Hardly
Triglav ships for example are armor ONLY rr DPS boats Nestor as well there is exactly 0 of those on shield side
Just one example how you can introduce whole another set of ships beside Drifter ones proposed in this thread.
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Minor variations are not what I was referring to.
to balance it out, they could make the ships ridiculously expensive
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Edit - 14.01.2019 - Adjusted hull bonuses
Example: Charyb
Before:
Precursor Frigate bonuses per skill level:
50% bonus to Light Warp Lance and Microwarpdrive overload bonus
50% bonus to damaged module repair amount per secondRole Bonuses:
Can fit Light Warp Lance and Light Hyperwarp Diffuser
Can repair heat damage to modules that have taken 100% damage
After:
Precursor Frigate bonuses per skill level:
50% bonus to Light Warp Lance overload bonus
50% bonus to 5mn Microwarpdrive overload bonusRole Bonuses:
Can fit Light Warp Lance and Light Hyperwarp Diffuser
150% bonus to damaged module repair amount per second
Bonuses to microwarpdrive overload effects have been focused down to only affect the proper size for each ship, and the ability to repair burned-out modules has been removed - careful heat management makes for a more skill-intensive piloting experience for those who want to fully utilize Drifter ships.
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Here is my idea: make some wormholes rarely connect back to Jove space, giving explorers something to actually explore. While weāre there, players could either repair the Jove gates or rather salvage them and replace them with the Upwell jump gates - this will keep the location and connection of the original gates. This way players could slowly rebuild the sector, while also fighting over it.
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But ājoveā space is the testing grounds that CCP uses to try out new ideas and features live, so we would wind up with weird interactions with new content not yet ready to be released.
Edit: If they say evacuated 1 or 2 of the regions and opened them up for players to explore, that would be a different story. Currently though, it would be a disaster
Really clean design description would be cool.
How much room does CCP need to live test stuff? A few constellations wouldnāt be enough? The rest could be opened to be explored and repopulated.
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I agree with the fact that CCP is using a lot of room, Iām just saying that turning it from a testing grounds to a player area would probably take a lot of time and effort on CCPās part.
Currently all Pirate ships have 2 Empire faction skill required to pilot.
Iād love it if the Drifter line (as Jove descendants/relatives) needed all 4, or even some combination of three. You could tie the hull bonus equally to each. So if someone want to rapid train all 4 empires, theyāll be more gimped than the average sit to fly it bear.
Iād love if on the same lines triglavian ships required āprecusorā + 2 empires to fly, and the ship bonuses were evenly divided. (Precusor weapon bonus, - Precurs ship skill, Armor bonus - Gall ship, Sensor bonus - Cal skill)
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Great Idea +1!
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Iāll take one of each, thank you good sir!
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Regards,
Cypr3ss.
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I really hope CCP incorporates a drifter, or overall sleeper ship line using the drifter battleship as a base. More precursor ships will spice up the game for sure!
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(edit: 18 April 2019)
In the wake of faction turrets being announced to gain the ability to fire t2 ammo, Iāve come back & adjusted a few minor details (and one detail I neglected to originally include) in the proposal:
- āStorylineā turrets and superweapons changed to āFactionā designation
- Added incurred 100% heat status for all racks after firing to Hyperwarp Diffusers
- Slightly adjusted formatting for better readability
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By 100% heat status, will this completely overload the modules and burn them out? If so, wonāt the ship be without weapons?
supported, love the idea of these ships, the idea to give these ships weapons a connection to heat gives it some of that unique feel trig weapons have.
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No, the heat status of each rack affects the chance each module has to take heat damage, per cycle - all this would do is maximize the chances of modules taking damage during heated cycles, until the racks all cool down again.
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Okay, iām very late to this post, but iāve got an idea that might make the HWD more interesting: integrate Overload mechanics into it, both to make use of the faction theme and to spice up gameplay. These ideas could do with some tuning to better align with present Overload mechanics, though: the base idea is just a sample.
My base idea with this is to use Overheat as a limiter. When the HWD is active and blocking damage, for example, you can increase shield buffer or resistance, and remove damage penetration, but the module takes heat damage from normal shots, maybe 0.1% per shot taken, multiplied by the raw damage dealt. That way, Overshields go down because the module breaks, triggering the DD, and then the module is out of commission for the rest of an engagement. Gives things a bit more weight.
The second change is just built on the first: the DD function occurs automatically on the cycle when the module hits 100% overheat, can therefore be manually triggered by Overloading the HWD, and most importantly, only activating when the module breaks gives it more gravity- if the Drifter canāt finish a fight with that shot, itās going to be debilitated for the rest of the battle. The module should have an extremely long cycle time, in both modes, so the DD can be well-telegraphed.
Any suggestions? Complaints? Ways to better translate this into current mechanics?
I think that maybe the since the drifter ship turrets are secondary weapons maybe the weapons should function like lasers but rather be a weapon be like a module and the ādoomsdayā weapon be the main weapon.
Doomsday is a single high slot module, like triglavian cannon. Floating Lux Contos/Syphillis secondary guns are sentry drones, which can only orbit your ship.