Player Features and Ideas Discussion

AoE: T2 Doomsday Device allows for scripting to area of effect doomsday. Requires DD Operation 5. Sounds fun :) same mechanic used in warp disruption field generators. If aoe is to much, t2 doomsday could be 5 min timer instead of 10.

Nova Fox - keep up the brain storming
Dumb Ideas may start dumb but with a twist from another can become brilliant
Once we have the ideas on the board then start seeing what is trash and what can be salvaged.

Looking for Strip miners for Mining barges that can destroy structures like Custom offices but also harvest scarp metal. And a few Drone like elements for refining
This will allow Miners to enjoy the dull task of Structure shoots, a change from shooting roids.

I do like crews, have some ship modules that will increase the productivity of the crew like a Holo deck, to unwind in. Or Escape pods system giving crews a better chance to servive

And have the crew also gain experience over time.

Astronavigation Rigs/modules

Planetary Goods Cargo Partition Rig
Grants a bay that only accepts planetary goods consumes half of the existing cargo bay. Does not work with similar exisitng bays.

Planetary Goods Cargo Expander.
Increases Bay size of the Planetary Goods Bay and provides more space than standard expanders

Planetary Goods Chargohold Optimizer Rig
Increases palentary goods bay at the cost of armor.

Magazine Partition Rig
Grants a bay that only accepts ammo, scripts, drones, charges and like items conusme half of existing bay. Does not work with existing bays.

Magazine Expanders.
Increases Bay szie for Munitions at a more effective rate than standard expanders.

Magazine Optimizer Rig
Increases palentary goods bay at the cost of speed.

Mineral Partion Rig
Grants a bay that only accepts refined minerals consumes half of existing bay. Does not work with existing bays.

Mineral Bay Expander
increases Mineral bay size.

Mineral Chargohold Optimizer Rig
Increases refiined minerals bay at the cost of armor.

Update for Smart Bombs

Instead of full AOE it is changed to "hits X targets in Y range with Z damage" and follows a static threat/range priority (e.g. missiles > drones > frigates > etc). X, Y, Z scale with Smart Bomb class and meta level. Z damage is divided between targets hit.

Smart Bomb Scripts

• Point-Defense: X targets is increased while Y range is reduced.
• Area-Defense: Y range is increased while Z damage is reduced.

Purpose: allows ships to be configured to defend themselves against drones or close orbiting ships, or to reach out and chip at smaller ships, especially in fleets as a screen against smaller attackers.

An increase in factions that drop shield pieces, specifically the faction invulnerability fields.

Faction EANM's cost roughly 55m ISK, typically two are used to get the similar resists to say, a single Invulnerability field.

Faction Invulnerability fields however, cost 550m ISK... more than 10x the cost, the cost should be more like 110m ISK to compare to armor faction tanks.

The 1.1 Patch goes some way to addressing this by adding Dead Space invulnerability fields - yay! While this will reduce the demand on Faction Invulnerability fields to some point, it will not reduce the cost by 440m ISK. The reasons for this are simple:

Factions dropping EANM modules: 9
Factions dropping Invulnerability modules: 3

And out of those factions:

Factions dropping 'Better that T2 EANM modules: 7
Factions dropping better than T2 Invulnerability fields: 2

So, quite simply, the drop rate for Invulnerability fields is far below that of armor, which increases scarcity, which increases demand, which increases price and we end up where we are; With silly prices that will never be used in a PvP fit.

To resolve this, more factions should drop the better than T2 Invulnerability Fields - ideal candidates are the Minmitar, and True Sansha - both of whom use shields in their ships. Many thanks!

a rig that increases CPU

Well Soniclover, I originally posted this idea in the hybrid balancing thread, as a way of helping gallente pilots in a tactical situation.

Updated for clarity and simplification:

I would call these 'Tactical Modules' as that is their usage and benefit.

Basically the tactical modules would be designed for everyone to use, while giving relevant race specific bonuses. Tactical Modules are entirely optional, they don't have to be fitted, but can offer a tactical edge if they are. By being pilot controlled and not a permanent effect, it makes timing their activation entirely relevant; this makes combat more diverse and interesting.

Tactical modules could be limited so that only one of them can be installed on a ship, thus avoiding stacking issues and ships with lots of mid slots abusing them.

In addition, by giving extra bonuses to the relevant races, you increase the chances of them being used by the race they were intended for, and instead help balance that race, while not unbalancing the game.

