Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Tbh given the cost, I'd be more inclined to just run a bunch of caracals to achieve the same thing, but without needing to retreat to address shields.

I mean, they're ok and all but just lack a certain....pizzazz* and niche. That's where I really struggle - finding a niche to put them in. There are a couple, but they are so narrow I'm left wondering why.


*Note this doesn't need to be a "power" thing, just some more style. For example I'd have liked to see them test out making them more alpha based, perhaps with negatives to RoF to compensate. You know, something different,

The last two days I was trying to figure this boat out but for the live of me it wasn't successful. The bullet points have been covered by now and only little comes to mind.

The shield hp bonus feels out of place on that ship and unvoluntarly forces the ship into a pre-fit kind of fitting and flying the ship in a pre-set fit in the mind of the creator.

Yeah, we get it you don't like missiles so why not make the blueprint have the buffer fit preassembled when the ship comes out of the bakery so the more than obvious weaknesses get masked in a shiney package?

The Confessor and that minmatar thing make fun of the Jackdaw or leave whenever they think they don't like to be there anymore, every time.

If you were to engage something like three Tristans in lowsec they will dismantle the Jackdaw so quickly that the unlucky pilot doesn't even know what's happening all the while the Confessor and that minmatar monstrocity would have made jokes about 'only three of them'.

It was already mentioned that one medslot could move in the lows and I would suggest baking the inertia bonus into the hull and increase the base speed of the Jackdaw by 33% in propulsion mode instead.

And while we are talking about missiles, we should talk rockets a bit. Rockets have been a joke since the day I joined and maybe they deserve to be made into a proper small missiles instead for once.
So a renaming would go a long way in public relations in favor of the rockets and when they have a cool name like 'small or light attack missile' and they would definately need an increase of base damage by 25%.

No hold your breath for a minute and let this sink in. On the first look 25% sounds like a ton and I already hear the outcry of OP on comms later today already.
In any case an example should put your minds at ease and 25% of 100 isn't that much all of a sudden anymore.

(And in case of the Jackdaw with one tech2 ballistic control one rocket volley would go from 460hp to 575hp damage rage rocket damage flying 8434 meters into the void hitting or not a shield or armor layer with 50% or less % of that 575hp every 1.8 seconds or 2 server ticks.)

Keep in mind that missiles do not really work in terms of dps and not all dps that your fitting screen shows is the same as the other dps and if people would finally realize and memorize it until the end of time some of our lifes would be much easier.

the HP bonus is out of place on a T3 ship its supposed to offer versatility and adaptability, thus the modes if you want the extra tank , mobility etc.. having hp baked in violates this theme, tracking or even just run with 1 bonus is the logical choice here.

I think the devs are underestimating the importance of speed in the current meta. There is a reason the garmur and orthrus are totally OP..... the ability to completely dictate range via speed and manouverability..... alongwith the ability to point and apply dps at that range.

The confessor and svipul will be superior boats to this ship, they have more speed and manouverability as well as significantly higher dps (though they have a lesser tank). Frankly, tank is irrelevant if u cant catch anything and everything else in the game can catch you when it wants to, cause it will be prepared when it does...... and then it will kill you irrespective of your tank.

Honestly, IMO the cancer reduction should start from bringing over-speeding cruisers back in line, and reigning in the garmur and orthrus. They are already faster than the current t3ds.

Just my 2 cents.....

On average, they are equal and slightly slower than T3Ds in Propulsion mode, with few notable exceptions like the Nomen, Orthus and most Matari boats.

But I see your point.

When someone figures out what the jackdaw is supposed to do let me know.

Ahh this is some funny stuff.

First CCP learn absolutely no lessons from the broken mess that is T3 cruisers, implement a second arbitrarily overpowered line of ships - but make an exception on the OPness for the Caldari one because of their standard "**** Caldari" doctrine.

This is of course assuming the Gallente one is going to follow the trend of the first two and will be a hilariously overpowered pwnmobile that obsoletes T1. If not, well at least they're picking on two races and not just their usual buttmonkey.

If this ship has got a winning fit, it is well hidden.

You can always bet on a caldari thread to have the wittiest comments! =)