I think the argument is: just because some people will use the exploration bonuses because they are there doesn't mean this ship will take on the role of an exploration ship.

NESTOR

Amarr Battleship Bonuses:
4% Armor resistances per level

Gallente Battleship Bonuses:
10% drone damage and hitpoints per level

Role bonuses:
100% bonus to remote capacitor transfer
100% bonus to remote armor repairer range
+ Same bonus as a BLOPS

Done!

Well let's all hold up and wait for a complete update from CCP Rise, and hopefully he adds the pics of the SoE BS also.

And I sure hope the coming Cald/Min faction ships, that BS has the same repair bonuses but for shields!

I think its perfect. The jump drive locking to covert cyno would fit perfect with its role and factions mission statement.

There are completely empty systems 40 to 50 jumps from empire. No one goes there, no one lives there. Dropping a Nestor into these areas is where it would perform best. This is its natural environment. Empty space, Ghost sites, could jump what stuff it could fit in its 700m3 cargo out with a covert cyno back to empire. Astero and Stratios have covert cloaks, so they could get there themselves easier. Nestor needs a jump drive.

The rest looks great as it is. Complete harmony and balance otherwise. Its exploration mandate cries for a jump drive, though not covert ops cloak. Could fit a normal cloak if you want, the probe bonus it gets would be mitigated to what it would be without a cloak or bonus.

Good work CCP!

Please stop posting stupid stats that would be overpowered or render other ships useless.

Well let's all hold up and wait for a complete update from CCP Rise, and hopefully he adds the pics of the SoE BS also.

Do you have another link to the pic, stupid gov computer, I can't open that one :^ (

And I sure hope the coming Cald/Min faction ships, that BS has the same repair bonuses but for shields!

And I sure hope the coming Cald/Min faction ships, that BS has the same repair bonuses but for shields!

Without a reduction in activation cost I really don't think you're going to be using more than 1 or 2 at a time regardless of how much they can rep.

Okay, another short update:

Adding role bonus: 100% bonus to remote armor repairer range

We agreed that this will make quality of life a lot better when attempting to use the remote repair bonus without adding too much power.

Possibly a more detailed post in a couple hours regarding the discussion on black ops/bridging/cloaking and the all-over-the-place design, but I'm super busy atm and just wanted to make sure you guys knew about this change as soon as possible.

Thanks

i see the entitled crowd wanting a new ship especially tailored to their own desires are still out in force.
Why on earth you all want this ship to try and fill roles other ships already do better is beyond me.
It has a ton of bonuses allowing it to be used in many ways but carefully designed so that trying to fit for all of them at once would be a mess.
It will be expensive and have niche uses. Some people will find clever ways of using it as the combination of bonuses is pretty new. This to me is the essence of eve. Getting a new toy which will have potentially novel uses is not a reason to qq everywhere and to copy paste other peoples ideas as if that were worth a new post.
Once again i leave Features and ideas feeling the need to spam the dislike button on 95% of the posts and sad because there is no such button.

i see the entitled crowd wanting a new ship especially tailored to their own desires are still out in force.
Why on earth you all want this ship to try and fill roles other ships already do better is beyond me.
It has a ton of bonuses allowing it to be used in many ways but carefully designed so that trying to fit for all of them at once would be a mess.
It will be expensive and have niche uses. Some people will find clever ways of using it as the combination of bonuses is pretty new. This to me is the essence of eve. Getting a new toy which will have potentially novel uses is not a reason to qq everywhere and to copy paste other peoples ideas as if that were worth a new post.
Once again i leave Features and ideas feeling the need to spam the dislike button on 95% of the posts and sad because there is no such button.

Rise and Fozzie are just two people, who recognise that the wisdom of crowds is to be respected.