Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Actually i do not believe so... point 3 of the original concept says no warp or jump while active..... even tho it's micro.. its still a jump.

But since the real capture event will be spread all over the constellation (for the thigns tha seriously matter at least) that measn we will have a much more interesting scenario where several small and medium fleets fight each other and maybe two large fleets duke out at one point while this struggle develops.

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I think it is more likely "zerg rush for tears"

Why try hold SOV when you can just keep making the SOV defenders crazy from your NPC base of operations?

It's in the original dev blog actually. Yes, an alliance wide Eve Mail is sent out when one of your structures is under attack at the moment when the first warmup cycle finishes on a structure.



Nope, it's legal just like the MWD. Specified in this post by Fozzie in the old thread. (though someone corrected me on a MJD breaking target locks, as long as the start and end point are in lock range you won't loose lock)



Why? What does this add to gameplay besides another barrier to effective use of the module? Part of the point here is to remove barriers to entry for Sov Warfare and taking Sov.

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Nolak, fair points but I feel this is getting off topic and no longer pertains to the discussion at hand.

Suddenly worm holes.
(That will be the best source of fun living in a WH. "We have a link to Null Sec? Whoopie! Grab that Entosis wand, let's go annoy someone!")

The barrier of entry is already there due to the minimum skill requirement to use. The benefit to gameplay is it makes things slightly less predictable and adds a slight difference between those who just meet minimum requirements and those who choose to train further.

It's one of the core mechanics of how items work in EVE, and almost every single item/ship can be improved in some way if one trains beyond the minimum requirements.

On this module, a range bonus is useful, without becoming mandatory, in the way that a cycle time reduction bonus would be.

It also is a stealth doubling of range for the T1 module, which lets trollceptors and similar fits actually kite while using it as well, so yea nah.

how many ships could nail a troll-ceptor at 30km? hmmmmm, lemme think, anything cruiser sized and upwards using long-range weapons, t3d's in sniper mode with rangey weapons, any T1 desty with rangey weapons, a griffin could jam it, a hyena could web it, and a sentinel could neut it dry..... I don't have an issue with this, if the defending side isn't willing to risk a t1 desty (perhaps 2) to drive off/disrupt a troll-ceptor, they deserve to lose sov, and it's no big issue to place 4 different racial T1 desties in each system you hold sov

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my first mission running BC - 720mm arty cane - short range ammo (fusion, EMP, phased plasma) would probably one-shot a troll-ceptor

Infomorph Psychology is a very basic skill that almost everyone trains to at least level 1, and Level 4 is at worst a less than 3 day train with no implants and a bad remap.

Also, while improvement of capability through skills is certainly one of the core features of Eve it's by no means universal. Every item has stats that can't be improved through training, and there is a small but significant number of items that don't offer any method of improvement. In-fact, one of the most iconic items in the game doesn't, the Invulnerability Field. There is no skill that affects any characteristic of that module other than Thermodynamics for overheating.

There's also a major difference in "skills required to fit the module" and "skills required to use the module effectively" in terms of a barrier to entry. If the player-base decides that the module is only really useful for a fleet comp with the relevant skills at 5 then anyone without that requirement can't participate with those players (probably a substantial portion of the player-base).

Just making things 'slightly less predictable' isn't a particularly good reason to add advancement to these modules outside of their tiers. There's already enough unpredictable about an engagement between fleets, and it's extremely likely that players will just determine what the best approach is and everyone will use that, making it predictable.

AMARR VICTOR!

I'll glance over cargo bay volumes for most shiptypes of all races in a sec.

Edit:

AF: Two frigates stand out - Hawk @ 300 m3 and Vengeance 210 m3; most are around 135 m3.
BC: Gnosis has 900 m3, Talos 600 m3, Tornado 535 m3; the rest 350-475 m3.
BS: Averages out to 600 m3; Hyperion and Megathron at 675 m3. All pirate faction Battleships are 665 m3, Nestor 700 m3. (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง
Cruisers: All over the place with 300-480 m3.
T1 Destroyers: 300-450 m3.
HACs: Avg 450 m3 with Sac and Cerberus @ 615/650 m3, and fagetship @ 560 m3.
Ceptors: Avg 90 m3.
Dictors: 400 m3.
Marauders: 1100 m3. (° ͡ ͜ ͡ʖ ͡ °)
Recons: 315 m3.
Stealth bombers: 260-ish m3.
T3: Tengu & Legion @ 430 / 300 m3 AFAIR.

T3Ds: Confessor 400 m3, Sviipul 430 m3. ᕦ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕤