Player Features and Ideas Discussion

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I agree that the Crusader needs more fittings. The Raptor is also rather sad.

I really would like to see interceptors be competent dog fighters able chase down and engage other frigs. I don't mind them being fragile, their speed has to come at a cost, but I think they should be able to hit harder than a typical T1 frigate. Although not as hard an AF.

claw pilot spotted ^ :p

i love my claw, but flying it i'm just an embarassment to corpmates

My ares gaining bubble immunity. rebalance done. please don't **** it up, it really has become my favorite ship.

Why aren't there ten likes on this post?

I really find it baffling CCP has yet to realize that ships with 2 mids are incredibly underpowered.

In my opinion, the thing that intys need the most, is to be immune to the mwd canceling affects of a warp scram.

The warp bubble immunity is the stupidest thing that could be done. The last thing we need flying around is more uncatchable interdiction nullified ships.

If intys were immune to having their mwd turned off, they would need nothing else. That would be their niche and it would not just be a lame copy of another broken game mechanic.

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That is pretty insane, man. You should probably have that checked out.

I'm reposting this from a reply I made in the general discussion section:

I dont know really what to say about the idea of nullified interceptors.

scratch that. I do. it is the exact WRONG direction to take the interceptor class. let's look at what the term 'intercept' MEANS:





now granted, dictors already cover many of the points of this definition, but they do so by laying a TRAP in the form of the bubble. think of them as kind of like a spider - they make the prey come to THEM. interceptors on the other hand, are supposed to be PURSUERS. they chase prey, in much the same fashion as a cheetah chasing a gazelle, with the intent of tripping it up so it cant keep running (although at significant risk at getting tripped up itself). giving interceptors nullifiers is simply pointless, because it really doesnt help them much in their pursuit role, while removing most of the hazards they risk.

what interceptors NEED is an enhanced ability to pursue targets who take up safespots, such as fast ships that warp to a safe and then MWD in a random direction - such prey is effectively immune to probing if they are cap stable, as no covops frigate can scan them down and warp to them fast enough to land on grid while they are there - much less be able to actually catch up to and tackle such fast movers. Interceptors should have the unique and special ability to directly warp to ships going strictly by the Dscanner. this ability would make PROPER use of their speed, while letting probe ships continue to have a combat role by finding ships hiding uncloaked at truly deep safes beyond the range of the Dscan (the prober serves to get the interceptor into DScan range, and the inty does the actual intercept).

I would actually go so far as to say that in my envisioned enhancement of interceptors as pursuit ships, they would be a VERY nice team with covops probers if a revamp of combat probes happens as well. specifically, combat probes should no longer provide warpins ONLY on 100% resolution - rather, they should be able to provide highly imprecise warpins whenever resolution reaches either 8 or 4 au to a target. this way, the covops pilot can act as a squad leader, warp interceptor gangmates to Dscan range, and let the interceptors serve as his hounds from there, as opposed to having to wait until 100% resolution is achieved and having a really crappy chance of even so much as seeing the target as he gets on grid.

I deliberately avoided using the terrestrial military definition of interceptor because we are talking about EvE, and the role of interceptors in EvE context. specifically, in real life, interceptors are used an a strategically defensive role, in EvE, they are used almost exclusively in an OFFENSIVE strategic role - if I were so inclined, I would say that their usage in EvE is actually much more similar to the real-life Pursuit fighters of WW2 than to the Interceptor fighters of the post WW2/Cold War eras. they patrol, they roam, they PURSUE. it doesnt matter if the target is a threat to them or their allies or not.

but then, there could actually be some room for substantial intra-class role differentiation here, since every race has 2 interceptors. perhaps there is potential to have one ship of the class nullified, with the other capable of warping directly to ships seen on the Dscan.

lets take the 2 minmatar intys... claw and stiletto. say the claw would be able to actually warp to using DScaner results, while the stiletto would be nullifier fitted. that would bring on some major differences in how the 2 ships are used.

so you want easy-mode for pvp? like a way to tackle any ship you want, whenever you want, without using tactics, misdirection, or superior numbers? yea sure man no problem...cant see why anyone would be opposed to such an awesome and selfless idea....