one solution to the drone control range is to change sentry control range to make more sense why would you need 100km plus control range when its sitting next to the ship?

I think better to give domi bonus on both drones types. For example optimal+mwd speed (7,5 per lvl for example). You always could put 2 DLA in your high (especiallynow w\o hybrid bonus damage).

RE: Dominix

along with the fixes to drone UI, AI, sig, EHP, speed and activation proximity, the new Dominix is an awesome ship if the changes go through as suggested. Currently the optimal+tracking bonus does help so much with mobile drones, which suffer from both low MWD and orbit speeds, not from tracking and optimal.

I do confess that only one of my Domis have guns on it, and it's a solo PVE fit which loses some gun dps, but gains Garde range and tracking.

Doubling sentry scope range would not hurt your idea of making it a fleet ship. Or increase drone bay- if Amarr ship can have the same bandwidth, why not break the "rules" and give Gallente the bigger bay, as it's now designed as a pure drone boat. I don't personally like the idea of pure drone boats, but in the case of Dominix, I have to admit that's how I fly it 99% of the time and it performs really well in it's task.

Low damage in brawling small gang situations is worrying (no you won't be able to use heavies against frigs no matter how much tracking you pile on Ogers), and this is where the Geddon starts to look much better alternative.

Anyway- the drone fixes have to come.

Also happy rumour for Domi pilots- it's getting a new model <3

P.S. How about expanding the drone bonus finally to ALL types of drones? That would be literally a "drone boat".

http://imgur.com/11sixml

finally

New versions of Hyperion and Megathron posted in the OP - let me know what you guys think.

Didn't notice that part, but it could still use a control range bonus and some more drone bay.

Which brings me back to my original point, what did it need 1k extra power grid for?

Gallente Battleship Skill Bonuses:
+10% Drone Damage and Drone hitpoints
+10% Drone optimal range and Drone tracking speed (replaces large hybrid turret damage)
Role Bonus: +50% Drone Control Range
Slot layout: 6H, 5M, 7L; 6 turrets , 0 launchers
Fittings: 10000 PWG(+1000), 600 CPU
Defense (shields / armor / hull) : 7200(+1731) / 8000(+1789) / 8500(+1859)
Capacitor (amount / recharge rate / cap per second) : 6000(+1000) / 1087s / 5.51
Mobility (max velocity / agility / mass / align time): 109 / .1254 / 100250000(+3150000) / 16.88s
Drones (bandwidth / bay): 125 / 500 (+125)
Targeting (max targeting range / Scan Resolution / Max Locked targets): 75km (+5km)/ 90 / 7
Sensor strength: 22 Magnetometric Sensor Strength
Signature radius: 465(+45)

I bolded the parts that would make the ship better.

4 flights of large drones too much? Drone ships are supposed to be "utility" ships, the proposed Dominix can almost do that but lacks the room for utility drones.

its great that domis a drone boat now... but now can you work on making it less ugly so it looks more like something that was made to launch drones... something sexy like the algos

Seems there turning the old ships into the new Navy Ships (least the good old ship's).

The Domi needs something. I can't quite figure out what the heck its missing, but it is missing something. There has been talk about an updated Dominix model. I'm thinking that would help.. well it would help a ton ( A refresh on the spacepotato, spacecow, rottensneaker, floatingturdmobile would help ).

Fitting wise... I guess the question is that no one has really fit out a "Pure" droneboat, and used it to great success. The main question that I can figure is... well what do we do with the highslots, they have no bonus. THe armageddon is getting both a Neut range bonus, plus its high slots can fit any weapon system (getting equal launcher and turret hard points). Yes it is unbonused but it gains flexibility like the Prophecy. I'm fine with that.

The Dominix does need something. I believe It needs a bonus to the Microwarp Drive speed of drones. It needs a way to get Heavy Drones moving fast enough to warrant their deployment. The Algos has it as a role bonus.

Algos
Role bonus:
25% bonus to drone microwarpdrive speed

That might do it. It would give the Dominix the option to deploy as a sentry platform, or to muscle its way into 40+ and closer range and use its highslots for rails/blaster mix as well as giving the Heavy Drones more movement they need to deploy out and be effective (Rather than the heavy drones spending 20 to 40 seconds MWD over to the ship to go blow it up.

Gallente Battleship Skill Bonuses:
+5% and Drone microwarpdrive speed.
+10% Drone Damage, Drone hitpoints, Drone optimal range and Drone tracking speed

That would probably do it. Though I'm not totally sure heavy's even having 25% more mwd speed would be enough for them (for mediums and lights, definetly, but heavies...).

If only there was battleship sized drone control units...!

Gallente Battleship Skill Bonuses:
+10% Drone Damage and Drone hitpoints
+10% Drone optimal range and Drone tracking speed (replaces large hybrid turret damage)

I think this would be better:
Gallente Battleship Skill Bonuses:
+10% Drone Damage and Drone hitpoints
+10% Drone MWD Speed and Drone tracking speed (replaces large hybrid turret damage)

so all drones get a buff, not just sentrys

yes because a 50% bonus to ogre's optimal is gonna make so much of a diffrence

MWD speed should be combined into the same tracking and optimal range bonus tbh.

well sir, you are entitled to your opinion, but first if they use optimal instead of speed non sentry drones will still orbit at the same range so it will make no difference. second bouncer II's will hit at the domi's 96-110k(not looking it up) depending on skill lock range, so no difference. third they are nerfing guns on the domi so why would you want to have optimal instead of speed? when you can put drone link augmenters in the highs and still hit at 100k with bouncer II's or warden II's rather than sacrificing a mid slot for drone navigation computers if you want anything but warriors to be able to hit those kite fit ships?

u mission in a navy domi, while in a faction warfare corp? omg yes. Ill be running a locator :)

well be careful with ur shield tank navy domi

You should make a pole for people to vote. Do they like the dominix changes, do they like the mega changes and so on, on this forum. Its quite easy and you get very effective results.

With the standard Domi and sentry drones I get 800 dps (drone damage mods of course), not including guns. How much dps do yo consider good?

If I'm honest, I really don't like the idea of the 7/5/7 Mega at this point. Originally, I thought it could be really fun to have the Mega become much more flexible and let it be the go-to small gang gun ship for Gallente. I think for that to work though, the Hyp would have had to become the fleet-focused gun ship so that there wasn't a lot of blurring between them. Even with the way it ended up working out, I still don't feel totally comfortable with the overlap between them, and if they were both 7/5/7 it would be MUCH worse.

Hope you can find a way to love one of them anyway =p

As for the Dominix CPU, I'll have a look at it when I'm back in the office next week, but I doubt it will get changed.

And while you look at the domi think of the targeting/drone control range too, a sniper without any range is kinda pointless