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AbdullahAhmed	Posted - 2009.05.21 13:35:00 - [1] Tornado Corvette High / Mid / Low 7/7/4 Pgrid: 25,000 Cpu: 700 Turret Hardpoints: 6 Calibration: 350 Role Bonus: 99% Reduction in GCWR powergrid and CPU use. Special Ability: 5% Reduction in X-Large shield booster capacitor need per level, and 7.5% large projectile turret rate of fire per level. Cargo Bay Capacity: 1500m3 Scan Resolution: 90mm LADAR sensor strength: 18 Signature Radius: 900m Shield Capacity: 10,000 EM/EX/KI/TH 15/50/40/20 Sheild Recharge Time: 4,000 sec. Drone capacity: 50m3 Drone bandwidth: 50Mbit/sec Max Velocity: 100m/s Mass: 153,700,000 Kg The Tornado Corvette as outlined above is designed to mount 6 guns, and a seige mode like 'General Combat Reconfiguration Module'. This module gives the fitted weapons a +200% Bonus to damage, and a -150% modifier on the weapon's Signature resolution and a -50% Reduction on missile explosion velocity. (Missile stat will need revision, is a guesstimate figure.) The idea is to create a larger, easier to hit battleship, who's total cost and skill setup fit right between Tier 3 BS and Capital ships. A Dreadnought may cost 1bn, and a Tier3 BS may cost 100-200mil, so at market price, this ship would sit in at 500-650mil + fit. With the big boost in damage but loss of signature resolution, the guns gain a damage boost and retainthe ability to track BS sized targets, but all but lose the ability to score hits on anything smaller than another BS. (It would even behard hitting a Battleship!) This means that the Corvette is well suited for hitting smaller POS modules such as gun batteries, and stationary BS/moving capital ships than a Dreadnought. It also helps provide a smaller corporation with a suitable ship for low end POS operations, with a smaller investment, and smaller returns than a Dread or carrier. In my eyes, the covette would be a great stepping stone, and while it's damage will not peak over that of a dreadnought, it'll be a mobile hard-hitter, and greatly felxible and useful tactical asset. Thanks.
Bibbleibble	Posted - 2009.05.21 13:38:00 - [2] a good Idea, but it will be flamed to hell and back. on a slightly different note, I don't think corvette is quite the right name for this ship, as a corvette is a warship smaller than a frigate. This is... somewhat larger. ________________________________________________ Check out my ideas! New Destroyers
Gypsio III Dirty Filthy Perverts	Posted - 2009.05.21 13:42:00 - [3] Attempt to obsolete battleships #23245243543423. Yawn.
Fille Balle Dissolution Of Eternity Ethikos Trade Alliance	Posted - 2009.05.21 14:41:00 - [4] Originally by: Gypsio III Attempt to obsolete battleships #23245243543423. Yawn. Wrong. A battleships costing 60-200mil will still have a use, as it's cheaper than a "corvette" costing 500-650mil, and a battleship would still be faster and more agile than these. Blasters would not be a viable option for these ships, because they would be WAAAAYYY too slow. To OP: I think the previous poster is right regarding the name, but otherwise I like the idea. Some questions: 1. Should they be allowed in highsec? 2. How about the other races (this one obviously being minmatar)? 3. Should there be more than one for each race? 4. Should they be t1 or t2? Basically, how would the material requirements look like? You know, to build it? Would they require capital components, or more like subcap ships? I'm signing this, as I would love something bigger than a battleship, but smaller and more useful than a dread, and this seems like a step in the right direction.
