Centurax
Eve Engineering Authority
Eve Engineering
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Posted - 2014.02.11 13:24:00 -
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Ok given the trend of this topic I don't think this will be a popular solution, I accept that bumping and ganking are valid ways to do stuff in Eve, so no point trying to change the fact that can be done.
So lets make the solution simple, add module slots to Freighters and Jump Freighters:
High slots: Some weapons would be nice on a freighter so you can at least get on the kill mail of the pilots trying to gank you as CONCORD shoots them down. I don't expect these fittings to be more than Medium weapons and not too many maybe 4 or 5 no more than a cruiser not looking to make a Freighter an alternative to a battleship or anything  .
Mid slots: Enough to fit a tank maybe a Capital or XL Shield Booster and a MJD. Here is where I think it will be an issue for the Gankers, "I will need to get more ships to kill a Freighter", I would suggest ships on Auto Pilot will still be as vulnerable as they are now, have to be at the computer to turn on a shield booster of MJD so I suspect you will find plenty to kill. So being able to use an Afterburner, MJD or MWD will give options to allow the ship to move back to a gate or get into warp, maybe wont solve the bumping issue but will give some options to counter it.
Low and rig slots: then I accept you would have to reduce the cargo hold of the freighters by a % so that when you put back T2 expanders and Cargo Rigs you arrive at more or less what you had at the start. Then it is all personal preference, even with reduced cargo hold you don't have to make it max carrying capacity, increasing warp speed, agility or tank will give more flexibility to Freighter pilots.
I will point out the though Orcas are clearly gankable they still have all these options available to them, if they work or not at the time, you can at least use rep your shields or armor and use drones to fight back however futile it might be .
At the end of the day it will level the playing field slightly between the freighter pilots and those trying to gank them. I still don't understand the original thinking behind Freighters with no slots it seems stupid that you would develop a large cargo vessel that operates in space with pirates and not make some attempt to protect it, seems very illogical to me. |