Player Features and Ideas Discussion

During the WH townhall I asked CCP fozzie if we could get some ships to replace carriers and dreads as force multipliers in wormholes. He asked what we could do to marauders as the Nestor is covering the carrier role) and I didn't have an answer for him. So I give you Ewar marauders or Ewastion Black O(ps.

Marauders would just get the individual bonuses while Bastion is activated.
Black ops would get a new ewarsation module that would make the ship immune to ewar and velocity to 0 (no tank bonus but can still receive reps).

The fact that marauders (or black ops with an ewarstion) cant move would be balanced out with range bonuses, effectiveness of the ewar type would be increased, however each kind of ewar bonus also comes with a disadvantage like long cycle time or massive cap usage.


Kronos or Sin
200% increase in Remote Sensor Dampener cycle time
37.5% bonus to Remote Sensor Dampener effectiveness
37.5% bonus to Remote Sensor Dampener optimal range and falloff

Paladin or Redeemer
250% bonus to Energy Vampire and Energy Neutralizer drain amount
100% increase in Energy Vampire and Energy Neutralizer cycle time
50% bonus to Energy Vampire and Energy Neutralizer transfer range

Vargur or Panther
400% increase in Stasis Webifier cycle time
50% bonus to Stasis Webifier effectiveness
60% bonus to Stasis Webifier optimal range

Golem or Widow
30% Bonus to ECM Target Jammer strength
37.5% Increase in ECM Target Jammer optimal range and falloff
500% Increase in ECM Target Jammer capacitor usage

While im not sure about the suggested ewar bonuses in detail i like this idea.
On a sidenote this seems like clearly Blackops bonuses to me ( i consider Marauder Larger Hacs and Black Ops Larger Recons (cause they are sneaky rather than bruteforce))

What could go wrong? Lolz, way to overpowered.

If the idea is to broaden and diversify maurader roles, then it seems that a series of Bastion-like modules could be introduced.

Current Bastion increases tank and application of dps. The reliance on local tank enforced by being unable to receive remote assistance of any kind makes it a flanking skirmisher.

An Assault module could increase raw dps without the tank bonus, leaving either the immunity to ewar or a much enhanced resistance, and allow fleet support in the form of remote boosts and logistics.

Support module could improve sensors and provide range/cap/performance of fleet assistance modules like sensor boosters and logistics.

Command module could allow for the deployment of links, only while active.

Other roles could be rolled out, making mauraders able to take full advantage of the spare slots and fill many gaps in the battleship ship lines.

And then watch it die horribly to half a dozen ishtars?
And yeah, the ECM cap usage was supposed to be able to stop its tank from getting out of hand, what would really help is bonuses that would stop the ships from dpsing, a paladin has that built in with ewar slots filling up the high slots, vargurs will take a hit to tank with mid slots.` kronoi will have bad range? I dunno, maybe give the marauders the ewar bonus when their NOT in bastion?

ewastion black ops = the best idea

nestor

Really, the functionality of any of the deployables recommends itself for a bastion style module to create a situation where marauders become the backbone of fleets that are indeed intended to penetrate into enemy space and pillage.

Module that creates a ship maintenance array when activated, while creating a largish corp hanger for fittings, allowing for mobile yet resilient logistics. Rather than stopping all movement, slow speed to 99% so the ship is capable of aligning to help keep it mobile.

Module that acts as the microjump deployable, mirroring the bridging ability for use in hit and run tactics on a local grid level.

Cynojamming, even theft of moon mining products... all fit within tactics that the name marauder suggests the ships should be employed in.