Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I think it would be a major enhancement on large group warfare and even single player PvE mission running if there was a way for a player, or for NPC's, to implement missile defenses.

I don't know how far you plan for something like this, but I am going to state some things that may already be in plans, or may already be implemented somewhat. Either way, I'll just list them:


1. Missile defense turrets on ships. They shoot auto cannon rounds at incoming missiles. This particularly would be interesting to watch. Perhaps only allow missile def turrets on a particular class sized ship and larger.
2. Anti-missile drones, or missile defense drones launch flares or something.
3. Missile defense subsystems on T3 ships that destroy them with lasers, etc.


There is currently a problem for people who choose to take a ship like a Naga and other railgun or turret ship and fly solo.


If these existed in-game, there should be a percentage rate of success that they hit an incoming missile and destroy it. There should be some penalty for using more than one, at the expense of CPU or Power, and using even one should have a penalty of using a launcher or bay and negatively effect the mobility of the ship. However, they should be able to activate without requiring any time to lock onto an incoming missile to destroy, but they should be slow to track to other missiles.

Smartbomb.

However, can you explain why you feel a ship that was always intended to be a glass cannon, IE a naga, should be immune to missiles? Or why you feel that missiles, already suffering from delayed damage and in several cases awful application, need another nerf?

They were called defender missiles. And they were terrible.

As has been mentioned, missiles have their own drawbacks. Unless you think that missile ships should be able to mount 1600mm plates to drones and plant them in front of turret ships?

The only valid reason for a CIWS system (which gets proposed very regularly) would be bombs.. and honestly, apart from void bombs (which SUCK when you're flying logi) when you're fighting a citadel, I can't remember the last time I've actually had to do more than just turn off my MWD before the bomb landed. CCP just reworked defender missiles to try and protect against bombs. Nobody will use those either.

Not saying nobody uses bombs, because they certainly do kill things... but they're a very low threat these days, while the meta is about flying small fast things (T3Ds and cruisers for the most part).

As a certain surrendering monkey suggested, use a guidance disruptor. Exact same effect.

I will, however, totally agree that watching a CIWS would be fun for a minute or two. Then I'd zoom back out.

Suddenly titans.