Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I'd like to see some more unusual bonuses for these ships, rather than more of the same old weapon and tank (yawn) bonuses.

Perhaps a reduction of WH effects? A bonus to microjump drive distance and recharge? Or bonuses to chronically under-powered and under-utilized modules, such as TSBs? Or how about adding a drone bay, with bonuses to EW drones?

Or even when it fits a cloak, let this ship be able to warp cloaked, keep all the other T2 cloak restrictions, but allow this, it would be a tragedy for a ship made from wormhole materials, invented in wormholes, built in wormholes, be used primarily in Kspace

And what about bubble nullification?

I can't disagree, that there are a lot of really interesting features on the ship, lots of new interesting ideas, The concern I have is how all that comes together, into a ship that is truly a desireable and sensible choice to use without being able to warp cloaked. I still think that in spite of the great efforts CCP have made to understand Wormhole space they have not fully appreciated just how Critical this is in our daily lives.

We have other ships that don't and we use those, but pretty much there is a compelling reason to use them. A feature that is just not available othewise. Interdictors and interceptors are a good example. Other uncloaked ships, tend to remain in the Home system or the static, only venturing beyond that when attacking an identified foe with full support or other limited conditions.

We have a new opportunity now with the new light shattered space, excellent, I am really looking forward to that, but the one thing it lacks is a combat cloaked ship. We Have T3 and the sisters ships in J-space. The T3 in the new S-space cannot do that job.

I am a little afraid it will be a little like the nestor, lots of interesting features, but lacking the one essential component that prevents it being what it should be for widespread wormhole use.

I understand that there are worries about it being overpowered, and possibly the new S-space might just be too hardcore, if Cloaked combat ships were there. The astero, the nearest thing to it, does not get it's drones bonused in the wolf rayett effect so unfortunately cannot take on that role.
Possibly if light drones were to be counted when applying the wolf rayett effect, and enabling the astero to act as the covert combat vessel, that Would be very helpful.

On the confessor, If one of the modes could operate a T2 cloak with an exception that enabled the ship to warp cloaked, with a delay to lock time and the other T2 restrictions, that might provide the best balance, Not a full covert ops cloak, but gaining the ability that is most important in wormhole space.
Otherwise this may leave the confessor, in that strange limbo of being achingly desireable, but not quite right for wormhole life.

We will see, hopefully a resolution can be found.

Either way, CCP I love what you are doing, so much exciting stuff, and imaginative ideas, Thank you. Please do not take this as criticism, it is just openly discussing things from a wormholers point of view.

A cloaking ability would make the ship too powerful. Hell, I'm skeptical on giving it a scan probe bonus. As it stands, though, this ship has an amazing range of uses for an incredibly low skill requirement and cost. I'm down with it and look forward to flying all of the d3's.

I think the lack of drones or tracking speed bonuses on this ship will make it pretty vulnerable to brawlers getting under its guns. That said, I think it's a good balance to it; i just wish that it had a 20/40 drone bay or a full flight of flights. Idk it just looks like it might have some problems without a tracking speed bonus or a few drones.

Not every ship in the game needs a drone bay. Particularly frigate and destroyer hulls.

im not going to say that I support a cloak or not, but using these as probers in wormhole space is.. Well it's not smart. This game does need a combat probing ship though.

It's value in wormhole pvp hunting is significantly diminished vs using a covops scout.

Rest of eve, yea it has value.

Wormhole space.. Not so much.

I will say this, assuming you use a frig wormhole, raiding other wormholes will be slightly easier, and the possibility of sieging (pretty much bonkers using small guns) is a really remote possibility.

It's an alternative.

I would like to know why the decision not to by ccp.

Combat prober, great.
Small and fast, awesome

Lack of cloaked hunting in wh space... Umm... I guess...

Removed some off topic posts.

It's a destroyer without a tracking bonus to its guns. Call me old-fashioned, but that seems a little off to me. Adding some drones, especially since it's an amarr boat, doesn't seem too outlandish an idea to me.