Vast numbers he says. List them, he does not.

And yet your sole reason for making them passive is because you either can't remember or are too lazy to turn it off (along with any other modules you may be running) before you log off.

Really?!?

the fact that it boosts resistances across the board, for instance

Except that it's a module you literally never want to turn off, you have to turn it on every damn time you jump, it's more or less impossible to shut if off with neuts because of 1 cap use and like I quoted, it was supposed to be passive to begin with. Oh and it makes it possible to see EHP in station

everyone wanting it passive is an empire afker, basically

read my post 4 post up maybe?

Yes. So does every other passive hardener, and even active ones with skills too. Your point being?

I read them, so did everyone else. "Most" of your reasons could be applied equally well to most active defensive modules in the game.

Look we are trying to be polite here (for a change) but this is more than a little ridiculous ... not to mention trivial.

I guess it's a matter of opinion. But by your definition of my definition(?), DC should have some resist applied to the ship when it is inactive?

I think it works perfectly well just as it is.

I think the simplist solution is simply to start remembering to turn it off when you plan to log off, instead of trying to make the game compensate for your forgetfulness.

Don't log off in space?

If you're in wh space, this is far from the biggest difficulty in your life.

then don't activate it until it's necessary?

You should have to take "some" steps to make your ship ready for a battle. Considering how important the module is to your ships survivability I would say it is a prime example of a module that SHOULD need to be activated.

You mean, like fitting the ship before undocking?

let's see

- ensuring that guns are loaded with ammo suitable for the range of the engagement
- turning hardeners on
- ensuring that any active tc/sebo/ewar are loaded with scripts suitable for the engagement
- making sure your falcon alt is nearby
- getting your boosting loki alt in place

If the module was meant to be passive, it'd be passive. But it's not.

At that point we didn't really have the luxury of programming time and we did not have any tools to create a module where only one could be fitted. We did however have a functionality where we could only activate x module at a time so we decided that the damage control would have to be activated but have really low cap need.

I take it reading was never your forte? See the following quote:

Now I'm sure Andski is scrambling trying to find a way to convince us Tuxford and the other programmers meant they wanted the DC to be an active module the whole time, but there is no way that is implied at all in what he said. It is implied they wanted it to be passive, but was impossible to program it that way at the time.

Now in no way am I for making the DC passive for the sake of logging purposes, but for the sanity of less clicking. The DC was never intended to be an active module so maybe now they can make it so. Also make the drone control unit passive. Now before you climb on top of our soap box and proclaim a passive DC will make supers impossible to kill consider the idea of passive DC not being allowed to be fit on capitals, but instead required to use a a different sized DC that uses as much cap as an active shield/armor hardener. Or maybe all damage controls functions as a passive module and when fit to capitals it is an active one. Magic! Lets also not forget about the opportunity to introduce faction, dead space and officer DCs.

So here is the opportunity to add a vast amount of flavor when it comes to the DC hull tanking department. Lets explore that I say.

Or turn it into a new skill for passive effectiveness Like passive ability of inactive shield hardeners.
Its Hull ability can be passive and starts out at 15% effectiveness at level 1 to 75% effective hull passive at lvl5
Keep its extra shield and armor resistance as active only.

Your issue is you DC
Your solution is you want your tank to remain on

Can I have this problem solved as well

My guns run out of ammo
My solution is to allow me to keep firing without ammo

Thanks!

Your issue is you DC
Your solution is you want your tank to remain on

Can I have this problem solved as well

My guns run out of ammo
My solution is to allow me to keep firing without ammo

Thanks!