would prevent it from being used for some things it wasn't designed for.

And seeing the enormous price this will carry, I believe this isn't overpowered: this could be used interestingly.

Thanks for reading~♪

You're never going to get +1 Drone/skill level...ever. If it's not through some sort of module don't even ask because it's been done in the past and it's just too OP and it was taken away.

CCP Rise has stated repeatedly that the hacking role bonus is actually a bonus...it's not something they're willing to replace with something else and if it gets removed it'll just be gone. The ship has in effect 4 role bonuses considering the addition of the RR range bonus they've decided to add and I think that's super generous of them because it's more than any other faction BS has.

So no med bay or sma like the hihh res photo shows?

Those imo would be better then hacking bonus.

Though if its that or nothing I guess we can keep it :/

Rise, Since the other sister of eve ships can use the covert jump portals.. Do they have to use non-SOE ships to create these portals?

If they are to save people, how do they jump .. get to the system to save these ships? If the Nester can't do these things will we be having a jump portal carrier hybrid in the future for SOE?

Not that I'm suggesting ways to burn isk and LP or anything...

Ninja Edit Three.. Is the crazy rings for Warp Speed? 8.0 warp speed on a a battleship...

@CCP Rise

If you want to make it "logistic" ship and trying to be unique why not give big bonuses for use of LOGISTIC DRONES (bigger than traditional logi gets)? This way it's unique, it doesn't interefere directly with existing logistics and keep repping power. If it want to gank someone it launches garde/ogres. If it want to save someone it launches logistic drones (shield or armor). Imho it would go well with humanitarian aspect os SOE so ships can save and defend itself.

This way it might, MIGHT, MIGHT be possible to allow it to launch up to 10 medium drones (but this idea is very risky and need deep consideration). ( BIG NO to 10 big drones)

Regards!

Focus the ship. The logistics BS is the best way to go. Focus should be on effective remote reps in a group PVP/PVE environment. Fill the gap between logistics ship and carrier. Range of 20-30km for ALL remote reps and energy transfers. Bonus to ALL remote rep and energy transfer amount. 6-7-7 layout. 5 turrets. No resist bonus. Let the players choose how to tank it. No weapon bonus, except for drone damage, repair amount, speed, and optimal range. 400m3 drone bay. 125mb bandwidth. Players have a lot of freedom in how they want to use it.

In the alternative, give it some totally wild new ability. For example, give it a ship bay that will hold one frigate. Then give it a special ability that the ship remains cloaked for five minutes if you eject from it (as long as you are not targeted and have no aggro timer). This lets a solo player scout themselves through hostile space.

Think outside the box and focus the damn ship on a role that makes sense in Eve, not based on some silly theme.

Here is the argument.

1) Would you (this is a direct question) fly this 2 billion isk battleship it to go hack a site?

2) ... see 1.

Hacking a site by using this ship is kind of like stealing from a Deli in downtown Manhattan, and your getaway car is a Jumbo Jet parked on 3rd avenue.

If these bonuses weren't factored into the total budget of the ship though, fine.

People will scream when they try to fit this ship towards its bonuses though.