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Okay, from a previous few posts I have condensed my thoughts on a valid point defense system as an alternative to “Tracking Disruptors” for missiles.

Why don't we have functioning, smart, point defense systems? A point defense system that can shoot down drones and missiles? It would actually make far more sense than a "Missile Tracking Disruptor"

The module would be a simple high slot module, not a launcher or turret. This allows it to be fitted in any high slot. The module could either be sized or could have a very unique fitting attribute in that it uses a percentage of the ships CPU and PG meaning it can be fitted to any sized ship. This style of fitting attribute would reflect in the number of point defense battery’s fitted to a ship dependant on the overall size of the ship.

The racial Point Defense System (PDS) would then have three different ammo types:
Anti Missile
Anti Drone
Anti Bomb

These ammo types would all deal a "special" type of damage. For arguments sake, we'll call it "Snowflake". Snowflake is a special damage type that is "invisible" to the player. You will never see snowflake damage or resists in any “Show Info” window. All items other than missiles, drones and bombs have a 100% resistance to it.

This will prevent PDS being used as an offensive weapon.

Now, the PDS is activated on a target ship, just like defender missiles work now. If you are using anti missile ammo, that ship will require to be launching missiles for it to activate. Same goes for drones. The PDS will then shoot down missiles or drones that the targeted ship “owns” effectively.

If Anti Bomb ammo is loaded, it will work exactly how FoF/Auto Targeting missiles work now with the caveat that their only valid target are bombs. This will allow the ship to effectively defend against bombers without having to target the bombs/bombers themselves.

Guess what else all of this would fix? !!Bombers!!

Ammo reload takes 30 seconds which can give windows of opportunity.

It could even be racial!

Amarr point defense lasers would be best vs missiles - instant damage, good range but poor tracking vs drones at short range.

Caldari point defense missiles would be the "all rounder". Okay vs drones and missiles due to not requiring tracking but travel time

Galente Point Defense Blasters would be best vs drones - poor range but excellent application and damage

Minmatar Point Defense Guns would be another all rounder but lower projection with higher RoF.

I can't tell you how much I would love a Destroyer hull fitted out with point defense flying amongst the fleet performing the "Screening" role. You could even have a T2 version!

Yes, a fleet of battleships protected by a squadron of point defense Destroyers would be immune to bombers.

Also, Destroyers are squishy so it wouldn't be difficult to clear the field of enemy Point Defense.

It would actually create a lot of new game play that is extremely newbro friendly as any fleet commander will want some screening destroyers in his/her fleet.

Que fleet commanders screaming "POINT DEFENSE! POINT DEFENSE!" when they see bombers decloaking and the newbros flying Defense Destroyers (“DD”’s or “Dee Dee’s”) screening the fleet hit their PDS modules that were pre loaded with anti bomb ammo.

If you're the newbro who saves the fleet of battleships from the bombing run you will be sat there with a massive erection smile.

That would be hilarious.

Broken but still hilarious.

And I wanna blabla.. You guys and your pimp-my-ride-obsessions

Are you aware that not all modules have / need a faction one? Then some modules have faction ones but the tech2 are more desireable.

I'll take an Estamel's modified every day if we could increase the drop rates a bit..

How about one ECM module that doesn't even need scripts.
Lets be really OP and call it something like, ummm.... Multispectrum ECM, yea, that's a good name for it.

Yeah but they don't have the same strength as racial ECM.
So why should ECM be less effective than disruptors?

A module (multispectrum ecm) that is 50% less effective than racial jams, is not balanced if a Tracking Disruptor is able to fit missile scripts.

Eve is about fitting choices not 1 module fits all.

It's not a combined bonus of optimal/falloff. It's a 86% loss for optimal and 86% loss for fallof.

Yes, he said. I read it differently.

My concerns about unbonused still stand though.

BiaB would probably make this a non issue.

Thing is we already have this in game (defender missiles). It's just not effective.

Also, [AFAIK] grouped missiles don't work as a group of multiple missiles. They look like they are but they are not. They are a "Super Missile" with a a cumulative HP pool and damage value that is the sum of all the missiles. You can then lower this damage value by lowering the HP pool with SB's or defender missiles. The client also renders this visually by showing you number of missiles left in the super missile.

The other side of the coin is also that the server needs to do all these calculations constantly for missiles in flight. If you destroy those missiles the calculations no longer need to be carried out so the problem of server load would self medicate.

I also wonder how missile disruption modules would effect missiles already in flight and then when falloff range begins to make the effectiveness of said modules sporadic, would the server then not be forced to "re-calculate" on and off causing more load?

Not that your later point isn't valued but hasn't ccp done 3 or 4 balance pages on missiles recently building up to this

That is part of why I'm so skeptical.

read back on the last Balance round, it got a great announcement on the o7 show, a thread on this forum, with a first days feedback. that they would be nerfed.

-Testers had to find out that stacking penalties where introduce to the point people had to point out it wasn't in the original patch notes, that got a reaction.

-The guidance modules came out as quick and cheap copy paste of turret guidance modules, even the bpo's where build around turret guidance modules, hilarious data cores needed or production.
I believe they have still the same fitting costs (which are high on CPU, the same thing that is high on launchers and shields)

- scripts weren't available

when it finally did work it was quite clear the modules did preform not very well, aside from a few niche fits.

and although asked, no feedback what so ever?

and here 3 months later comes and answer, we're going to put extra anti missile modules in. and to compensate we're going to buff our new module a bit.

The current missiles ships weren't designed around this new system, which means they need to drop other things to compensate, further lowering their DPS and or Tank.