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Six new ships for summer expansion

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Beofryn Sedorak
#181 - 2014-04-27 05:55:51 UTC
Rivr Luzade wrote:
Icewolf7 wrote:
Can we get more hints Fozz? maybe a picture with the ship blacked out


You will - in a week's time. Blink


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Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#182 - 2014-04-27 06:04:39 UTC
Beofryn Sedorak wrote:
Rivr Luzade wrote:
Icewolf7 wrote:
Can we get more hints Fozz? maybe a picture with the ship blacked out


You will - in a week's time. Blink


Fanfest start in ~100 hours (4 days).


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O2 jayjay
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#183 - 2014-04-27 10:19:22 UTC
Come on pilots,

We all know the most popular class are frigs and we all know t3 variants are coming out this fall. its about time
Mr Doctor
Therapy.
Brave Collective
#184 - 2014-04-27 10:30:12 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr Doctor
T3 frigs have been hinted at for literally years. I want them lots but I dont think they'll ever exist at this point!

CCP Fozzie wrote:
Here's your hint:

The ships each fall into one of three categories.

One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing.
One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while.
One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.

3 - can only be T2 Venture.
1 - is interesting... but will probably end up being a variant of the leopard thats a bit slower but can be manufactured. Or an SoE noob ship...
as for 2 - gang link capable destroyers to roll out with upcoming link changes....
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#185 - 2014-04-27 10:47:45 UTC
Calling the following:


Tech 2 Attack Battlecruisers. *Maybe* as stargate-using, smaller versions of dreadnaughts (with some weaker version of siege) that make killing POSes in low wormholes and highsec more viable.

Some new mining ship

A non-racial ship that is more disposable than a HIC (from CONCORD LP maybe) that can point supercaps but cannot use bubbles.

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Medalyn Isis
Doomheim
#186 - 2014-04-27 11:05:41 UTC
Mr Doctor wrote:
T3 frigs have been hinted at for literally years. I want them lots but I dont think they'll ever exist at this point!

CCP Fozzie wrote:
Here's your hint:

The ships each fall into one of three categories.

One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing.
One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while.
One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.

3 - can only be T2 Venture.
1 - is interesting... but will probably end up being a variant of the leopard thats a bit slower but can be manufactured. Or an SoE noob ship...
as for 2 - gang link capable destroyers to roll out with upcoming link changes....

3 will not be the T2 Venture, the clue is in 'version(s)'.

Also it cannot be pirate ships, as that would require 5 or 6 ships if you include SOE.

By process of elimination, it has to be advanced versions of the empire race ships as that would equal 4 new ships, so numbers would add up.

I am guessing it will be navy destroyers.

Number 2 could be the T2 venture, perhaps with a covert ops cloak. Although perhaps not.

Number 1, I have no idea what that could be.
Sabriz Adoudel
Move along there is nothing here
#187 - 2014-04-27 11:16:39 UTC
[troll]

An Iteron variant that sacrifices even the little tank of the original for a PLEX hold?

[/troll]

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Mr Doctor
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Brave Collective
#188 - 2014-04-27 11:59:39 UTC
Medalyn Isis wrote:
Mr Doctor wrote:
T3 frigs have been hinted at for literally years. I want them lots but I dont think they'll ever exist at this point!

CCP Fozzie wrote:
Here's your hint:

The ships each fall into one of three categories.

One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing.
One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while.
One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.

3 - can only be T2 Venture.
1 - is interesting... but will probably end up being a variant of the leopard thats a bit slower but can be manufactured. Or an SoE noob ship...
as for 2 - gang link capable destroyers to roll out with upcoming link changes....

3 will not be the T2 Venture, the clue is in 'version(s)'.

The "s" is a could be a plural, not will be a plural.
Claud Tiberius
#189 - 2014-04-27 12:24:55 UTC  |  Edited by: Claud Tiberius
"One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing."

Well since you said "additions(s)" I can only assume it will either be a new-type of ships (among other types such as Recon/Logistics/etc), or new t2 versions of existing ships. But as you said it will have low impact, we can probably rule out all of the 'combat'/'support'/mining ships

"One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while."

Not much to go on here. Voids, what voids? Faction Destroyers/BC maybe.

"One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE."

More Faction/Pirate ships? Or maybe ... I don't think you would add T3 BC since, that would take away some of the specialty in T2 BS and T3 cruisers. A similar situation would also happen if you added more T2 Destroyers or T3 Destroyers - both would also take away the specialty in frigates and Cruisers. So maybe these are not combat ships as well...

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Rivr Luzade
Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#190 - 2014-04-27 13:45:53 UTC
Claud Tiberius wrote:

"One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while."

Not much to go on here. Voids, what voids? Faction Destroyers/BC maybe.


You see that huge gap between Deep Space Transports and the Fenrir? Yes, right there the gigantic ... void. Shocked

And this is an industry themed expansion, so it's likely that industry ships are going to be added and PVPers don't get anything directly*.



*which of course is wrong, because PVPers get soo much more to shoot at with this expansion, they don't need new ships.

