You can't move with an active Bastion so I doubt it.

to jump you dont need to move

Also what's the point of the mass addition in bastion mod when it can't move anyway?

Well i expected the marauder "rebalancing" will be stupid, but damn, this is a whole new level of dumb, while you're at it, make the remaining 4 slots into yu-gi-oh card launchers.

How hard is it to make a t2 bs, with t2 resists and decent sensor strenght?

I especially find the harrasing angle funny, you're making a slower, less base armor/shield, less dps, than pirate/faction battleship into a "harrasing" bs, just because you should fit a MJD. You do realize that people actually fit scramblers?
And how exactly does that add to the fitting options? Looks like MJD and Cap booster are going to be mandatory along with the bastion module.

Anyway stop using alcohol or drugs while changing the game, worse, if you're sober while doing it, fire the people behind those ideas.

You already ****** up the marauders once, don't do it again.

I know your just going to ignore everything I just wrote, since you have an infinite number of fanboys wanting transformation effects, but can I at least get my skillpoints back from the marauders V skill?

Thought for Bastion Mode -

Can we get it so the Marauder in Bastion Mode is unprobable?

This would help it immensely survive against on-grid probing if it's in a sniper role, as there's little point in being fixed at near-warpable distances that isn't a death sentence. (It also incentives Interceptors or MJDing battleships hunting them down)

This also has the dual-purpose of making Marauders very good for dangerous mission running in Low Security / Null Security. If your mission is trying to be broken into, you can Bastion mode to disguise yourself and protect the mission. Hunters will have to wait for you at stargates or stations then, unless they play the waiting game with you.

That would give them a very useful niche PVE role as well, as only Tech 3 Cruisers could hope to mission in that manner. Unlike the Tech 3s, though, the Marauder doesn't have system wide affecting capabilities (boosting).

Thought for Bastion Mode -
This also has the dual-purpose of making Marauders very good for dangerous mission running in Low Security / Null Security. If your mission is trying to be broken into, you can Bastion mode to disguise yourself and protect the mission. Hunters will have to wait for you at stargates or stations then, unless they play the waiting game with you.

That would give them a very useful niche PVE role as well, as only Tech 3 Cruisers could hope to mission in that manner. Unlike the Tech 3s, though, the Marauder doesn't have system wide affecting capabilities (boosting).

DON'T FIX WHAT AIN'T BROKEN - LEAVE IT AS IT IS!!!

-Snipped- I think the specialization provided by these T2 BSs is very clear, concise and awesome. Their role is clear, and outside of a few tweaks, I'm excited to give them a shot when they hit singularity.

You're missing the entire point of the Marauder rebalancing. The goal is not to have stronger T1 BSs, which is what you're wanting with "a t2 bs, with t2 resists and decent sensor strenght" (sic). If you want stronger dps, then use a pirate or Navy BS, and if you're looking for strong tank, then use a Marauder.

They'll have plenty of application as tanky weapons platforms, and the lack of sensor strength is compensated with the immunity to ewar. There isn't necessarily a need for strong sensor strength outside of bastion if CCP is trying to give compelling reasons to fly one ship over the rest.

If these ships just performed like a Vigilant or Mach, what would be their intent? Why use these over them or a Navy BS? CCP is creating the situation that if you want a strong, mobile platform that tanks extremely well, but has to commit to it, then use a Marauder. If you want a strong tank on a platform that very agile and doesn't have to commit, but has a lot of dps, then a pirate BS is what you should be looking at. Lastly, if you want an agile BS with good tank and strong ehp and damage, fly a Navy BS, and they'll be cheaper to boot. (Then of course you can always fly T1 for a solid all-around performer at a bargain-basement price.)

I think the specialization provided by these T2 BSs is very clear, concise and awesome. Their role is clear, and outside of a few tweaks, I'm excited to give them a shot when they hit singularity.

Main problem with marauders for PvE - which is the only part of EvE I know crap about - is the low resists and thus low ehp. Really hoped you'd fix that instead of adding dancing girls or making it a mini dread. All in all this will still be interesting, but waltzes around the real problem.

Edit: Love the PG additions, especially having a Vargur that can fit arties.

If these ships just performed like a Vigilant or Mach, what would be their intent? Why use these over them or a Navy BS?

but has to commit to it,

I think the specialization provided by these T2 BSs is very clear, concise and awesome.

Maybe you missed the part in the original post that stated:

Bastion Module:
"Provides 30% shield, armor and hull resistances when activated"

The "mini dread" part of your reply you almost state as if it is a negative against these hulls. I couldn't disagree more. Having better damage application through the Bastion Module is going to allow missions to be blitzed much faster.

Who cares about this?
You are wrecking both the Kronos and Paladin by removing a key element: the web bonuses, plus gimping all of them in DPS by nerfing the drone bays.

Yah, you have made this into a PvP ship, but once again wrecked another PvE ship.

All part of the plan, I assume.

Awesome (i proposed long time ago transforming BS's by myself ;) but for T3 ships).

But i still don't like TP bonus on Golem... You removed EW bonus from other marauders but leave this...
I rather see 5% explosion radius reduction in it's place (with removing mid slot)


Second thing is Bastion module, looks very cool but...

• Extends all large turret falloff and tracking by 25%
• Increases all large missile max velocity by 25%

Why two bonuses for turrets and only one for missiles? It should be 25% for missile max velo and explosion radius (then i will live somehow without expl bonus on Golem...). I believe it's only mistake because as You say it should give marauders better damage aplication, but without explo radius bonus it wont give it to missiles...

i would agree that losing the drones and web buff would just make these a huge liability in PvE, yeah you could tank for a long time but that will do little to help you deal with the frigs that get close and keep you scrammed and webbed. would make marauders mostly a liability in a mission