Valandril Caldari Ex-Mortis	Posted - 2009.05.21 15:47:00 - [5] This IS another attempty to make battleships useless, price doesn't matter as long as it is isk/efficent (and here you got boat that is more than two times better than battleship). Please resize your signature to the maximum allowed of 400 x 120 pixels with a maximum file size of 24000 bytes. Navigator
Syreniac	Posted - 2009.05.21 16:26:00 - [6] Originally by: AbdullahAhmed Tornado Corvette High / Mid / Low 7/7/4 - not that unreasonable - other battle ships have equivalent slot layouts Pgrid: 25,000 Only a bit higher than the current max at battleship level Cpu: 700 Actually lower than a maelstrom, so it is worse Turret Hardpoints: 6 again, worse than a battleship Calibration: 350 worse than a battleship Role Bonus: 99% Reduction in GCWR powergrid and CPU use. Special Ability: 5% Reduction in X-Large shield booster capacitor need per level, and 7.5% large projectile turret rate of fire per level. Out of siege this means that it is a worse ship and the cap use bonus doesn't do much when combined with the siege mode cycle time reduction Cargo Bay Capacity: 1500m3 Scan Resolution: 90mm Quite a bit worse than the maelstrom LADAR sensor strength: 18 Again, worse than the maelstrom Signature Radius: 900m Much worse than even caldari battleships Shield Capacity: 10,000 Only a little bit better than a normal battleship, especially considering the sig rad penalty EM/EX/KI/TH 15/50/40/20 Sheild Recharge Time: 4,000 sec. Drone capacity: 50m3 Worse than the t3 battleships, except the Rokh Drone bandwidth: 50Mbit/sec Max Velocity: 100m/s Not really that important Mass: 153,700,000 Kg Judging by what I have just checked over (the comments are in italics BTW), the best way to balance it would be to allow ewar to work on it when it is siege, and for it to have a tracking penalty of sorts (about 35-45%), so that it has a few drawbacks for the siege mod. Also, make it so it has short cycles, but can only carry enough fuel for one cycle.
DustinTheWind1	Posted - 2009.05.21 19:48:00 - [7] I would like to see something in the intermediate range just a bit more than a BS at maybe twice or 3 times the cost of a BS as there is a pretty big jump to the larger ships.
Blane Xero Amarr The Firestorm Cartel	Posted - 2009.05.21 19:51:00 - [8] Edited by: Blane Xero on 21/05/2009 19:52:16 Idea for the class name even if nothing comes of it; "Desolator(s) : to make desolate: a: to deprive of inhabitants b: to lay waste c: forsake d: to make wretched" ___________________________________________ Haruhiist since December 2008
Jade Mitch The Scope	Posted - 2009.05.21 20:24:00 - [9] Sounds like a great idea to me. But, if there's such a clear niche for this type of ship, I'll bet CCP is already planning to fill it. Maybe with modular T3 battleships. Or, if they aren't modular, maybe reconfigurable ships, like the capital mining ship, where they can switch between a moving battle mode and a stationary siege mode. That would be cool.
Janice Portia	Posted - 2009.05.21 23:40:00 - [10] While I approve of the idea (I love all the in-between ships - dessys/bcs) I think a different class title might be in order simply due to the fact that what you propose has absolutely no connection to any real world definition of corvette. They are lightly armed, maneuverable and fast ships - the opposite of your class here. I'd propose a title in the same vein as "Ship of the line" (though honestly that particular one is a bit hard to justify in eve's terms) Perhaps "Flagship"?
Matsif Minmatar	Posted - 2009.05.22 02:49:00 - [11] monitor - A monitor was a type of warship which was neither fast nor strongly armoured but carried disproportionately large guns used as shore bombardment vessels I think that is more fitting of the ship class you are wanting here.
Harald Thorson	Posted - 2009.05.22 02:51:00 - [12] May be this ship class can calls smth about a 'Raiders'? A ship largest than BS, with powerful artillery/missile weapon (via class bonuses) and possible EWar abilities. It's role is directly agree with a philosofy of long solo raids.
A Pacifist Republic University	Posted - 2009.05.22 03:13:00 - [13] Originally by: Janice Portia While I approve of the idea (I love all the in-between ships - dessys/bcs) I think a different class title might be in order simply due to the fact that what you propose has absolutely no connection to any real world definition of corvette. They are lightly armed, maneuverable and fast ships - the opposite of your class here. I'd propose a title in the same vein as "Ship of the line" (though honestly that particular one is a bit hard to justify in eve's terms) Perhaps "Flagship"? This pretty much. 'Corvette' should be saved for a sub-frigate T1 class or a T2 cloaker hunter.
Fullmetal Jackass	Posted - 2009.05.22 05:44:00 - [14] Edited by: Fullmetal Jackass on 22/05/2009 05:45:01 Originally by: A Pacifist Originally by: Janice Portia While I approve of the idea (I love all the in-between ships - dessys/bcs) I think a different class title might be in order simply due to the fact that what you propose has absolutely no connection to any real world definition of corvette. They are lightly armed, maneuverable and fast ships - the opposite of your class here. I'd propose a title in the same vein as "Ship of the line" (though honestly that particular one is a bit hard to justify in eve's terms) Perhaps "Flagship"? This pretty much. 'Corvette' should be saved for a sub-frigate T1 class or a T2 cloaker hunter. I was gonna say... Corvette is a very small ship. Also, there's no need for a bigger BS, or a BS that can "siege". Both would be overpowered.

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