Here is a rough list to get the idea across about what these modules could be / do:

• Speed Burst: Tactical Module: Improved engine interfaces allow for engines to be briefly stressed, increasing ship speed by 25% for 10 seconds. Gallente get 200% bonus to burst duration. 5 minute cool down.


• Armor Resistance Boost: Tactical Module: Through advances in repair nano technology, briefly increases armor resistance by 25% for 10 seconds. Amarr get 200% bonus to boost duration. 5 minute cool down.


• Signature Reduction: Tactical Module: Helps to mask the ships signature to briefly reduce ship signature by 10% for 10 seconds. Minmitar get 200% bonus to boost duration. 5 minute cool down.


• Shield Resistance Boost: Tactical Module: Advances in shield matrix technology, briefly increases shield resistances by 25% for 10 seconds. Caldari get 200% bonus to boost duration. 5 minute cool down.

You could offer tactical modules that do other things briefly, for say e-war, but still have race bonuses in the same way. But, hey, I think this would be cool and 'could' add something fun to combat. It would give everyone a new way of thinking about combat in EvE, from FC's of 100 man gangs, to Skirmish Gangs or one-vs-one engagements, and even be of use to PvE pilots who want to get past difficult parts of a mission if it is used correctly.

It needs thinking through for sure, but my overall point is that to help solve the 'Gallente Blaster' issue while keeping the game balanced and races unique, while giving everyone something to get their teeth into.

Feedback welcome

The only "deployable terrain" we have today is warp disruption bubble - either from a dictor/hictor or from anchorable bubble. There also once was a plan to add mines but those never went anywhere and I guess were removed from the game at some point (some copies of these still exist...)

POS shields, I guess, would also kinda fit here but they are far more complex and time-consuming to set up and can only exist at moons.

A portable, deployable "POS shield" would be an obvious idea to work on. Naturally you can't have a mobile "Large POS" grade shield that takes huge amounts of damage to collapse but something around that mechanic could perhaps introduce situations where part of the fleet could be on the field, yet inside a shield unable to take or deal damage for the moment. Yes, there would be many gotchas that would need careful consideration on deployment delay, capability to move it, bumping, EHP etc... but it could all be fleshed out from the basic idea of being able to set up "fortifications" on the field under certain rules and limitations. Could be deployables, could be "bomb"-style things comparable to dictor bubles or stealth bomber bombs, could be active modules like HIC bubbles (with either specific ship or restriction to certain types of ships), could be something completely different.

Alternatively we could have other kind of "field" effects that change the parameters of combat. A "sensor damp bubble" (shorter range, longer lock time) or "web bubble" (slowing everyone inside it) could be interesting - again with the questions of "how to deploy, what limitations" completely open.

A third option could include system-wide variables. We already have those in Wormholes and in Incursion systems (Sansha penalties) and while some of them are just a tad silly, the general idea of being able to influence a whole system in some way could be interesting. Right now the only thing like this we really have is the Cynojammer.

Such features, depending on exactly how they are implemented, could for example allow defenders (or very prepared attackers) to mould an expected battlefield to counteract expected strategies. Careful testing and development would be required to get balanced and fun stuff without making certain ships or strategies completely obsolete.

One idea that I had for deployable terrain.


Remove the warp ability from super capitals, (but allow them to cyno hop in system)
Make their effects grid only
Make them a gravity well that sucks every ship on grid towards its self.

Focus: Heavy Interdictors

New Modules[

Stasis Webifier Field Generator
High Slot
Only usable by Heavy Interdictors
10k base range, improved by level of Heavy Dictor (14k with T2 Module and HIC 5)
Creates a Stasis Webifier Field centered on the Heavy Dictor
All ships within the Stasis Webifier Field have their velocity reduced by 30%, except for the Heavy Interdictor generating the field.
Using more than one type of this module or similar modules that affect the same attribute on the ship will be penalized

New Scripts

Scrambling Field
Script for Warp Disruption Field Generator
Modifies the Heavy Interdictor's Warp Disruption Field to add a Warp Scram effect.
Warp Disruption Field range decreased by 33% (24k>16k With T2 Module and HIC 5)
Ships within the range of the scrambling field cannot activate their microwarpdrives.