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Meiyang Lee
Game Instrument Applications
#191 - 2014-04-27 14:33:03 UTC
CCP Fozzie wrote:
Here's your hint:

The ships each fall into one of three categories.

One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing.
One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while.
One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.


Well, let's see.

1) The new Tournament Prize ships most likely. Guristas based it seems.
Very low impact, as hardly anyone will own one of these babies.

2) tricky, no real ideas from me on this one.

3) Would guess mining ships, so a T2 Venture perhaps?
Electrique Wizard
Mutually Lucrative Business Proposals
#192 - 2014-04-27 14:58:04 UTC
Its more likely rare / limited edition ships with no real bonusses but some fancy paintjob.

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Hairpins Blueprint
The Northerners
Pandemic Horde
#193 - 2014-04-27 15:21:24 UTC
CCP Fozzie wrote:

One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.



wow new drake?
Nagarythe Tinurandir
Einheit X-6
#194 - 2014-04-27 16:03:48 UTC
Sabriz Adoudel wrote:

Tech 2 Attack Battlecruisers. *Maybe* as stargate-using, smaller versions of dreadnaughts (with some weaker version of siege) that make killing POSes in low wormholes and highsec more viable.


the ABCs fill that role more or less. they should have been T2 from the start.
Rain6637
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#195 - 2014-04-27 19:35:53 UTC
Kueyen
Angharradh's Aegis
#196 - 2014-04-27 20:05:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Kueyen
My guesses (and the weights I'd give the accuracy thereof):

CCP Fozzie wrote:
One category will be fairly low impact for most players but still represent cool addition(s) to the game that I think many players will enjoy seeing.
The Whiptail and the Chameleon, Guristas Intercepter frigate and Force Recon Cruiser, Alliance Tournament XII prizes. (70%, because saying "we're adding 6 news ships" is 50% cooler than saying "we're adding 4 new ships", even if the common player will probably never see these, let alone own one)

CCP Fozzie wrote:
One category fill a void that we've wanted to cover for quite a while.
The Freyja, the Helga and the Katla, Mordu's Legion battleship, cruiser and frigate, filling the missing Caldari/Minmatar non-empire-faction "void". (60%, mostly because of the names)

CCP Fozzie wrote:
One category provides more advanced version(s) of one of the most popular ships classes in EVE.
The Prospect, a Tech-3 Ore Industrial/Mining Barge (counts as only 1 ship, but is multiple version(s)). (40%, because I don't entirely trust CCP to finally hand something awesome to spaceborn miners / industrialists)

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Vulfen
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#197 - 2014-04-27 20:50:41 UTC
The problem is CCP will have to use exisisting models if they are going to create new T2 ships.

It would be nice to see a New t2 BC group focused on DPS, however the current commands have good dps as it is, make something more powerful and BS become obsolete

A new T3 class would be nice but it would have to be destroyer size rather than frigate

New faction lines would be nice for the factions that haven't got any in existance currently
Catherine Laartii
Doomheim
#198 - 2014-04-27 22:03:52 UTC
Ranamar wrote:

I'm inclined to bet on a third, specialized hauler for each of Caldari and Amarr.
A small portion of the community would really like a fuel block hauler, so I'd give one of them a fuel block bay. The other one? ... Honestly, I'm not sure. I'm open to suggestions here.

ETA: Someone posted this on reddit: "Damn, a hauler designed to haul ships would be damn useful. I'm not sure if that's what you meant, but by Odins beard it would be useful." There's always the Orca, and industrials are traditionally so poorly tanked it'd not be worth it, but it'd be interesting. If there were a ship that could move 5-10 fitted frigates around without being a gank magnet, that would be really cool.


I would like to see them tweak the Scorpion to be missile focused, and get a big kin damage bonus. New gallente and minmatar ships would be very interesting; gallente BS with a point range bonus, and minmatar that gets web range bonus. Would be nice if they all balanced well enough.

Scorpion changes to just 5 launchers and a 10% bonus to kinetic damage and 10% ecm effectiveness,

Geddon stays the same, a new amarr attack battleship comes in that's an "attack" battleship with a firing rate bonus,

Gallente get something with a decent point range bonus and basic drone bonuses,

Minmatar get something with web range bonus and damage. Tempest gets a gun or two and switches firing rate bonus to tracking.

This is what I would like to see. :D
Xuixien
Solar Winds Security Solutions
#199 - 2014-04-27 22:09:55 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
T3 Battleships would be sweet. That's probably more than wishful thinking at this point though...


So... basically a Battleship with... Dreadnaught DPS and Dreadnaught tank?

No.

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Xuixien
Solar Winds Security Solutions
#200 - 2014-04-27 22:12:22 UTC
Arthur Aihaken wrote:
scorchlikeshiswhiskey wrote:
Battleships with extra-large weapons would be great except for missiles, which would be a miniature Phoenix in the most horrendous ways. That or it would wind up being set of larger Tier 3 BC's by skipping missiles and focusing on more positive aspects.

I'd be down for a miniature Phoenix - it would be great for structure bashing in high-sec.


You mean a Marauder?

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