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Lin Gerie
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Posted - 2012.05.09 22:14:00 -
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I've had an idea for escort carriers for a while. Basically it would have the power of 2-3 drone boats but none of the versatility. This gives players a chance to learn more complicated drone management and a clearer stepping stone to carriers and super carriers.
Basically for a cruiser hull it would be something like
3-5 high slots (no turrets)
3-4 mid slots
4-6 low slots
drone capacity 25(50?) +5 per level of escort carrier
drone bandwidth 25 +5 per level of escort carrier
drone control range +5km per level of escort carrier
Role bonus
Damage, shield, armor, hull, mining yield of light drones +100% (this could also include stasis and other Ewar drone abilities as well)
The idea is to have a ship that is focused on one kind of drone while leaving high slots open for either drone mods or remote repair and or shield transfer modules to keep your drones alive. It would work similarly for a heavy escort carrier which would be a BC or BS class ship which would focus on medium or heavy drones.
While the ships have more initial power in their drones, they have no real angle other then their initial drone set. Another option would be to give them SLIGHTLY more drone space so as to accommodate an additional 5 drones of the size needed so that they have drones to reinforce should they lose any. Escort carriers would be T2 ships but would probably have slightly lower resists then typical T2 ships.
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Lin Gerie
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Posted - 2012.05.09 23:02:00 -
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I was unaware that an ishtar could field more then 5 drones. If so I'm terribly sorry, but it can't, so I'm not. Also I was unaware that the ishtar gained a large bonus for one size type of drone.
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Lin Gerie
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Posted - 2012.05.09 23:48:00 -
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That was merely and example. Furthermore the ship only gains a bonus to LIGHT drones, and has little capacity to replace any lost drones. Add this to it's complete absence of turrets or missile launcher hard points and you have a ship that not only has a direct counter (smart bombs) but can't sustain in a fleet fight should it lose it's drones.
Unlike other combat ships this one can have its combat capability completely removed, thus the extra fire power to the drones.
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Posted - 2012.05.10 00:36:00 -
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Drone DPS is dependent on the defending ships size due to tracking. This means that an ishtar flying a full set of heavies would not have the same DPS vs a cruiser or frigate that this escort carrier would. It could change its drone set up but now it doesnt have the same DPS as the escort carrier, not to mention the time to change drones.
Furthermore with a lack of weapon hard points this makes the ship a relatively good logistics ship, something the ishtar is not. To put plainly the Ishtar is an assault ship, where as an escort carrier is a support ship. It adds great defense and great attack to a small gang but in a larger fleet might not bring as much to the field. It would be a GREAT ship to have in wormholes.
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Lin Gerie
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Posted - 2012.05.12 22:20:00 -
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To everyone saying escort carriers have no role. Small gang combat and wormholes.
We would now have a ship that is perfect for small gang fights. It has strong drone bonuses to protect itself while it's high slots are used for logistics to either keep its drones alive or keep it allies alive. Furthermore we have a carrier like ship that is useable in C1-4 WH as capitals cant fit. (not so much for C4s but it would still be useful there) |
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