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They are primarily used for the neut resist, not the cap bonus. I don't think there have been any good applications other than fitting 3-4 on a heavily neuted capital.
This will change with the introduction of stacking penalties, capital cap boosters and no in-fight refitting.

Unless you're planning to add the neut resist to Bastion/Triage/Siege I think a Rig would be a lot better.
I'm thinking mostly about armor Marauders and Capitals, cap hungry local tank and 100% chance to get blobbed.

Take the resist and put it on a Rig.

A rig could be an interesting option in exchange for rep performance, capacitor enhancements, dps or mobility without crippling them like the loss of a mid slot would in most cases.

My two cents.
No one will be rly using battery in this form.
Module need big changes to be viable.

PROPOSAL:
Make battery to work also as rechargeable cap booster.
If ship is over 80% cap half of the capacitor recharge is stored in cap battery, when battery is full it allow player do inject all stored energy to recharge capacitor up to 80%.

New cap battery (all based on size:
+ cap bonus
+ nos/neut resist
+ excess capacitor storage and injection

I really like this idea.

But , beyond that, I want to quote someone else...


I just want to go off that. These modules aren't used because they are NOT useful and their fitting cost is astronomical. You get better benefits out of existing modules that have almost zero fitting requirements.

People have complained in the past that ECCM modules weren't useful outside of actually getting jammed. Where sensor boosters and tracking computers countered their respective EWAR, they still provided a bonus to the ship regardless. These batteries currently do very little for a ship not being neuted, and do not do enough for a ship that is currently being neuted.

...considering the fitting cost for the batteries.

My first choice would be to go with Anthar Thebess's idea I quoted above. It's creative, fun, and interactive, so countering neuts is viable and rewards piloting more than simply turning on a module. I don't know if you guys can code that in. If you can't, then I'm going to have to say this...fitting costs need to be half of what they are now, not increased. Every discussion I've seen of cap batteries has revolved around that one sticking point. Even if you buff them to the point where they gave neut IMMUNITY, people wouldn't use them widely because cap injectors work better and still benefit you if you use high-capacitor modules/weapons anyway.

For the pittance of benefit the batteries provide, gutting their fitting cost is the only way to make them competitive with the other tools on the table. If you don't slash the fitting costs, these modules will still be that Loch Ness Monster of the EvE Universe. "Hey man, you won't believe this, I saw a person with a capacitor battery equipped!" "No way man, that stuff isn't real, everybody knows that."

Until you make them vastly easier to fit, it doesn't matter what you do to them. They'll only be on extremely niche fits.

Will we be getting the nos/neut resistance added to the fitting window, or will it remain a hidden stat that we have to guesstimate where we are at?

perhaps consider making it a lowslot mod along with my proposed changes

I agree with many others here, that the fitting requirements still seem high vs benefits. I use these occasionally on some cap limited highsec travel fits to get across 100+ au warps, but it's extremely rare that I would put one on a pvp fit; I don't see that changing.


Edit (added): CCP Fozzie, can you take a look at how many Micro Cap Battery - Tech 2 exist? Along with other rare (on the market at least) "micro" parts, this is a niche collectible that tiericide converts to a very common counterpart, destroying any perceived uniqueness or value. If stocks in player inventory match the market perception of rarity, would you consider a conversion to an Officer part? (err, well, something higher meta...)

No. When people speculate, they risk getting burned. That's why it's called speculating and not investing.

they still suck

their fitting is so silly high that I wouldn't consider fitting one if it gave twice the amount of cap
with maybe 40% less pg/cpu on t2 I could see them finding use though

or consider the old stats with a cpu reduction
275pg 50cpu 700cap for t2 large sounds alright

furthermore: XL version, 1250 cap is not enough for a BS to be worth a slot its only about 1/5th of a megas cap

I agree with this.

CPU and PWG needed is too high, please DO NOT make it higher.
No one will use these modules...

nice idea.