This would make solo mining worth while. BUT your idea is broken since it would be only in low sec or zero space / wormholes. The other aspect is that it currently contradicts CCP's current plans where they are buffing the current mining barges.

Also, why the need for bigger space vacuums?

Well, the current goals for miners is to become a mining director after being a mining foreman. Through either piloting the Orca or the Rorqual.

The problem I see with this is that it would have to almost require jump fuel to move.

Another question is its overall tank. What ships would it be able to tank? A capital mining barge sounds good but what would be able to kill it? Sounds like multiple battleships at least. Which is fine by me.

Would it be the only mining barge to field 5 large drones?

Yes without reading op bc it said capital mining barge in title.

yes,

the Purple Helmeted Warriors support this product and/or service please implement it right away and start mining within jumprange of us

many thanks,

kingston

I find it VERY odd how the same ideas/subjects are "independently" brought up in multiple places on the forum at almost exactly the same time.

https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=127915&find=unread

2 capital turrets a capital energy nuet a siege module and 5 fighters specifically designed for super cap killing.


I dont THink people would like that idea though.

NO other thoughts on this?

Okay, it's a 'capital', but how 'big' of a capital?

Titan, SuperCarrier, Carrier, Dread, Freighter, Jump Freighter, Rorqual or Orca sized? Something in-between?

Your OP leans towards Orca sized.

If you're going to make the ship sit for 5 minutes in seige, then it needs to be closer to Rorqual sized (IMO). Triple your ore hold / cargo give it a capital sized tank. No ship maintenance bay, no corp hangars.

What about rough #'s for EHP, Align times, etc., etc.. ?

this idea is a little wack, but has potential.

how i would see this is something like an orca, but not as big.

3-4 strippers, 3 mining links so 7 highs like logi command ships
some mids (5? for tank)
some lows (irrelevant)
better than standard battleship EHP (maybe 150-200k EHP...i know some bs gain that when tanked out and bonuses running, i am an incursion runner on the side)

cargo-400m3 (crystals and whatnot)
ore hold- 40k
corp hangar-30k (fittings, no ships)

abilities
7.5% to yield
5% to resistances
10% bonus to drone (gallente bonus)
docking platform for ship fitting changes
bonus to roid scan range
able to use gates as normal
(no tractor bonuses, no lasers range bonuses, no ore compression.... no jump drives.)

basically a larger hulk with the command ship bonuses. means if you are the primary miner, you wouldnt loose the output of your miner by being stuck to a POS boosting, you could stay in the field mining and STILL be supplying bonuses for the rest of the fleet. use the orca if you have the character to run it or as a giant hauler. this would keep the links up and going and not up and down all the time when its time to haul something. take this to worm hole space so you dont collapse the hole going in but still can provide bonuses.

so, not really a cap ship, but a field boosting command ship with drones for defense of the mining fleet and EHP to tank whatever rats (or smaller pvp fleet) come along until drones take em out or your fleet reships.
this could be a bit larger than a bs sized ship with an ugly sig radius. say 30% larger than a geddon.

but....with the changes in mining barges coming up soon, it maybe a little early to put this out. altho it could be a seperate entity in itself.

but think of this, with the new skiff EHP idea, and this idea..imagine a few of these in a null sec belt and getting jumped. they can defend long enough for drones to take out some invaders. give carebears some teeth....it would make low and null sec mining ALOT more fun.

Thats because its hilariously bad.

As for the OP, also hilariously bad.

Honestly was aiming for something inbetween an orca and a Rorq in size. Numbers were just to flesh out the idea.

i have seen a few more ideas like this pop up.

would be nice to get all the threads together and hash out a solid idea.