Not necessary at all. This basically gives neuts the same role as stasis webs and warp scramblers at the same time. Balance-wise, that would be a nightmare.

While an entertaining idea, I think this is silly, and should not be implemented, as it makes cap boosters mandatory on all the things that might be neuted EVAR! It also breaks the cap recharge equation to have a currently negative cap, which would then cause some issues in the code.

What would any battleship fear from a frigate then? Just fit 1 heavy or medium neut and you win.

While an entertaining idea, I think this is silly, and should not be implemented, as it makes cap boosters mandatory on all the things that might be neuted EVAR! It also breaks the cap recharge equation to have a currently negative cap, which would then cause some issues in the code.

thats kinda point, frigate is small, battleship as name says is battle meant vessel ... why should goliath fear david?

to OP: this could work only if u add opposite bonus ... if your ship isnt moving you get additional cap regen as energy u save by not using engines ...

Assuming you can get them down fast enough. The scram / web has an immediate effect, this would have a delayed effect that would start working towards the middle / end of a fight. Assuming you can keep your own cap up enough to keep running the neut.

Also, running all of your own modules wouldn't let you get into the negative.

I had an idea pop into my head. Currently a capacitor registers 0 to whatever your cap amount is. If someone neuts your ship out until you're at zero, you can still burn away at regular speed. This can allow you to escape if your ship is faster.

I thought that it might be cool if CCP introduced a mechanic where when you're completely neuted out, everything turns off on your ship (even your engines). This would simulate a ship actually losing all of its energy (like a low battery in a flashlight when you put a large load on it). If the neuts go away, the capacitor will still regen at its regular speed but would take a couple of seconds until it got into the positive side of cap and your engines would then turn back on.


I would implement it like this
An interceptor has between 200-400 GJ of energy. The scale on my stiletto currently shows 0-253. The new range would be say, -5 to 253. If I get caught by a neuting destroyer, they'll get a couple cycles on me before I would go into the negative. Once my cap goes below 0 my ship would stop responding and drift to a speed of 0 as if I just pressed stop.

Let me know what you guys think. Is this a terrible idea?

The ship's capacitor and its reactor are discrete systems. The modules and warp drive are powered by energy stored in the capacitor. The rest of the ship, like targeting, the sublight engines and so on are all powered directly by the reactor. The reactor also produces more energy than these systems need and that energy is what gets sent to the capacitor as recharge.

Not necessary at all. This basically gives neuts the same role as stasis webs and warp scramblers at the same time. Balance-wise, that would be a nightmare.

why should goliath fear david?

The ship's capacitor and its reactor are discrete systems. The modules and warp drive are powered by energy stored in the capacitor. The rest of the ship, like targeting, the sublight engines and so on are all powered directly by the reactor. The reactor also produces more energy than these systems need and that energy is what gets sent to the capacitor as recharge.

Assuming you can get them down fast enough. The scram / web has an immediate effect, this would have a delayed effect that would start working towards the middle / end of a fight. Assuming you can keep your own cap up enough to keep running the neut.

Also, running all of your own modules wouldn't let you get into the negative.