What would be the point of titans then?

What would be the point of titans then?

I believe the core limitation for this is that anything "inside" or related to a ship is "owned" by the player according to the game code and server. This causes the player to "own" characters (whoever is a passenger) and winds up causing a giant mess server side.

Don't remember where I read it, but I know I read it. Something about the original purpose of the ship maintenance bays/hangars was to allow pilots to dock in carriers/supers/titans, cyno to a system, and then deploy.

But it didn't work out.

What would be the point of titans then?

The engine already supports walking through station + as we saw on Fanfest, it handles flying above planet's surface (does DUST514 run on same engine btw?) - it should absolutely, positively and necesarilly handle undocking animation via one of the carrier's gaping hangar bays (those with forcefields).

More pros:
- Saving mass on WH travelling
- They will never know what's gonna undock from the carrier ;)

+1

+1 to this idea

I think the only problem with that is size. The model for a machariel is almost as big as the nidhoggur yet supposedly you can fit two of those things in the carrier. A lot of BS have a similar situation. Though not as big a deal for supers.

The mechanics of this are not terribly difficult, just need to be adapted.

EDIT: Add in specified 2,000 meter range for this mooring line, I was thinking it in my head but saw I did not spell it out.

By docking to the carrier, the game will just depict a mooring line running between the ship and the carrier.
(It doesn't need to be displayed as a space object, just listed like an effect above the capacitor the same way being webbed is, etc.)

If you move or direct your ship to leave or log out, the mooring line is released.

If the carrier jumps, your ship and you go with it.

Wow? you can fit 2 Macheriels in a carrier? gotta buy my self a second Mach then!!!

But in all seriousness you can at maximum fit 1 BS in a carrier, it has 1 000 000 m3, all BS's are more then 500 000 m3 large. Yes in stats, they dont even really fit a carrier is mostly around 1 300 000 m3 big.

But who said it mattered? seriously you think 30Km3 of ore should fit in the 10m can or what ever? no in even cargo's can sometimes carry more then they seem to be able to carry, its true for small cares to! but in eve if you have a 10m3 cargo you can carry 30% more sometimes with the right technology!

Its the future right?

Wow? you can fit 2 Macheriels in a carrier? gotta buy my self a second Mach then!!!

But in all seriousness you can at maximum fit 1 BS in a carrier, it has 1 000 000 m3, all BS's are more then 500 000 m3 large. Yes in stats, they dont even really fit a carrier is mostly around 1 300 000 m3 big.

But who said it mattered? seriously you think 30Km3 of ore should fit in the 10m can or what ever? no in even cargo's can sometimes carry more then they seem to be able to carry, its true for small cares to! but in eve if you have a 10m3 cargo you can carry 30% more sometimes with the right technology!

Its the future right?

Guess I should re-title the topic to "Poor Man's Titan Bridge"

The Mooring idea is excellent

Make a navigation skill called Mooring Operations or Tandem Jumping Operations
- Carriers +1 to Mooring/Tandem Tethering per skill level - Allowing a single carrier to jump 5 pilots with it
- Super Carriers +2 to Mooring/Tandem Tethering per skill level - Allowing the super to jump 10 pilots with it

Give carriers and super carriers the ability to "Enable Mooring" or "Enable Tandem Tethering" or something to this effect.

All ships being tethered or moored need to be within 2500m of carrier or super carrier. All ships need to be at 0ms, any movement from a single ship will disconnect tethering line from that single ship, if carrier moves or warps then all ships disconnect from tether

Only sup caps can tether/moore with carrier/super carrier.

Obviously with rules such as these there will be ppl bumping carriers or ships to prevent a jump but the idea is to get from point A to point X, jumping into the "poop" and fighting it out. So starting out in a relatively safe system just long enough to get everyone tethered to jump is ideal.

Don't think Mooring would be the way to go, nor docking BS in carriers.

Eject->Store ship in Carrier-> Dock POD in carrier-> For now generic carrier/station environment(return to WIS could add walking in Carriers[So many evil ideas])-> Carrier has to start Jump sequence, receive jump confirmation from all pilots on board, or else boot them-> Once Jump is initiated, no one docks/undocks-> Jump-> Carrier must unlock ship bay after Jump/clear pilots for undock(accommodates session change)-> Pods undock, Carrier ejects ships(Or docks up, automatically spits out pods in station.

Little more complex, but doesn't just create moar, cheaper Titans. Creates a quicker transport system, but one that has some definite draw backs to the Titan system, preventing it from being too OP in combat but very valuable in alliance logistics for getting pilots from system to system without needing to Bridge, BLops, or have everyone in Caps.

Far more interesting, IMO.


EDIT: Interesting Afterthought to this: If Fighters are going to, in the relative near future, become playable(as was done for fanfest), then this concept could be an excellent way to get people ON carriers to fly fighters. Further development of this idea could lead to mannable point defense turrets in all caps. Would make a gorgeous way to get Dusties into space and being transported around by Eve players as well, merging the two games a whole lot better than just us bombing them and them hurling stuff at us. Not to forget the even further developed stage of this idea as Dusties being deployed as boarders to take over and neutralize carriers/dreads/stations/TITANs. Oooh man, that line of thought is amazing.