Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Plain and simple they need to fix defender missiles, no need to add a new thing to the game when one that could do the same job already exists in the game but is very poorly implemented.

I wonder what the utilization numbers for defender missiles even are these days?

Along with the heavy handed anti bomb defender missile rework I mentioned previously, a shotgun style smartbomb with a cone effect would work for missiles,but with bombing style attributes,that is it is a forward facing only weapon. A very short falloff, low damage and long cycle time would reduce the incoming missile dps, say 20 km range, 4-5 km falloff( or less).

Low damage so it is not used as a pipe bomb style weapon, less damage to friendlies, and little use against bombs, etc. It is really only to be used for missiles and approaching heavy drones, Light and mediums too, but they are fast enough that the timing would be luck of the draw.
Its hardly point defense, but a projected one,and requiring the ship mounting it to fly into the oncoming missiles. For the missile boats, tricky split groupings would/could fake out the ship because of the long cycle time.

For an additional handicap, it would be a BS class weapon, so t3 bc's could still mount them. Lost DPS as a trade for a very specific defense. If drone boats need a handicap because of all the utility high slots, it could nerf bandwith if mounted.

On the whole there should be many drawbacks to using these defensive "weapons" such that it is less useful for solo fighting, and more for medium to large fleet combats.

There were waaaay too many lines to fit this into the bad idea thread.

I would suggest a CIWS Module similar to the Bastion Module. When the CIWS is fit to a CIWS Battleship it allows that Battleship to fit CIWS related turrets designed to actively lock onto any small combat drone, bomb, missile (each class of missile would have its own script), torpedo or frigate. Depending upon what the captain of the CIWS BS is trying to keep from penetrating the fleet would determine which script, small combat drone, bomb, missile, torpedo or frigate would be scripted to the CIWS Module.

A standard model hull design such as the Hyperion would be used where the bonuses for the normal hull would be stripped and bonuses for each script applied to the hull...nah we need new ship hull designs.

For example the Hyperion would receive a bonus of 2% tracking speed for Anti-torpedo CIWS turrets fit per level.

All CIWS BS would have bonuses for small combat drone and frigate (piloted)

Base line hull CIWS Module bonuses:

Small Combat Drone Tracking Speed Bonus : 15%
Frigate Tracking Speed Bonus : 10%

Other bonuses would include:

Targeting Speed, Targeting Range, Optimal Range, Weapon Ammunition Reload, Rate of Fire, Signature Analysis (number of locked targets)

All of the bonuses would be controlled from the CIWS Module itself where bonuses from the ship design would increase the bonuses the of the CIWS module fit.

Once the CIWS Module had been fit it would not be able to be removed and would be destroyed the same as Rig would be when removed.

The CIWS BS would have the tank of the very best Battlecruiser in space for shield or armor.

I think that a CIWS ship is definitely needed and would in fact be a welcome site on the battlefield where large battles take place where large numbers of drones and frigates are deployed.

Maybe a Flak Module would be best. The Flak Module would tremendous damage against small objects such as drones and frigates but not much damage at all against larger ships.

Each Flak Module fit the Flak BS would rapidly (ever 5 to 10 seconds) three small charges that would explode at ranges depending upon their charge type or either 5,10,15,20,25 or 30km.

The base charge would each have a 250m damage radius for a total damage radius of 750m or a diameter of 1500, base damage would come in all types and would be 100 hit points for each charge in a group fired.

Chance of charges not holding a compact pattern, 65%. This means that one or all charges could fly off trajectory and explode someplace outside of the initial explosion radius, due in part to impacting small debris in space.

TII Charges would each have a 250m damage radius for a total damage radius of 750m or a diameter of 1500, base damage would come in all types and would be 125 hit points for each charge in a group fired.

Chance of charges not holding a compact pattern, 45%.

Officer Charges would each have a 300m damage radius for a total damage radius of 900m or a diameter of 1800, base damage would come in all types and would be 175 hit points for each charge in a group fired.

Chance of charges not holding a compact pattern, 15%

The Flak Module would produce similar effects that Smart Bombs do in High and Low Sector.