Player Features and Ideas Discussion

So I have an idea!

Don’t know if this has been discuss already but let’s try and explain it.

To add an extra stage of damage:

Currently you can only Damage & Destroyed leaving a Wreck a ship. The Wreck only leaves a wreck and some random modules that survived.

So what I propose is adding a stage in-between damaged and destroyed. Let’s call it incapacitated name open to discussion? When a ship has reach this level No modules will operate and ship can only drift the capsuleer will be forced to eject. If you leave it then the ship will over a period of time degenerate into a wreck or if you keep shooting it will become a wreck.

The modules within this ship because it is burning would be suffering from overheating damage and would require additionally repairing when recovered.

But with the ship in this stage the possibilities to collect and repair the ship. Only when the ship has been repaired to 50% structure (figure up for discussion?) then you can fly it but a reduced speed. Maybe even you can’t even get into it till it has been repaired to s certain level.

I know it would involve a lot of work on behave of the Scrap merchant But a whole new industry would could be created. Creating new ways to attack a fleet and then replenish a fleet from the dead. I must confess to only having the option to kill and salvage a wreck makes me feels so restricted. I’d love the ability that if I seen a ship I could incapacitate it then repair and utilise it later.

What’s your thoughts ?

I like this idea.

(IB this topic moved to F&I, though.)

Just as added spin of maybe even a new ship would need to be created to retrieve these ships.

This could even a new way to tow or store these ships into the cargohold.

Maybe even a ship that would carry another capsuleer to the location of the incapacitated ship?

All this is leaning towards a modified Logistic ship maybe even a cloak option with a larger hold. But most of this could be done with existing ships?

Exactly maybe even a self-destruct inhibiting jamming module could be used but you have to be close range or even use something like the hacking you do with the relic sites?

I think CCP elected not to have "incapacitated ships" for a couple of reasons.

1) It could lead to stalemate situations. Two ships both shoot missiles at each other, both become incapacitated, neither pilot is willing to give up their ship, choosing instead to wait and hope that theirs will be the first to be rescued by a corp mate.

2) Reduced demand for ships. The eve economy rests on destruction.

3) There would need to be changes to other mechanics. Right now, your ship will explode if you eject when it is highly damaged, because your skill gives it extra hull points. Eject, those points go away, and BOOM. Presumably an incapacitated ship will have little hull left, so ejecting from it should result in an explosion. CCP would have to do something about that mechanic to prevent that explosion.

The capacitor ... is incapacitated.

Is not enough neuts and ECM enough to incapacitate a ship?

Yes I agree but if you could damage a ship to the point nothing worked on it then there could be a small chance just before it explodes.

That you could stop it becoming a wreck and fix it or bring it back to somewhere to fix it and us it again.

You should see the effort it takes to get everyone except the right alliance off field at 10% structure, so they can re-claim their station.
It will be really difficult to get everyone to stop shooting a ship in time. Stick to ECM, neuts and then randsom the ship or tell them they can keep their pod.

I prefer to nickle plate my ship.