Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Here's the Heavy Interdictor changes! The main thrust of the rebalance is to give all of the hictors a more robust secondary combat role. We'd like taking an occasional hictor along with a roaming fleet to feel fine even if you don't expect to run into a supercap.

Firstly, we are enabling overheat for Warp Disruption Field Generators with an overheat bonus that reduced cycle time by 1/3. This allows a hictor pilot to strategically reduce the cycle time of his bubble so that he can quickly disable it and receive reps if he gets primaried.

We're also making one significant addition to the focused point script:

When a Rorqual, Dreadnaught, Carrier, Supercarrier or Titan is pointed by a focused point they will not be able to jump through gates.

This is to counter the power of brawling with your caps on lowsec gates, and if things go bad jumping through and cynoing out since nobody can bubble the other side.

And here are the stat changes themselves:

Devoter

Amarr Cruiser Bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret capacitor use
5% bonus to Medium Energy Turret damage

Heavy Interdictor Bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret optimal range
5% bonus to range of Warp Disruption Fields

Role Bonus:
20% bonus to all Armor Resists
Can fit Warp Disruption Field Generators

Slot layout: 6H, 3M, 7L; 5(+1) turrets, 0 launchers
Fittings: 1265 PWG, 368 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1100(-293) / 2400(+312) / 1800(+112)
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 1625 / 335s / 4.85
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 215(+12) / 0.51(-0.084) / 16,200,000(+1,000,000) / 11.45s(-1.07)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 25(+25) / 50(+50)
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 65km(+10) / 250(-10) / 6(-1)
Sensor strength: 15
Signature radius: 140
Cargo Capacity: 375(+95)


Onyx

Caldari Cruiser Bonuses:
5% bonus to Kinetic Missile damage
5% bonus to Missile Launcher rate of fire

Heavy Interdictor Bonuses:
10% bonus to Missile velocity
5% bonus to range of Warp Disruption Fields

Role Bonus:
20% bonus to all Shield Resists
Can fit Warp Disruption Field Generators

Slot layout: 6H, 6M, 4L; 0 turrets, 5 launchers
Fittings: 900(+65) PWG, 560 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 2700(+696) / 1200(+4) / 1400(-6)
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 1250(+187.5) / 335s / 3.73(+0.56)
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 200(+2) / 0.55(+0.001) / 15,400,000(-20,000) / 11.74s()
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 0 / 0
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 80km / 240(+5) / 7(+1)
Sensor strength: 19(+3)
Signature radius: 150(+15)
Cargo Capacity: 450


Phobos

Gallente Cruiser Bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret tracking
5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret rate of fire

Heavy Interdictor Bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret optimal range
5% bonus to range of Warp Disruption Fields

Role Bonus:
20% bonus to all Armor Resists
Can fit Warp Disruption Field Generators

Slot layout: 6H, 4M, 6L; 5 turrets, 0 launchers
Fittings: 1165 PWG, 375 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 1300(+140) / 2200(+160) / 2500(-31)
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 1375 / 335s / 4.1
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 205(-4) / 0.58(+0.0285) / 14,000,000(-1,080,000) / 11.26s(-0.88)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 0 / 0
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 70km(+5) / 250(+25) / 6
Sensor strength: 17(+2)
Signature radius: 160
Cargo Capacity: 400(+85)


Broadsword

Minmatar Cruiser Bonuses:
5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret rate of fire
5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret damage

Heavy Interdictor Bonuses:
10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret falloff
5% bonus to range of Warp Disruption Fields

Role Bonus:
20% bonus to all Shield Resists
Can fit Warp Disruption Field Generators

Slot layout: 6H, 6M, 4L; 5 turrets, 3 launchers
Fittings: 1010 PWG, 392 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 2000(+418) / 1600(-404) / 1400(-6)
Capacitor (amount / recharge / cap per second) : 1250 / 335s / 3.73
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 220(+6) / 0.55(-0.0215) / 15,000,000(+180,000) / 11.44s(-0.3)
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 0 / 0
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 55km / 255(+10) / 6(+1)
Sensor strength: 14(+1)
Signature radius: 130
Cargo Capacity: 452

Let us know what you think!

why is devoter only one getting drones?

Yay! A viable secondary combat role is a good thing.

Also: stop tiptoeing around a T3 rebalancing!!11 ;-)

This is a fantastic idea.

No, it's not.
It would just make gate camps/station camps more powerful.
This is not good gameplay, because ppl have to undock/jump blindly and are then faced with inevitable death.
In the short run, lazy campers will cheer, in the long run, people will avoid jumping and undocking - which is a bad thing.

so you can blob the smaller groups on the gates with shitload of hics and utterly promote the blob in lowsec?

I like the changes in phobos since hopefully its gonna make people learn how to travel by gates

I like this

It is extremely surprising to see the damage on Hictors unchanged for most part.

1- They need drones. ALL OF THEM. (Even the caldari, yes yes)

2- They need more DPS. Nothing groundbreaking, but for instance the onyx is still limited to kinetic AND has crappy damage bonuses.

Currently a Hictor is just good at bubbling and... doing nothing else. Its not really fun gameplay:/ At least if frigates had to think twice before dumbly orbiting a hictor at 500, that'd be awesome

Giving Hictors a secondary role is a perfect balance to the lifting of the DD ban in LS. Thank you :)

good shizzle