Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I have a somewhat odd proposal.

Concept:
Make it so all modules generate a small amount of heat, and that with heat 0 in a rack, no damage is taken.

Key points:
Size appropriate mods accumulate a very small amount of heat, such that a buff to passive heat dissipation means you can run a full rack of active modules without any heat build up.

Oversized active modules then suffer a problem with heat buildup, meaning to fly them as current requires high thermo dynamics skills.

Undersized modules mean you can now heat for longer, meaning a slight buff.

Sized modules start at current heat generation and work up, with twice the scaling of heat buildup for module HP.

Active and passive heat pumps and dissipation modules to spread heat fairly well, and

Purpose and intent

This is intended as a moderate nerf to oversized prop mods and ASBs. It is also to allow for more choices and tactics in overheating gameplay, and as a slight buff to destroyers and BCs as they would have better heat dissipation and be able to overheat longer if running about the same modules as a frigate or cruiser.

nice concept, i really like it.

would make my 100mn legion a bit sad but still.

It's certainly a very interesting proposal. At first glance, I rather like it.

So, since I broke my own usual policy and didn't give even baseline numbers in the OP, let me break down my concept with the numbers floating in my head.

Right now, a small Example booster generates 1 heat when overloaded, a medium example booster generates 1 heat and a large generates 1 heat.
Right now, all of those modules can take 40 heat.

The proposal is that a small Example booster generates .2 heat regular & 1 heat overloaded, a medium example booster generates 1 heat cold & 5 heat overloaded and a large generates 5 heat regular & 25 heat overloaded.

The Medium example can take 400 heat now, and the large can take 4k, while the small remains at 40.

The ships they are "intended" for now can tank 1 heat per rack (5 unheated active small modules) for a frigate, 1.5 (7.5 unheated smalls, or 2 and 1 med) for a destroyer, 6 for a cruiser ( 6 unheated meds, or 1 large + 2 meds) 10 for a BC (2 large or 1 and 4) and 30 (6 larges) with ABCs getting a buff to heat dissipated in their top rack so they can sustain their guns cold.

The large increase in heat generated by an oversized module means the entire rack will be crispy fried if you aren't careful.
T3s would still get a few more cycles out of their oversized prop mods, but overall still end up with a penalty to fitting the oversized prop mods and boosters that make them so much out of line from most cruisers.

I assume it's not just plates of steel etc but rather plates formed from nanomolecular liquid crystal structures that can reform at will into solid hard surface to defeat AP rounds or restructure into a steel 'foam' to absorb impact/explosions. Add into that the electrical fields etc that provide resistances then its no surprise it takes a lot of power over that much surface area.

But that's just a theory.

If you have the 500mn on a battleship, it takes the heat fine. IF you then overheat with mostly unsized mods, you run a risk of burning them out FAST.

I would personally make them something a bit tougher but same heat as small mods.

150% and 140% of the frigate and cruiser dissipation respectively, with only the already snow-flake coded ABCs getting weird about heat generated. Yes, they still crisp pretty quickly with oversized modules. No, this is not an unintended thing.

Has possibilities.

Redirected here from another thread. I like as well. Question that would be on the nay side would be how server copes. Since it probably tracks that anyways...

Makes me ponder and relates to an idea I had where damage causes effect. Thermal means heat. Prevents logi permatanking...