Long Range Disruption
Script for Warp Disruption Field Generator
Modifies the Heavy Interdictor's Warp Disruption Field Generator Module to a single target, 1 point strength warp disruptor.
Increases range of Warp Disruption Field Generator by 200% (72k with T2 Module and Heavy Interdictor 5)

Long Range Scrambling
Script for Warp Disruption Field Generator
Modifies the Heavy Interdictor's Warp Disruption Field Generator Module to a single target 2 point warp scrambler.
Increases the range of the Warp Disruption Field Generator by 100% (48k with T2 Module and Heavy Interdictor 5)

Long Range Webbing
Script for Stasis Webifier Field Generator
Modifies the Heavy Interdictor's Stasis Webifier Field Generator to a single target web.
Increases the range of the Stasis Webifier Field Generator by 200% (42k with T2 Module and HIC 5)

New Rig

Field Projection Amplifier
Increases Warp Disruption Field and Stasis Webifier Field Radius by 25%
Using more than one type of this module or similar modules that affect the same attribute on the ship will be penalized


Focus: Recons and Black Ops Battleships

New Recon Ship Bonus
Electronic Warfare Script Penalties reduced by 15% per level of Recon Ships
(If a script has a penalty of 50%, at Recon 5 the Penalty would be reduced to 12.5%)

New Black Ops Battleship Role Bonus
Electronic Warfare Script Penalties reduce by 100%

Scripts

Stasis Strength
Script for Stasis Webifiers
25% bonus to the velocity factor of the stasis webifier
25% penalty to the range of the stasis webifier

Stasis Range
Script for Stasis Webifiers
25% bonus to the range of the stasis webifier
25% penalty to the velocity factor of the stasis webifier

Warp Disruption Range
Script for Warp Disruptors and Warp Scramblers
25% bonus to warp disrupt range
50% penalty to warp disruptor activation time

Propulsion Disruptor
Script for Warp Disruptors and Scramblers
Warp Disruptor or Scrambler disables all propulsion mods on the target, including afterburners
Warp Disruptor or Scrambler strength is lowered to 0
25% Penalty to module range

Energy Drain Range
Script for Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer Modules
Increases module range by 25%
50% Penalty to amount of energy drained/neuted per cycle

Energy Drain Amplifier
Script for Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer Modules
Increases enerrgy drained/neuted by 25% per cycle
50% Penalty to Module Range

Shield Resist Nullifier
Script for Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer Modules
Lowers target's shield resistance. If script is loaded on a Nosferatu, shield resistances will increase by the amount they were lowered on the target.
100% Penalty to module capacitor use
Using more than one type of module or similar modules that affect the same attribute on the ship will be penalized

Armor Resist Nullifier
Script for Nosferatu and Energy Neutralizer Modules
Lowers the target's armor resistance. If script is loaded on a Nosferatu, armor resistances will increase by the amount they were lowered on the target.
100% Penalty to module capacitor use
Use of Multiple armor resist nullifiers will result in diminishing returns.

ECM Lockbreaker
Script for ECM Jammers
Increases Jamming Strength by 25%
Reduces duration of jam by 100% (Any of the target's current locks are broken, but target may immediately re-target)
50% penalty to module activation/duration time

ECM Focusing
Script for ECM Jammers
Increases Jamming Strength by 25%
50% Penalty to ECM optimal range

ECM Projection
Script for ECM Jammers
Increases ECM Optimal by 50%
50% Penalty to ECM Strength

Focus: Missiles

New Modules

Fire Control
Low Slot Active Module
Increase to Missile Velocity (Amount dependent on Meta Level)
Reduction to Missile Explosion Radius (Amount dependent on Meta Level)

Rapid Assault Missile Launcher
Launcher for cruisers and battle-cruisers intended to counter fast frigates, can only be fitted with regular and advanced light missiles.
Requires 50% more grid to fit than standard Assault Missile Launchers (75 rather than 50)
Each launcher fires 2 light missiles per cycle instead of one.

Combat Tracker Launcher
Launcher with low power-grid and high CPU requirements.
Covert Ops ships and T3 Cruisers with the appropriate subsystem benefit from scan probe launcher fitting bonuses for the purposes of this item
Very low RoF


New Charges

Flak Missile
Available in Rocket, Heavy Assault, Torpedo and Citadel variants.
Does AoE damage in a radius depending on the size of the charge.
50% RoF penalty
Not usable in High-Security Space

Stasis Missile
Available in Light, Heavy, and Cruise variants.
Each missile impact temporarily reduces the targets' maximum velocity by a small amount.
Very high velocity
Does little to no damage

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