Player Features and Ideas Discussion

A friend of mine were discussing these ships, and the back and forth that appear to go on about them being OP or not.
We settled on an idea that we didn't mind if the ships were a bit OP if they were in fact dedicated exploration solo ships as they are supposed to be. The scenario for such a ship would be one were a pilot would mainly fly them alone.

In that scenario, I wouldn't mind if the ship had a bit of oomph to them, and that they had a DPS approaching the Ishtar.
However, the second such a ship would be released, you can bet your last isk that you'd soon see them in gangs all over.

So, our idea was – mitigate the gang. Focus on the solo aspect. Focus on the intrepid explorer going out to search the unknowns of wormhole space. He or she needs a powerful, versatile tool. Make the ships immune to gang links, remote repairing, and other remote effects.

You could, of course, still field gangs of these ships – but an opposing gang in regular ships could then match the power of them by the scaling up of boosts. That would reduce the OP-ness in most situations, but would give a little bit of advantage to a solo player doing what these ships are supposed to be doing.

Astero and Stratios planned price

SOE LP market(Singularity): http://www.tinyuploads.com/gallery/view/c4R71s

From SOE LP market possible buy&sell with profit factor - 1LP= ~2000Isk(I do not think that
anyone will buy&sell new ships, with a lower profit, than can make with others items.)

In the drawings are not visible as necessary materials for production , this is just my
assumption, as compared with standard T1 cruiser&Frigate.

Astero - 30,000LPx2000Isk+15,000,000+ ~500,000(materials)= ~75.5Mil. Isk

Stratios - 120,000LPx2000Isk+30,000,000+ ~7,000,000(materials)= ~277Mil. Isk


If compare with T3 ships, price is very close.

Now, what better for PVE(exploration):

Grab, Stratios or T3 with Mobile Depot(personal refiting depot (can refit sub systems&modules in the space)

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=3825789

If nothing changes after deploy Rubicon patch, i think(solo players grab):

Stratios goes run DED sites under 4/10 and data/relic sites(hi/sec low/sec) +
+PVP - fit for HUNTING http://www.tinyuploads.com/gallery/view/z9J6ov (98% all necessary skills are at 5lvl)(Singularity)

T3 with Mobile Depot goes run DED sites upper 4/10, WH, Nullsec, Low/sec

What peoples think about that?

In Singularity i find another Stratios, called - Stratios emergency responder - http://www.tinyuploads.com/gallery/view/RoZ1xY - his have 125mb/s.
BUT him i can't find anywere ............

Easier is take away, than to give .......

The lack of CPU bonus to probe launchers was deliberate. I don't know how many times this has to be said before people understand it.

The role of the ship is an all in one exploration ship. This does not require a expanded probe launcher to do.
It has a dual funcation as a PVP ship in hunting down explorers, in which case the core probe launcher still works.

Exactly if you want to hunt people then take a different ship like a T3 or covert ops. SOE pilosophy is mainly for self defence not agressive combat. Some people lack the lore in depth to understand this and just want a PVP ship which side role is exploration. And because of the PVP EFT warriors the stratios got pre nerf batted. Well done everybody.

Thanks. I, too, am glad that I know how to read dev posts and make very basic inferences without having to be told every little thing like a five-year-old.

After all changes those are nice ships. Not as overpowered as they were in the start (125 band). Looks really cool. And hell i always like more faction ships. 10/10

Inb4 massive Cynabal/Machariel nerf.