Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I think support cruisers are already quite powerful enough already to fill this role.

It would be nice to see carriers able to launch 1 squadron of Heavy Fighters, but they are reserved for supers. So fighters are reserved for Carriers. Also, the mission running arguement is valid. Unless you want to elaborate on how would this be beneficial to the game , pve and pvp wise.

You've always been able to put XL guns on a POS in highsec. Doesn't mean you should be able to have dreads there.

Citadel defences and ship fittings are DIFFERENT THINGS. I don't know if you're aware of that. You can't use a citadel to run missions or incursions, which is what I assume you want this ship for.

Which is not an advantage at all. You already have on grid booster options if you want to use them.

And does not teach anyone how to use carriers.

Would you like the same 4000km engagement range a real carrier gets too?

I dont think Battleships need more ehp, they can dish out a lot of dps and tank well enough. I consider the Battleship a class big enough to have some capital-esque traits to it. The limited range jump drive as people have proposed in the past will give the battleship a small pinch of awesome that it needs, as it is becoming less of a viable option for deployment. Obviously it should by no means approach blops capability. An idea would be to create a jump drive 'hangar' sort of speak, where players will have the added option to install 1 capital jump drive component, far less than the built-in 3 necessary for blackops. Once they opt for that, immediately they will lose turret slots and tank, but will be able to jump onto regular cynos. Jump range would be limited to 2.5-3 ly (one third of blops range), making it a local asset. And if players want to remove the jump drive, it will have to be destroyed, much like a rig.

Increasing ehp would make them extremely resilient, imagine a high grade slaved vindicator with moar ehp. Whereas a jump drive would add functionality to the BS class, people would be willing to use it frequently due to reduced cost, keeping the blops class for more tactical operations, as it can cloak without speed penalty and maintain its utility slots. I doubt such a move would threaten the BlackOps class, but even if people believed so, t2 resistances could be applied to them, keeping them by far superior in the hotdrop business.

And? It's just buffer, it's not going to change the rep rate in any way, so it buys them another 30% of time before they die, sometimes it will make a difference sure. But a lot of the time it won't, double the base EHP on a BS, (Obviously double the recharge time for shield). Now add plates/bulkheads/extenders like a real fit and tell me how much you've actually increased EHP on a buffer tank by. It's a nice change, but it's not the end of the world.
You are busy talking about 'BS are big enough to have some capitalish traits' yet don't want them to even have a fraction of the EHP? Your arguments are inconsistent. Especially since your method actually costs more than a BLops over time.

Tier 3 BS don't have T2 counter parts or faction variants for that matter. I'd be okay with seeing a T2 version of one of these with a limited range jump capability. No jump portal abilities of course, but the ability to travel with small capital groups or jump independently would be nice too see. Also no ship or fleet hangers or refitting services.

I'd assume theyd get additional bonuses like to damage and maybe to Statis Grapples or something.