Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Another silly idea, maybe already suggested, i didn't search.

Tech 3 Freighter

- Capital Subsystems based hauler
- Common hull
- One Main deck subsystem
- Four Hauling subsystems
- One Propulsion subsystem


Hauling subsystem types:
- Ore (1,000,000 m3 capacity)
- Components/Materials (250,000 m3 capacity)
- Ships (900,000 m3 capacity)
- Ship Equipment (250,000 m3 capacity)

You can use any of those, several if you like, i.e. 4 Ore subsystems to obtain a 4,000,000 m3 bulker.

If the ship is destroyed, the hauling subsystems float in space and can be attached to another hull in space, but cannot be removed in space, you must be docked in a station.


Propulsion subsystem types:
- Regular warp drive
- Jump drive

Regular warp drive is the same as Freighters, and ship is able to go everywhere, including highsec and wormholes if maximum mass jump allows it.
Jump drive is the same as Jump Freighters.

You can't fit both, this meaning that the Jump drive cannot warp/subwarp (i.e. can't move), and have to be towed by a Rorqual with Capital Tractor Beam.


Main Deck subsystem types:

May contain a number of high/medium/low power slots, and have different kinds of bonuses (speed, agility, eWar, etc...)

Another expensive ship to kill.

Adds bigger bulker and ship transport

i think you should rethink your warp/jumpdrive idea.

rather enable a faster warp for normal freighters, and a slower warp for jump capable ships, in addition to perhaps drawbacks on some of the other components like say m3.

So if say the ship could only warp, then it would have more m3 than a t1 freighter.

But if it could jump, then it would have slightly more m3 than a jf or something along those lines.

Add interdiction nullifier and covops, problem solved.

If CCP thought like that with the t3s we have today, there would have been much rage.

Imagine a legion with no turrets if it had warp, having to refit each time you wanted pew pew.

You'd be skinned alive.

What's the mass of this freighter expected to be?

Same as Freighter, maybe a little more

Still trying to find the way for the engines without rendering Freighters and Jump Freighters useless...

I do realize that now warp at all is a strong disadvantage, but it can haul up to 4,000,000 m3 of compressed ore, this is heavy

Anyway you can install a warp drive but you won't be able to jump. You have the choice.

Like it is is can haul 1,000,000 m3 of stuff, but divided in 4 cargoholds so Freighter is still usefull cause it's the only ship able to deploy capital structures like iHub or others.