EVE General Discussion

I'd like to see T3 BCs or at least T2.
Something like tier3 BCs but with better utility and drones :D

My Sleipnir would like to speak with you.

Was talking about Tier3 BC converting into T2.

I'd give most of you guys left nuts for a chance to fly tech III frigates man.

Edit: Someone in the thread mentioned Tech III miners, which wouldn't be a bad idea. After all all tech III production begins with mining gas, therefore gasminers would be exposed to tech III fairly soon and try to incorperate it. There have been many suggestions done on the ideas form for them. They would have a role, and honestly when was the last time the miners got any love?

PS: I myself hate mining.

Never , reasons
EVE doesn t need a ship that is completly overpowered
Just compare t1 cruiser with their t2 counterparts and then both with their t3 cousin, apply that difference in performances to battleships and you have a monster that will only be used in pve. Since it is way to expensive to risk it in pvp and EVE doesn t need a new pve only ship we already have marauders

Well, they said frigates first.

But since you have more DPS and tank on a CRUISER than most battleships, I have a feeling capital damage and tank in high-sec is a bad idea and won't ever happen.

They need to balance out the cruisers first where they are customizable ships mainly and not so powerful. Then it would be a nice thing.

I have been thinking about a Tech 3 orca of sorts. Would require a whole new set of subsystems but the idea would be based on the fact that the orca already has a modular look to it. It still would not be able to mine (not anymore anyway, i.e. mining drones) and would not give any better bonuses, but would give miners a new toy and something they can personalize to fit their needs. There could be a subsystem to allow it to use ore compressor( maybe less effieciently to make a difference), to give it bigger drone bay/drones, for defense, for bigger cargo bay, make it able to carry combat ships, more tank, more agility, more command modules, a logistics role, guns, etc. etc.

Feel free to point out why this would be stupid, it is still a larval form idea in my mind. I think it would be cool, give indies to work towards that want to stick to high sec but without killing the mineral market by making minerals easier to get.

Hopefully Never.

Look at T3 cruisers and (ignoring cost) see what they've already made obsolete:

All HACs.
Partly usurped Force Recons.
Partly usurped Command Ships for fleet bonuses
All Covops. (and with far less training time for an equivalent probe strength)
And they're now for the most part the PVE/Mission running boats of choice, so they've already made BS/BC for PVE obsolete.

Do we really need to finish obsoleteing the entire Battleship / Battlecruiser class as well?

Oh sure, they're far more expensive than any of these, skillpoint loss, blah blah. but not expensive enough for a ship that can do the job of many others better than those focused purpose ships can do themselves, and with only a fraction of the SP required.

Yeah I agree!

Strange how it has made them all obsolete, yet they are all still used all the time.... >.>

It takes MUCH more sp to fly a proby tengu then it does to fly a buzzard, and about 100 times more expensive. I also do not know many people that would pick a tengu over a rook or falcon for ECM Recon Role, or to cyno in a friendly fleet.