The new carrier update got me thinking. Light carriers

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Now hear me out.

In echoes they have an op carrier capable of going into hs, it can use dread guns and fighters, I thought this was cool but it wouldn’t fit into EVE so I was thinking Light carriers.

Unlike normal carriers post patch, they wouldn’t have the unlimited lock on range or the 3 fighter groups, instead they would get 1 fighter group 1 support group, or 2 fighter groups and 4 hardpoints depending on faction for Large weapons.

So it would also have half the fighter hanger that a normal one does or 1/3 a 50% smaller Ship hanger, would be half the size of a normal carrier, and would be able to be used in Highsec.

Now I know alot of people are opposed to seeing anything carrier related being put in highsec but hear me out I have more Ideas

Proposed Ideas to possibly make this work:

  1. New carrier class [Light carrier]
  2. New type of fighter [Ultra light fighter] basically would be a roided up heavy drone only usable in [Light carriers]
  3. New type of Fighter support mod [Light fighter support unit] gives 25% - 50% bonuses of the normal FSU
  4. These [Light carriers] would be able to fly in highsec and jump normal gates
  5. they would have 8 high slots with 4 hardpoints for large weapons 4 as aux for [LFSU] mods or other aux mods
  6. They would be 50% the cost of a normal carrier, 50% the EHP of a normal carrier.
  7. Their max target range stock would be around 300km
  8. They won’t have the ability to conduit jump on their own, they would need a carrier or titan to bridge them.

Use case:

  1. Mission running

  2. Fleet pvp

  3. Ratting

Open to constructive comments and add ons, will update later.

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How would you introduce this without making drone battleships obsolete?

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It’s meant to be an introductory into carriers, so while Drone battle ships have the pros of being cheaper, and not as big of a target, and as far as I know there are only 3 Drone battleships : the Nestor, Domi, Domi Navy, and if you count it, the Sin. and from what I can see in recent years the Domi seems to be falling off, and the Nestor is super niche.

Light carriers would be more expensive, and deal higher dmg, there by clearing missions faster, and should be gated to Level 4 and 5 missions.

I can’t guarantee this wouldn’t make Drone battleships obsolete, at least for Omega players, but is that not the point of an upgrade? You would still need carrier skills - the jump drive operations, you would also need the fighter skills, Ultra light fighters and support fighters, as well as the fighters skill and hanger management skill.

So Light carriers being an upgrade and more expensive Isk and SP wise. Drone battleships should still have a place.

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There is nothing in high sec worth ratting in a multi-billion ISK carrier. You can nuke any L4 mission in high sec in a Marauder in 5 minutes or less. Long story short, there is no content in high sec that requires a carrier. Absolutely none….

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