In case this isn't a 0/10 troll, that particular position is filled by blaster/pulse laser/autocannon fits.

There are no "other, similar games on the market". There are other MMOs, but they are nothing like EVE. And when was the last time you saw a spaceship swinging a sword in ANYTHING?

I wasn't thinking an actual sword, that would look ridiculous; maybe some sort of mechanical claws, and the advantage to offset their melee-status would be that they completely ignore shields and go right for armor/structure.

Ah, so this is the stealth buff to armor tanking.

Ah, so this is the stealth buff to armor tanking.

And you are complaining about that why?

And a T3 Dominix would be the Warlock class?

But really, armor tanking needs some kind of buff. That Ancillary Armor Rep isn't really that great, as I understand it.

Armor mods + propmod should let you kamikaze your ship with a ramming attack. Just make sure stations undock provide a protection to avoid too many problems.

Multiple Undock points might help with this, heck allot of the station models already have the physical look that they do.

I put it on my big list of armor modules that have no practical use, along with Reactive armor hardeners and Armor Layering membranes.

I'm very fortunate to play in a type of space where armor is actually vastly superior for when you are murdering people because being a massive,multi billion isk immobile slab with 4 free medslots and a ton of EHP is more desirable than being cheap and agile any day of the week.

Highsec is great.

Also it is funny when the pilot ejects and runs rather than die.
It turns out that doesnt count as a kill though.

Reactive hardeners only stack with DC2
They are actually really good with skills and after 2 eanm2 & dcu2 +2 1600mm2 and then damage mods.
Mids get a cap booster+tc2 if needed.
And then you just sit there murderizing everything slowly and painfully.
Also it is funny when the pilot ejects and runs rather than die.
It turns out that doesnt count as a kill though.

I wasn't thinking an actual sword, that would look ridiculous; maybe some sort of mechanical claws,

Ah, I've never flown Gallente stuff. Are you sure that is truly melee? I was under the impression they just had very short ranges.

Given just how short the blaster range is, blasters with antimatter are about as close to melee range as you can reasonably get with space ships without risking , you know... doing something insane or stupid with them like ramming... only reason a space ship should ever be ramming something as an attack is when they are out of ammo or their weapon systems are down and have no other option... or if you're a kamikaze pilot loaded with nukes or something...

Remove all turret hardpoints from Incursus and all Sansha ships. Instead, create new hislot mods that allow us to enchant the frontal spikes/lances with bonuses to attack and damage. Then you could add all sorts of cool effects; set it on fire to convert all damage to thermal for example.

Perhaps officers could even drop officer enchantments. Estamel's Modified Vorpal Enchantment; struck ships need to make a DC20 fortitude save or explode instantly.

EDIT: Maybe something to make the spike/lance/whatever a lightsaber?!

I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

There are no "other, similar games on the market". There are other MMOs, but they are nothing like EVE. And when was the last time you saw a spaceship swinging a sword in ANYTHING?

This thread reminds me of someone's sig on here. It's goes something like this.

"Cyno me in closer, I want to hit them with my sword."

Make the Phantasm the Melee ship, everytime you bump someone with your spikes, he takes 250 damage to structure. Make the Phantasm useful again!

Make the Phantasm the Melee ship, everytime you bump someone with your spikes, he takes 250 damage to structure. Make the Phantasm useful again!

Can't way for the tears from people who got concorded in a phantasm after undocking in Jita ^^

more undocking bays and a get to go from Station control solves most of those problems.

you could also fix it so it needs a particulair speed be for it can ram someone (Ramming speed) wich might need active propulsion mod to adchieve.

Problems are there to be solved. I like the idea of a ramming vessle.

There are no "other, similar games on the market". There are other MMOs, but they are nothing like EVE. And when was the last time you saw a spaceship swinging a sword in ANYTHING?

maybe some sort of mechanical claws.

i can recall 1 instance of ship to ship action which resulted in direct contact between 2 ships. A scene from babylon 5 where 1 Omega destroyer rams another.. of course both ships were destroyed lol

i can recall 1 instance of ship to ship action which resulted in direct contact between 2 ships. A scene from babylon 5 where 1 Omega destroyer rams another.. of course both ships were destroyed lol

There's actually plenty of that nonsense in sci-fi. Hell, it wasn't even the only ramming attempt in B5.

And when was the last time you saw a spaceship swinging a sword in ANYTHING?

I'm sure you're all familiar with the 'classes' found in most MMOs; E.v.e. Online covers them pretty well. You have healers (logi), dps (a variety of ships, mainly cruisers), tanks (BSes and Capitals), Mezzers (e-war), and rogues (bombers). This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Anyways, just a random thought I had. This game is getting pretty dated and I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

Ah, I've never flown Gallente stuff. Are you sure that is truly melee? I was under the impression they just had very short ranges.

