Noctis Balance Pass

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Noctis Balance Pass
The Noctis needs a balance pass. For a salvager, it has almost no cargo capacity. Adding a small fleet hangar, some more fitting options and maneuverability would bring it up-to-date and give it more versatility.

• +2 mid slots
• +5,000m3 Fleet Hangar
• Ability to use a medium Micro Jump Drive

The mid slots give it the potential to run a decent 30-40k EHP shield tank. The small fleet hangar address the cargo shortfall and gives the Noctis new options for the low slots (maneuverability, additional tank, etc.)
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This is one variation on how the Noctis could be fit with the new changes:

High Slots
4x Salvager II
4x Small Tractor Beam II

Mid Slots
2x Multispectrum Shield Hardener II
Medium Micro Jump Drive
Large Shield Extender II

Low Slots
Damage Control II
Signal Amplifier II
Inertial Stabilizers II

Rigs
2x Medium Hyperspacial Velocity Optimizer II
1x Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints II
. . . . .

It could even receive a new design along the lines of something like this:

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I think these are nice changes for the Noctis.

I usually don’t like requests of “please buff my ship”.

However, I do think the Noctis could really use these buffs. As a salvager it has plenty of cargo volume for salvage (which is tiny), but the Noctis doesn’t only salvage, it also grabs the loot which is a lot more m3. Additional cargo space in the form of a fleet hangar would be nice!

Another big downside of the Noctis is that it lacks range compared to a MTU, even with the massive tractor beam skills. The Noctis also isn’t very fast (especially not if it’s slowed down by cargo-expander modules) so it’s a pain to get to the wrecks outside your range. A Micro Jump Drive would be an ideal solution, and also is a nice defensive tool.

I’m not convinced the Noctis needs more mid slots, but I guess that can’t hurt.

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The first thing someone would use it for is turn it into a mining ship. Guaranteed…

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Good luck mining in a Noctis!

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But it’s good to try and think outside the box. The suggested buffs to the Noctis would make it a lot better as bait, for example, as it can light a (industrial) cyno, a rack of neuts, multiple scrams and points and decent tank with those 2 extra mid slots, but it doesn’t seem to be much better at that role than for example a DST.

I cannot really think of other ways these buffs can break the game yet.

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Now you just need to explain to us how you fitted a Multi Energized Membrane into a midslot. This would really make the Noctis OP. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

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What do you have aganist miners?

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Want to buff the noctis? Make wrecks scalable

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Thanks for the spot (fixed).

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I happen to agree with this, but not on the subject of mid slots or an MJD. A cyno ship with MJD sounds quite exploitable, but idk how people use them in interesting ways. I think an increased tractor beam range, increased lock range, increased tractor beam speed, slightly larger signature, slightly increased maximum velocity, slower align time, and very slightly increased capacitor capacity would be a nice balance.

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Not entirely sure what you mean, sorry.

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Strangely enough, just having more cargo space on the Noctis remedies a lot of issues. Not having to utilize all the low slots for expanded cargohold modules opens up a wide range of possibilities.

• Signal Amplifier II - This increases the # of targets from 10 to 12, scanning strength from 112 to 129mm and the maximum lock range from 93.75km to 121.88km. Consortium small tractors allow the Noctis to reach out to 112km.
• Inertial Stabilizers II - In combination with a Low Friction Nozzle Joins rig this drops the align time from 13.7s to 9.63s (an improvement of 42.2%).
• +2 Mid Slots - These allow you to take the EHP for the Noctis from a base of 14.2k to 31.6k - without the need for Nirvana implants or Core Defense Field Extender rigs.
• If you’re prepared to sacrifice your last mid slot, swap the rigs for Core Defense Field Extenders and run Nirvana implants - you can take the EHP for the Noctis a lot higher (but sacrificing mobility in the process).

And yes, you could also give it some turret/launcher slots to give it some hybrid mining/defensive capability (although I think this is a rare case scenario).

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Noctis needs a complete rework.
Currently its been made completely obsolete by an MTU and any destroyer with eight high slots.

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Just a few changes are all it needs: more cargo space, mid slots and the use of a micro jump drive. Then the low slots and rigs can be used for utility to address any additional shortcomings.

The Noctis will still outperform any MTU in both a loot and salvaging role (as well as any destroyer). MTUs can greatly enhance the role of the Noctis - we just need to make the Noctis a bit better first.