
Tzar Sinak
Mythic Heights
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Posted - 2014.10.25 19:22:47 -
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I think I understand what CCP is trying to do and I would suggest that this is a trial balloon being floated to gauge reaction. Thus far reaction in underwhelming.
I have an idea that I think can be iterated on and made worthwhile as an addition to Eve.
The goal is to make a GLASS CANNON. It is to be rare but not too rare. It is to a real choice for players to consider. It should involve as many aspects of Eve as possible and still be "realistic". I'll list the idea in point form.
- Lore: Explorers are discovering a blue print copy that seems to be of a "super" weapon. It seems that these are leftovers from competing research projects by select corporations hundreds of years ago that for some reason went undocumented. These projects incorporate unstable elements that produce exceptionally powerful weapons but at extreme power draws on the ship that mounts them.
- Reverse Engineering: The BPCs must be reversed engineered to create a BPC. (Note: I have not done reverse engineering so please bare with me). The success of the reverse engineering process is determined by the amount of resources devoted to the effort. The resources chosen will determine both the QUALITY and the number of RUNS of the resulting BPC.
- Results of the Reverse Engineering: The resulting BPC will have 1 to 10 (maybe) runs. The QUALITY of the module will be AT LEAST 50% increase to rate of fire, damage modifier, tracking, and ranged of their T2 equivalent. The maximum percentage increase will be 100%. When overheated these modules will be increase in all categories by 15% and will burnout 50% faster than their T2 counterparts. The drawback for mounting these weapons will be the inverse resistance reduction of the average of the number of mounted weapon's quality.
Eg 4 mounted weapons of 100%, 72%, 85%, 55% will yield an average of 74% resistance reduction of the host ship. Now you have to learn the performance envelope of the weapons mounted to ensure that all will hit the target.
- Number of runs and quality are NOT mutually exclusive. You could end up with 50% one run BPC or a 10 run 100% BPC all based on the effort taken to reverse engineer the DISCOVERED BPC. Of course there ought to be some random factor included in the process avoiding guarantees.
- ALL T2 weapons in Eve would be available for the glass cannon treatment.
The end result is that choices need to be made by the players in both creation and use. The BPC to be reversed engineered can only be found through exploration helps to keep prices high based on drop rates.
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