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Ferrum Testiculum
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Posted - 2011.02.04 22:32:00 -
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Hi all!
I have been thinking that EVE needs a battleship size carriers to spice the game a little bit.
I love carriers and ships that can command smaller vessels, but doesn't have its own firepower. And I have always wondered why there isn't any middle size carrier ship that could use more than 5 drones (or maybe even few fighters). Of course its dps shouldn't be more than battleship's(or marauder) so it wouldn't be overpowered.
It would be fun to do lvl4 missions with a real carrier ship. =)
Please think about it and make it happen!
-Ferrum
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shady trader
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Posted - 2011.02.04 23:12:00 -
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I assume you did not do a search before posting?
This idea gets posted about once every 2 weeks since normal carriers were introduced in game. Macrointel, the place were the nature order of the universe does not hold sway. Pirates and ore thief's are congratulated by carebears for the actions. |
Ferrum Testiculum
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Posted - 2011.02.05 09:09:00 -
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Oh. Sorry then. I didn't find it from "Commonly Proposed Ideas" so I thought it wouldn't be that common idea.
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JohnPaulJones
Caldari Valhalla Naval Corp Valhalla Strategic Command
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Posted - 2011.02.05 12:13:00 -
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The current carrier is actually an escort carrier and the lowest tier. I couldnt see a smaller carrier being of use over a Navy Dominix or of use on any battlefield it might be fielded upon without being too weak and too costly for the DPS being delivered. As it stands carriers go down by the dozens per week,being downed by small gangs or even combat sites in some cases.
You idea isnt the first one and IIRC even CCP toyed with the idea but we have the Navy Domi that with a decent faction fit tanks 500+ DPS (without fleet booster) and unleashes 600+ DPS with drone spec 4, little more than half that of a Thanatos,fully skilled pilot and 10 fighters. More than enough to blaze through lvl 4's my friend.
The one advantage the fighters have is speed! They get to their targets like medium drones. Maybe ask CCP to make a Domi class Marauder with heavy drone speed bonus?
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Ogogov
Gallente Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2011.02.05 15:29:00 -
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because the moron that designed the marauders decided they all had to be based off tier 2 hulls, which in the case of the Kronos makes utterly no sense whatsoever.
The Gallente marauder SHOULD have been based off the dominix, but wasn't. Chalk one up to CCP and their crack pipe, yet again
As for escort carriers - read the descriptions. Carriers are in fact escort carriers, whereas motherships/supercarriers are the full size deal. Anything smaller would result in a gimped domi/logi hybrid which would suck horribly.
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Bigg Gun
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Posted - 2011.02.05 20:00:00 -
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I aprove of the BS sized carrier that can fit a few fighters.
However they'd have to make a fighter bay that cannot accept normal drones(would be cooler if the fighters docked externally - like a type of turrets), because a fighter's weight in drones would be like 200 heavy drones, and that would be overpowered.
100% bonus to damage (like the other marauders) to 5 fighters would be real nice. 5 figters x100 dps x2 == 1000 dps, less than say a golem but still real nice. (I'm guessing target painter would be fine for grabbing aggro).
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Ferrum Testiculum
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Posted - 2011.02.05 21:09:00 -
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I know Gallente has a Navy Dominix. I just can't believe that CCP thinks that everyone who wants to fly decent "carrier" style ship in lvl4 missions should learn to fly Gallente ships.
And for Ogogov. Ok. Maybe the "Escort carrier" was wrong name for it. My point is that there should be able to have smaller carrier style ship in which I could do lvl 4 mission in high security areas.
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Goose99
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Posted - 2011.02.05 21:22:00 -
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Originally by: Ferrum Testiculum I know Gallente has a Navy Dominix. I just can't believe that CCP thinks that everyone who wants to fly decent "carrier" style ship in lvl4 missions should learn to fly Gallente ships.
And for Ogogov. Ok. Maybe the "Escort carrier" was wrong name for it. My point is that there should be able to have smaller carrier style ship in which I could do lvl 4 mission in high security areas.
Domi has gun bonus, only 5 drones, and half its dps coming from guns. It is a BS, not carrier. A subcap version of a carrier with no guns and more drones that can operate in highsec is a role that is currently unfilled.
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