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Suitonia wrote:

Am I the only person who thinks this thing is incredibly powerful to the point of being near broken for solo/0.0 roaming? Don't get me wrong solo PvP roaming in 0.0 is the only type of PVP that I really do so I honestly don't mind getting a hilarious new toy. But at the same time I cringe at the thought of catching other people will become so much harder if they employ this technique.

You can now travel fit every single PvP ship you want, providing you take a depot with you. And at only 50m3 + 5m3 per module *unless the modules are larger than 5m3* Cloak is 100m3 and sized AB/MWDs are sized based on hull, but most ships that don't rely on Cap 800s or aren't limited by space (Cynabal etc.) can easily pull off a full travel fit with room for refit modules and depot. Allowing you to safely travel deep into enemy space without the need to refit at a NPC station/carrier/POS. It makes travelling through hostile space so much easier, Also almost every ship that can afford to carry one got so much more utility now, you can carry a spare Afterburner to swap your MWD out, can carry a probe launcher if you ever need to probe someone or something, hacking modules incase you find a site, Tracking Disruptor is useful if you find a hostile ship after you that would be weak against it, ECCM etc. And you can pretty easily refit to your actual fit without any consequences.

I'm not sure how I feel about allowing the vast majority of ships to be able to run full travel fits without giving away much efficiency.

I think the gate/station/POS restrictions should be changed to 'being on grid' or at least 255km so it's outside max lock range. It's pretty stupid that someone could camp a gate/station in an Arty Machariel for example, but if they get caught, just refit to WCS and warp off. Falcon racial jammers mentioned by Michael is another example. The fact that it's only 3km fitting range from the depot though makes me feel that this isn't really going to be an issue (so much as a last ditch escape tactic). since an opponent trying to abuse the ability to refit at a depot has to give up a ton of mobility. But at camps where a falcon can instantly refit to 5x racial whatever's coming in is pretty broken.

You can bait people with these pretty good too. Anchor one next to a mobile warp disruptor, bait hostiles to follow you, kill something, refit to WCS, warp away from rest of hostiles sounds somewhat hilarious. The ability for almost any ship to carry a depot and WCS in cargo is a bit of a concern, although the EHP and the mechanics somewhat help balance that out. If you have a depot set up in advance however then you can have some fun until it's reinforced.