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Battle Carrier Class Ship
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Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-01-29 19:55:36 UTC
So, I just finished watching Battlestar Galactica (the one with Edward James Olmos) and that show was kickass. It got me thinking about a new class of ship: The Battle Carrier.

I would love to see a ship that combined the elements of a carrier with the elements of battleship without being able to do both as well as either dedicated ship.

For example, allowing it to field a MAXIMUM of 10 drones or MAXIMUM of 5 fighters while also allowing it to use missiles/rails etc.
It would be classified as a Capital ship. Additional notes

- Would not have Remote repair bonuses

- Would not have drone damage bonuses

- Would not have gun bonuses

- Each Level of Racial Battle Carrier would allow it to use one additional drone, up to a max of +5 (10 total)

- Each Level of Racial Battle Carrier would allow it to use one additional fighter, up to a maximum of +5 (5 total)

- 200% bonus to Fighter control range

- Would be about the size of a Carrier

- Can only be deployed in Low/Null sec

- Limited Jump capabilities

This is most likely an unnecessary ship, but I think it would be kickass ship of balanced correctly.

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Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
#2 - 2013-01-29 20:50:48 UTC
TV is usually a bad place for inspiration.

better inspiration tends to come from when ur playing the game and u come across a situation where u think 'damnit, i wish i could...or i wish i had...'

it sounds like its intended as a heavily tanked DPS boat. in which case it may obsolete the battleship. if u were to nerf its tank or dps to keep the BS viable, then these battlecarriers would likely gather dust in hangars. if it did a different job to the Battleship however...

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XxRTEKxX
Drunken Beaver Mining
Gnawthority
#3 - 2013-01-29 21:40:20 UTC
I would like to see a carrier that deploys player flown fighters. Not A.I., carrier pilot flown, but actually other players. That would be a class of carrier of its own.
Montevius Williams
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-01-29 21:43:32 UTC
XxRTEKxX wrote:
I would like to see a carrier that deploys player flown fighters. Not A.I., carrier pilot flown, but actually other players. That would be a class of carrier of its own.


That would actually be bad ass. I would be all for that.

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ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors
#5 - 2013-01-29 22:03:24 UTC  |  Edited by: ShahFluffers
Montevius Williams wrote:
I would like to see a carrier that deploys player flown fighters. Not A.I., carrier pilot flown, but actually other players. That would be a class of carrier of its own.

You can already do this by popping out 10 fitted frigates from the carriers SMA and having other players board and fly them. Frigates are basically just larger and more versatile fighters.

To the meat of your idea... no. We want to encourage more specialization and roles in ships... not generalist "it does all this" type stuff. In having specialties and roles you prevent stuff from being easily obsoleted.

How did you Veterans start?
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2013-01-29 22:25:06 UTC
Fit smartbombs to your carrier to simulate the point defence guns, brick tank it and fill it with fighters and you basically have the galactica anyway.