Ships & Modules

My lip curls in disgust when I see the Panther in my hanger. I want to take it outside the station and make it into a garden tool.

sure it gets that 25% damage bonus, and the same for rate of fire, but for the love of the almighty space gods, WHY does it not get the covert ops cloak!

I spit on the panther, Im going to rat with it in the belts, I shall outfit it with meta 1 modules and undersized guns, and use the wrong ammo. This is all your fault CCP. Fix it. I did not train for years so I could fly a Battleship with training wheels. I may just go home and discard it on the edge of space somewhere and let it slowly decompose. training wheels and all.

yes, it does have a few fancy gewgaws to divert my attention, but not being able to warp cloaked is a gimp. if you have a cyno to jump to then great, go for it, if you dont, and you have to go thru a gate, then that whole warping cloaked thing takes on new meaning.
The panther is cool, NOT as cool as I wanted it to be and CCP should get their act together and fix a ship that rightly should be a covert ops cloaker. Its the "last word in covert ops" as they say.

There is fundamental design errors in all blackops. OP, I'm in the same boat. I have a well-fit redeemer in my hanger that is little more than a pretty ornament.

Redeemer can't do anything in combat an Armageddon can't do twice as well, I'm sure its the same with the other black ops.

My biggest problem has never had anything to do with escaping danger, its been blowing my cover when I need to warp. Honestly blackops need some way to conceal themselves while warping. Currently the only way to do this in the game is covops cloak, though it wouldn't be that hard if CCP wanted to get creative. While I think that they still need a combat boost, like real hitpoints and powergrid, they would at least be usable for individuals or small corps if they fixed the whole detectable-while-in-warp business.

Also, they need a bridge and jump fuel consumption buff.

The most angering thing about this is that CCP refuses to give us an answer to whether they are even considering looking at blackops again.

Nice post.
CCP has given an indirect indication by painting them red in the phail chart at funfest methinks.

However the part in bold in the quoted text also gave me a brainfart: What if the made it so that a BO is invisible on D-scan while in warp? Take a moment to digest and then discuss.

I spit on your Panther too.

All the cool kids are doing it!

Yes - BO - stands for ...


remember, in order of moderately crap to utter crap ...

1. Widow - because of Widow as they occasionally say
2. Redeemer - because it can hit at range and has cargo space!
3. Panther - because it isn't a Sin
4. Sin - LOL

Black ops - typically - a bunch of very low damage, thin skinned ships jump in with a hauler as backup! Go figure. And you want to do this with a 1b lump of turd?

Just reprocess it and sell the goodies. It will be less annoying.

I dont care what you nay sayers say, my panther is weak and pitiful and good for nothing.

If it could warp cloaked I would take it all back, but it dont. Fail CCP fail....

I may just take it into hi-sec and steal from a miners can in a 1.0 system, then let them kill it with their fail-fit rifters and other h-sec ships and fits.

You made me smile IRL, thx

Edit: One of my alts is training for Widow thou, just to haul stuff in to null in all safety. As you can see, your Panther is still useful, be inventive

A good cynoer could drop them close enough so you dont have time to warp? I really dont know, I don't do Black Ops myself.
Still, being able to light a covert cyno seems like a hell lot of strategic advantage.
Anyway my point was that Black Ops is not a ship for solo play, wich seems what OP wants it to be.

fail post