Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I have a good working idea for what we could/should see with these new t3 dessies that will be released, and I'll be trying my hand at predicting what a good setup for the bonuses and weapons layout will be. At this point i think it's far too early to speculate on things like hp, speed, capacitor etc. so we'll be looking at general things like bonuses and fittings, and try to wrap our heads around what these things will look like on the field.

NOTE: It is being assumed these ships will have full t2 resists akin to their Strategic Cruiser counterparts, but only for defensive mode.



MINMATAR T3 DESTROYER (name to be announced

slot layout: 8/4/3
6 missile hardpoints, 6 turret hardpoints
15 drone bandwidth, 20 m3

Defensive mode bonuses:
5% bonus to missile firing rate per level
5% bonus to projectile firing rate per level
7.5% bonus to shield booster effectiveness per level

Snipe mode bonuses:
10% bonus to small projectile turret damage per level
20% bonus to small projectile turret optimal range per level

Speed mode bonuses:
10% bonus to small projectile turret tracking speed per level
10% bonus to small projectile turret falloff range per level
5% bonus to missile damage per level

CALDARI T3 DESTROYER (name to be announced)

slot layout: 8/5/2
7 launcher slots

Defensive mode bonuses:
10% bonus to kinetic missile damage per level
4% bonus to shield resist per level
5% bonus to missile explosion radius per level

Snipe mode bonuses:
10% bonus to missile velocity per level
10% bonus to missile flight time per level
10% bonus to missile kinetic damage per level

Speed mode bonuses
10% bonus to missile velocity per level
10% bonus to missile explosion velocity per level
5% bonus to missile firing rate per level


GALLENTE T3 DESTROYER

slot layout: 7/3/4
7 turret slots
30 drone bandwidth, 60 m3 bay

Defensive mode bonuses:
10% bonus to small hybrid turret tracking speed per level
10% bonus to drone hp and damage per level
7.5% bonus to small armor repair effectiveness per level

Snipe mode bonuses:
5% bonus to small hybrid turret damage per level
20% bonus to small hybrid turret optimal range per level

Speed mode bonuses:
10% bonus to drone hp and tracking speed per level
10% bonus to small hybrid turret optimal range per level
10% bonus to small hybrid turret tracking speed per level


Thoughts? I thought it would be good to have minmatar mix missile and projectile bonuses to give them a broader range of combat options without limiting them too much with one or the other, and being careful with the gallente boats' drones to make sure it didn't spit out absolutely insane dps.

EDIT: I have taken out the Confessor as it is already in-game, and was not updated prior to being put in the game.

The stat boost will be to speed and agility at the expense of hp or resists. Speed boost combat bonuses focus on tracking and application bonuses which falls in line with being a fast and/or kiting ship. There is no need for a speed bonus per level if those stats are already rolled into the ship. It also has less damage than the combat mode.

which would obviously be a stat rolled into the ship for that mode and not a bonus on the ship...

gonna say this. they lost me at caldari will be missiles. It may be guns and I hope it is. there is enough missile spamming and it be nice to have another potentially good hybrid boat.

And well the other 3 races are probably going to be based to some degree on how amarr (comes out first iirc) will be used (or potentially abused lol).

oops I'll fix that thnx

Confessor has been updated.

Updated the Confessor to be a little more logical; the model shows it having 4 guns, and having a resist bonus to me makes a little more sense than an HP bonus, so I've updated that.

Would rather see the Caldari one be missiles that way all primary weapon systems are represented

the resists thing was mentioned by CCP awhile ago .. at the start of the tiercide project

pretty sure they mentioned navy like tank including T1 resists