Ships & Modules

Not a bad thought, but you're forgetting about the PVE-ers
With it's Rep-bonus, the Hype is a Great L4 boat.

Unfortunately, it makes the Hype less-versatile for PVP.
I've seen some nice dual-rep (and sometimes triple-rep) fits that can tank awesome, but they lack good DPS.

IMO some of the best fits for the Hype are shield-nano set-ups.
The're fast, have an OK tank, and do pretty-good damage.
Unfortunately it's a complete waste of the armor rep bonus.
(So is fitting a passive armor tank on her.)

Maybe a good middle-ground would be to give her armor resist bonuses like the Abaddon?
That way you get something more useful for PVP and something that still works for PVE.

If you want more speed, I'm with you!
We have been discussing the "hybrid fix" in another thread, and this has come-up over and over.
Hybrid ships need more speed!
I suggested adding a bonus dirrectly to hybrid turrets that boosts the speed (or agility) of the ship that fits them.

Projectiles have:
No cap-use
Selectable dmg types
ACs have huge fall-off
Artys have huge optimal

Lasers have:
Instant change ammo
No ammo-use
Scorch

What do Hybrids have?
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How about a speed bonus? :)

The resistance bonus is a good thought but I never really considered the hype for a pve boat.
But I agree with the speed thought though I don't know how a turret would make your ship go faster

The Hype is very under-estimated and under-appreciated for PVE. I think there is a lot of mis-information spread-around on forums and battleclinic, etc. If someone reads that the Hype is bad at PVE, they just assume it must be true, and don't try for themselves, and start telling everyone that the Hype sucks. If you're curious about what I mean check this thread-out:
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=26745
As long as it could still tank L4s about the same (with resists instead of repper-bonus), I think it would be an improvement.

How does a turret make your ship go faster?

Logically, it doesn't make any sense lol!

For game balance however, I think it could be a very good fix for Hybrid ships.

I think if you sit-back and think about a lot of the stuff in EVE, you will realize, there is very little that makes sense logically.

Like,
"How come I need to keep my ab/mwd turned-on to maintain high-speed?"
In reality, spaceships will coast forever unless they run-into something or are effected by something's gravity.

EVE physics is a joke, but that's ok cause it's a fun-game.

Maybe Hybrids constantly vent exhaust from gun-blasts to the rear of the ship to speed-it-up. LOL!

Or maybe Hybrids use less power to on-line and fire so the ship has more left-over for the engines! (Hey! That actually sounds some-what logical! lol!)

have to say i rather like the hyperion bonus i would leave it alone that armor tank is crazy stupid tripple reped and makes it vary much a pain in the butt

see what i did there

-1 mid
+1 low
+25 bandwidth (for 5th heavy) and +50 drone bay (5 lights, 5 heavies capacity)

Please? :D

you made a joke about a ship being a pain in the butt and has the looks of a dildo. I see what you did there

To be different from mega, give hyperion +2 lows and -2 mids, for 8 lows. More gank/speed is exactly what blasterboat needs.

The reason most people (who ACTUALLY fly it) love the Hype so much is because of its versatillity.
For PVP you can fit a nice dual-rep, and need the mids for dual cap-boosters.
You can shield tank-it and fit Nanos, and Magstabs in the lows for lots of gank and decent tank.

For PVE you can fit 2 TCs, 2 Cap-rechargers, and an AB. 2 TCs is what makes the Hype shine in missions.
You can do big damage at long-range with all that optimal. When the stuff is in-close, switch to tracking-speed and nail-em.

Do NOT take-away my Hype's mids!
Do NOT!

If you want 8 lows, use a Navy Mega. If you want 8 lows, 8 guns, and 3 mids, fly Amarr.
That is all...

Not enough for dmg and speed mods??!
Use 3 for Mag-stabs and have 3 left-over for Nanos/Ods, and a DMG control.
You can even go 4 Mag-Stabs if you want more gank and sacrifice a little speed.
It will still be WAY faster than any other armor-tanked ship.

A good shield nano fit works really well on the Hype. Faster than most BSs, more DPS than most, the only draw-back is EHP.
For solo/small-gang, fit a dual-rep and you have enough mids left-over for tackle.
If you have dedicated tackle, you can fit shield-nano and have something fast with LOTS of DPS.
Saying the Hype doesn't have enough mids is silly. It's just common sense, if you don't have dedicated tackle, you will have to sacrifice a slot or two for tackle, and sacrifice some tank. In that situation, you should go dual-rep with 2 cap boosters.
If you have a tackler, then you can fit a very respectable shield-tank.

Most people who don't like the Hype, just dont know how to fit it right.
I think if you ask-around, you will find lots of people who like the Hype's slot lay-out just the way it is.

You're suggesting dropping-it down to 3 mids and then complaining-about it not having enough slots to fit a decent tackle.
3 mids and 8 lows isn't going to give you more gank/speed. You will have to fill the lows with tank if you're going to have any chance of surviving anything. That leaves no-room for speed AND dmg mods.

110 m/s is relatively fast for a tech 1 bs. Only the typhoon and tempest are faster (out of the 11 other bs in the category).