Thanks, tried to keep them in the Marauder / Pirate BS power range and get some thick racial flavor on them that standard carriers lack. They're all pretty different in application except perhaps Amarr and Gallente. Thinking prereqs something along the lines of Racial Battleship V, Drone Interfacing V.

My proposal is to have a carrier type ship that is non-capital and be reasonably affordable; the Light Carrier. It is suitable to players that are just starting out. It in turn will breath new life into the original vision of the Carrier, a support platform for corps to use in low sec and 0.0 areas. The size of the Light Carrier and her drone complement allows her to operate in the high security areas. It is a way to beef up drone and logistic capabilities of a small fleet or a skirmish group where a Carrier is too large or costly.

In the universe of the EVE Online, the Light Carrier would have been brought about by a need to quickly built carrier type ships by using existing hulls such as those of Tier 2 BattleCruisers to supplement Carriers and Motherships which are rare in numbers. Drake hull would have her missile bays ripped out for multiple smaller drone hangers in their place and so on for other hulls.

The Gallente still retain the edge in the Drone field by having BattleCarriers (warships with the ability to fit a competent armament and field decent group of Drones at same time) and Drone quality (combat bonuses).

The Light Carrier should be able to fit a popgun armament or none at all, relying solely on her drone complement to project her firepower. It does not have a Jump Drive and a Ship Maintenance Bay. An optional suggestion is to have the Light Carrier is capable of fitting a Triage module; this would require a large increase in the cargo capacity in order to carry fuel for the activation cost.

I hope this would inspire you to use the concept behind the Light Carrier if not the actual proposal itself.


Layout of the Light Carrier Proposal

Applicable to all Light Carriers
-Drone Bay: 150 m3
-Drone Bandwidth: 100 Mbit/sec
-Slot layout as per racial preference
-Light Carrier Role Bonus: 100% bonus to Drone control range and 99% reduction in the CPU need of Warfare Link Modules

Amarr Light Carrier; Harbringer Hull
-Amarr Battlecruiser Skill Bonus: 200% bonus to Energy Transfer Array and Remote Armor Repair System range and 40% bonus to Armor Maintenance Bot transfer amount per level
- T2 ship (to be named; Light Carrier?) Bonus: 5% bonus to DronesGÇÖ armor resistances and can deploy1 additional drone per level

Caldari Light Carrier; Drake Hull
-Caldari Battlecruiser Skill Bonus: 200% bonus to Shield Transport and Energy Transfer Array range and 40% bonus to Shield Maintenance Bot transfer amount per level
- T2 ship (to be named; Light Carrier?) Bonus: 5% bonus to DronesGÇÖ shield resistances and can deploy 1 additional drone per level

Minmatar Light Carrier; Hurricane Hull
-Minmatar Battlecruiser Skill Bonus: 200% bonus to Tracking Link and Shield Transport range and 40% bonus to Shield Maintenance Bot transfer amount per level
- T2 ship (to be named; Light Carrier?) Bonus: 5% bonus to DronesGÇÖ tracking speed and can deploy 1 additional drone per level

Gallente Light Carrier; Myrmidon Hull
-Gallente Battlecruiser Skill Bonus: 200% bonus to Remote Armor Repair System range and Tracking Link range and 40% bonus to Armor Maintenance Bot transfer amount per level
- T2 ship (to be named; Light Carrier?) Bonus: 10% increase to drone hitpoints and damage dealt by drones and can deploy 1 additional drone per level

If I may be permitted to post my Light Carrier proposal that I wrote oh about a little over 4 years ago. Yes having more drones out on field is not a good idea at all (this was when I was just starting out, still a rookie). But I do honestly believe using the Tier battlecruiser hull as a base for the Light Carrier has merit (each racial Light Carrier list the battlecruiser hull they're based of or should be a variant of). Still yes there are many flaws with the proposal. So here it is.

I think this is a totally different kind of idea from what i have proposed. Furthermore, this idea IS just what people keep saying which is "use a rattlesnake, or a gila, or a domi, etc".

What I have proposed is not just a drone boat but a subcaptial ship the size of an orca, with uses for skills needed to get to capitals, and a large tank, able to bring utility and support to BS gangs.

So I dont think that your proposed version of light carriers really makes any sense in this thread.

Sorry

At the end of tiericide battleships v will be removed from capital ship requirements, it will be battleships iv

Another good side effect of light carriers could be that there will be no more Guys who uses there Carriers for ratting or missions.

I think you would see more people using Escort Carriers with maybe 5 heavies and 5 sentries out at once instead of carriers to rat or do anomalies. Full Carriers are pretty vulnerable on their own.

Hi

I'm flattered that you like my concept art for the Escort Carriers!

I think there is definitely a role to be filled! When i designed these escort carriers I had in mind the lack of a sub capital dedicated drone ship. when i mean dedicated i dont mean the dominix . I meant a ship that has only the ability to use drones as a weapon. These ships I imagined were Battlecruiser size. But since we have had the New Tier 3 BCs. So maybe a new line of battleships could be interesting? I think i imagine them to be able to use 5 fighters drones but parhaps using 10 heavies is more fun. Especially if we ever get to see something like the Drone Hud (Also designed by me ) and drone flying in formations


DRONE HUD

These were basically intended as subcapital siege support ships of some sort.

Awful idea, there is a good reason why there is no stronger sub-cap than the BS.
And i have to disapoint all of you guys, there won't come that one imba ships which will kill everything else, with its tousands combined roles (large dmg, logistic, mining?, ecm?) in one ship. It would just break the game, so as supercaps broke the game with their combined roles of different ships.
Think about a ship whichs fills out a real gap, logistic carrier which can fly with battleships isnt one it, you got logistics cruisers for sub-caps which are strong enough and you got carrier/motherships for caps.

From what i have gathered, the op wants it to do everything a carrier can currently do without a triage module and no jump drive, less training time and a smaller price tag

i think somebody don't have carrier there :P

i think somebody don't have carrier there :P

I more saw it as "I dont want to invest in a carrier" it is a gimped carrier. What new role will this fill?

2. This is overpowered.
Rebuttal: This is basically a very tanky battleship that gets less DPS than a gank BS's, is able to provide some limited remote repair, and only adds utility to a fleet but which would be very dicy to use solo. As long as cost is balanced well, power is not an issue since it is not, as some have tried to claim, a carrier able to fly in high sec.

3. You just want a carrier for cheaper
Rebuttal: I have one, I don't care about that at all and saying such is a straw man argument.

As long as cost is balanced well, power is not an issue

You're trolling, right? Ships aren't balanced around their cost.

but capital abilities,

do your hull ideas not boost these modules?

Nope.

Reading comprehension level 1 would help you out.

Read Page 9 and page one, then come back and participate.

Minmatar Escort Carrier: Squall Minmatar Escort Carrier skill Bonus +1 Drone per level +15% range per level of capital shield transporters

Ship bonus 75% reduction in activation cost and powergrid of Capital shield transporters

If this informationis no linger valid then is should be removed from page one.