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Change from EAF to Area Effect Ewar
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Indeterminacy
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-01-29 23:02:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Indeterminacy
Everyone knows EAFs are shite (Kitsune somewhat excepted)...so a few of us were talking recently and had an idea.

Suppose you had an area of effect module for EAFs. Somewhat like an interdictor but specific to the race. They are paper thin so easy to kill but the impact could change the momentum of a battle

Kitsune - some % chance of jamming everything inside its "bubble"
Keres - sensor damps everything in its bubble
Hyena - webs everything inside its bubble
Sentinel - neuts everything inside its bubble

Give them enough CPU to fit a combat probe launcher but not enough powergrid to fit a tank. Standard reductions to speed when the bubble is up.
Mr M
Sebiestor Tribe
#2 - 2012-01-30 01:52:59 UTC
I think an area effect like that would be way overpowered. It would also take the other ships 5 seconds to lock and kill you.

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Cpt Bogus
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-01-30 02:08:17 UTC
This might be an interesting way to break up blob warfare, which even the blobbers will admit isn't all that much fun. Probably should be a special module for it so that existing EAF capabilities aren't impacted (Hyena and Keres actually make pretty sweet tacklers).

I don't think this would be overpowered since as M points out, EAFs would still be pretty easy to kill---especially if CCP did something awesome like make frigates immune to the AOE, thus creating a purpose for them even in high-end fleets.
Indeterminacy
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#4 - 2012-01-30 04:46:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Indeterminacy
Mr M wrote:
I think an area effect like that would be way overpowered. It would also take the other ships 5 seconds to lock and kill you.


I can see the area of effect frigs exploding quickly if they worked like a HIC. But I also think the effect could be balanced if it worked like a Dictor. By managing the size or duration of the bubble.