Disclaimer: I have 3 minmatar capital characters, two of which are supercapital capable. So, apply a grain of salt or two.
Shield capitals: remove shieldrecharge. There, done. If you unsub because you passive shield tanked your capital, good riddance. Now, apply gang bonuses like armor ones. If you can't remove shield recharge due to code, set the recharge time to 14 days and apply gang bonuses like armor. Instant win.
Introduce a new implant type (concord lp?) that gives slave-like bonuses to capital shields (not subcap shields, since in subcap land there are valid reasons for passive shield tanks) Or also make them increase recharge time so that passive regen stays the same...
Naglfar:I personally don't think there is anything wrong with it. A slight tad more cap recharge would be nice so we do not have to cripple our fittings to be jump capable after a 5 minute cycle would be nice, but I won't /emoragequitwristslash if it simply stays as it is.
The tracking increase in siege seems to work from my tests on Sisi (2* AC/Torp Naglfars vs Hel at 30-40km with 100m/s transversal; nice hits).
Nidhoggur:I personally consider the niddy one of the best 0.0 carriers, because it has armor tank, armor-rr for fleets, shield-rr for towers and reasonable fittings and damage. But, since it is make-a-wish time:
- two Archons remote-repairing each other with unbonused reps receive a 33% increase in repair effectiveness from their resistance bonus. Two Nids doing that only gain +25%. The "logistics" carrier should be on even ground here.
- the Nid is the only carrier whose racial bonus affects a cap using module. Yet, is has by far the worst - probably because projectiles do not use cap.... Well, please subscribe to a current version of reality. Carriers do not have turrets. Similarly, archons do not have lasers either, but they get the built-in because-of-lasors cap bonus. There is something wrong with that.
Hel:Oh boy. I could actually stop after those 2 words.
- the two points from the niddy apply as well, only more. In terms of RR-performance per needed capital energy transfer it is more effective to bring another nyx than a single hel. It's cap is THAT BAD. And do not get me started on the overall damage implications of the additional nyx.
- when SCs were rebuilt as DPS platforms, it was left behind as the only SC without either an offensive or defensive bonus as its originally intended bonus (-7.5%/lvl reduction to fighter bomber signature radius) was deemed too powerful (it had more effective dps against a subcap than a Nyx).
- all the racial t1 traits of Matari ships are built around versatility (extra slots here or there, a bit more speed, smaller sig (lol supercapital), weird half/half tanking slots etc), yet this expansion is explicitly about removing versatility. I consider this a problem. No ship should have design guidelines forcing it to be useless.
- Speed: the hel is too fast. An typical fit aeon has 62-66 m/s max speed. A typical fit hel has 100m/s. So to not leave the bulk, stay in range of its own RR modules to stay useful and the aeons RR-cap to not cap out, it has to slow down to those speeds too. At which point it is the only SC that is not above the warp threshold and therefor much more risky to deploy - at no gain. If you want to keep it minmatar with a mobility advantage, increase its agility, not topspeed.
- EHP: it wasn't stellar before. It sucks now. I do not have an armor SC (....yet), but currently on sisi the hel barely breaks 20m EHP with an officer fit containing modules whose price exceeds the entire fitting of an armor sc including the hg slaves. Price shouldn't be a balancing factor, yes, but it is a good indicator.
- CPU: the introduction of the meta shield transporters made fitting shield tank (hardeners, not boosters) locally and shield transfers (oh my, what a combination) more manageable, so this is probably fine now by way of costing a lot more isk..
It boils down to this:
Supercarrier pilots should be excited about a hel in their midst because of the things the ship contributes to the fleet, not because every additional hel means one ship that is a dead given primary before them like it is currently the case.
Ragnarok:I haven't sat in one yet (
), but I would guess it could use an EHP nudge and a speednerf aswell.