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Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Yonnoth Assassination Squad
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Posted - 2010.12.02 04:08:00 -
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Its a good idea. Need a gap filler between battleships and dreads / carriers. Too big of a jump in both skill point training and ehp / dps as well as price.
T2 Dominix that fields 5 fighters would be very cool.
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Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Yonnoth Assassination Squad
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Posted - 2010.12.02 04:28:00 -
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Originally by: Alias 6322A
I would personally like to see a mini-carrier literally: a ship that fields more than 5 drones, but not fighters/bombers. Probably only up to 10 tops.
In other words...Guardian Vexor anyone? That ship is incredibly rare of course, but the concept behind it is good. Make ships similar to the Domi and with OP idea: less hardpoints, heavier reliance on drones. Why 5 heavies when you could field 10? Or Sentries...or even lights?
These new ships would be susceptible to anti-drone ships of course, so there is a balance there. Adds a new layer of strategy on the battleship hulls, and hisec war as a whole. Maybe even mirror the current carrier attributes roughly: gallente version would have higher dmg output, where as the utility of the minmatar version outshines the others. Stats along those lines.
The main reason I like this idea is that it fills the gap between capitals and battleships a little. Think of them as mini-capitals without the advantages (or disadvantages) of a jump-drive, but more gang oriented nonetheless.
Why not fighters? 5 fighters does 1/3 the dps of a carrier and slightly less then double the dps of a dominix (less than doubling the dominix's 5 drones to 10).
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Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Yonnoth Assassination Squad
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Posted - 2010.12.02 06:43:00 -
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Originally by: Solid Prefekt
I don't think we need a mini-carrier as we have plenty of 500mil ships. What I would like is a 3-5 bil cap ship that is dockable. Something between a carrier and super carrier. That would be a great isk sink and give something more to word towards.
Isk is irrelevent imo. Whats relevent is there is a gap between battleships and the next larger ships. The difference between battleships and carriers is approximately 300% more damage, 1000 to 1500% more EHP and a few thousand % more training time then between bc and bs.
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Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Yonnoth Assassination Squad
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Posted - 2010.12.02 19:59:00 -
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Edited by: Infinity Ziona on 02/12/2010 20:00:43
Edited by: Infinity Ziona on 02/12/2010 20:00:05
Originally by: De'Veldrin
Originally by: Fried'chickenisha
Idea has come up before and I like it, as long as it can go into highsec.
I think that would be the main point, yes.
Personally, I would like to see
+1 drone/+25 mbit per level of <skillname>
No fighters - those should still be reserved to capital ships. 10 heavies/sentries should be enough.
Problem with 10 drones is they would absolutely own everything T1 battleship and lower. Fighters wouldn't. |
Infinity Ziona
Minmatar
Yonnoth Assassination Squad
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Posted - 2010.12.03 04:59:00 -
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Originally by: Sig Sour
The Sin is definitely not a mini carrier. Wait. Yes it is.
Nah the sin is a BC with nerfed recon like abiities that somehow got given a battleship graphic. Its a support vessel not a combat ship.
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