I wasn't thinking an actual sword, that would look ridiculous; maybe some sort of mechanical claws, and the advantage to offset their melee-status would be that they completely ignore shields and go right for armor/structure.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the 'classes' found in most MMOs; E.v.e. Online covers them pretty well. You have healers (logi), dps (a variety of ships, mainly cruisers), tanks (BSes and Capitals), Mezzers (e-war), and rogues (bombers). This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Anyways, just a random thought I had. This game is getting pretty dated and I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

I m sorry... I just cant help laughing, not sure if serious but if so, OP just made my day with the most stupid idea in the history of mankind.

I think the CFC is moving towards at least being ready to armor tank.

Make a space axe for my brutix please ccp.

I'm sure you're all familiar with the 'classes' found in most MMOs; E.v.e. Online covers them pretty well. You have healers (logi), dps (a variety of ships, mainly cruisers), tanks (BSes and Capitals), Mezzers (e-war), and rogues (bombers). This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Anyways, just a random thought I had. This game is getting pretty dated and I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

Reavers in Serenity have something similar.

Ah, I've never flown Gallente stuff. Are you sure that is truly melee? I was under the impression they just had very short ranges.

I've got a massive post in both F&I and assembly hall about ramming ships/damage. Look for it.

Potential uses:

- Cleaning Jita's undock from pirates using your Freighter as a monstrous, km-wide train/seaship to dig a tunnel through those little nasties, and getting yourself the rank of Hero from the traders.
- Wreacking havoc on some crowded highsec gate with your Battleship.

Fun assured!

I'm not interested in that, I'm thinking more along the lines of an actual 4th skill tree (alongside Missiles/Lasers/Projectiles) that allows you to use melee weapons in ship-to-ship combat.

This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Potential uses:


- Cleaning Jita's undock from pirates using your Freighter as a monstrous, km-wide train/seaship to dig a tunnel through those little nasties, and getting yourself the rank of Hero from the traders.

Actually I don't think the idea is bad at all, I've thought of it many times myself. For the naysayers, don't think of traditional "melee" - you have to adapt the idea to ships. Imagine some big capital ship with a maw on the front that could open up and swallow other ships whole. Imagine a ship with close range flamethrowers. Sky's the limit.

Great to see that most E.v.e. players have absolutely no imagination or inventiveness.

This game is going to go the way of all the other WoW-clones if the devs don't make efforts to keep up gameplay-wise with the other cookie-cutter MMOs on the market; I'd rather not see that happen, as I actually *do* enjoy this game a fair amount...

I'm sure you're all familiar with the 'classes' found in most MMOs; E.v.e. Online covers them pretty well. You have healers (logi), dps (a variety of ships, mainly cruisers), tanks (BSes and Capitals), Mezzers (e-war), and rogues (bombers). This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Anyways, just a random thought I had. This game is getting pretty dated and I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

Remove all turret hardpoints from Incursus and all Sansha ships. Instead, create new hislot mods that allow us to enchant the frontal spikes/lances with bonuses to attack and damage. Then you could add all sorts of cool effects; set it on fire to convert all damage to thermal for example.

Perhaps officers could even drop officer enchantments. Estamel's Modified Vorpal Enchantment; struck ships need to make a DC20 fortitude save or explode instantly.

EDIT: Maybe something to make the spike/lance/whatever a lightsaber?!

I'm sure you're all familiar with the 'classes' found in most MMOs; E.v.e. Online covers them pretty well. You have healers (logi), dps (a variety of ships, mainly cruisers), tanks (BSes and Capitals), Mezzers (e-war), and rogues (bombers). This game has a gross omission, however; a melee class. Has CCP ever considered a ship that can only hit from a few Space-meters away?

Anyways, just a random thought I had. This game is getting pretty dated and I'm sure CCP is always looking for ways to keep up with other, similar games on the market.

Remove all turret hardpoints from Incursus and all Sansha ships. Instead, create new hislot mods that allow us to enchant the frontal spikes/lances with bonuses to attack and damage. Then you could add all sorts of cool effects; set it on fire to convert all damage to thermal for example.

Perhaps officers could even drop officer enchantments. Estamel's Modified Vorpal Enchantment; struck ships need to make a DC20 fortitude save or explode instantly.

EDIT: Maybe something to make the spike/lance/whatever a lightsaber?!

I thought the whole idea sounded stupid, but then I pictured myself in a Stabber Fleet Issue, with a 100mn Microwarpdrive AND some kind of ramming spike/fist/horn in the highslots, overheating towards another ship in order to physically impale it.

I required no less than three paper tissues and a cig afterwards.