Because travel speed is one of the most important characteristics for haulers. Capacity, gank resilience and travel speed are basically it.

I agree agility would be more useful, but max speed has no direct affect on align time.

agility is a representaion of how long it takes to reach max speed (factoring in mass). Thats why the new higgs rigs only affect agility +10% (because agility bonus was greater than mass adittion) even though max speed was reduced by 75%.

If i fit argo expanders to one interceptor and overdirves to another, align time should be the same, even with vast difference in top speed.

Why does this new freighter not have a jump drive?

Ferries only operate between two banks of a river or lake. Tugs move up and down the body of water they are in and can make multiple stops.

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=define%20ferry



Seems to be apt to me.

you can not effectivly take precautions against a gank.

You just killed eve for families/students ect who share a computer and anyone who pvps in low sec plus anyone who accidentaly shoots things in high sec thinking its low sec and people who wish to give up their life of crime. Meanwhile the people who are neg ten all the time anyway are not impacted.

Please take these terrible ideas to another threadout back and shoot them.

This does make me wonder if the real design goal of the Bowhead is just to provide more cannon fodder for gankers? Since as it stands now - unless you fly with it in a fleet or dual account play and have some kind of logistics, you're going to have to say bye bye to your Bowhead everytime a group of 20 cheap dessies and their CODE? leader want to gank it in hi-sec.

Why invariably is the gankers answer to players who want to fly solo a hauler in hi-sec - that no, sorry you shouldn't play solo?

How many times does one have to repeat that 1) there are quite a few players in Eve that play solo and enjoy playing solo 2) that Eve should allow for all types of play in the sandbox (it's a big universe) - not just group play and not just game mechanics that cater to gankers who like to prey upon defenseless easy victims?

ps: By the way I have played Eve both in groups and solo. I like both. Sue me.

Counting the wrecks I saw in Uedama, I suspect the number of destroyers needed is actually smaller. But even assuming what you say is the bare minimum - 35 destroyers, which being wildly conservative here - cost 10mil a piece - that's 350mil to take down a 1bill+ freighter that you probably have already scanned and know exactly what's in the cargo hold - and would attack unless you knew the loot would be worth it.

A freighter by the way that is flying solo in hi-sec, that is pretty much defenseless other than CONCORD which you as gankers have well timed, so you know exactly what you need to take the freighter down and loot it.

So for the cost of 350mil - you get at least a 200% profit and probably even more. You also destroy 300% what you spent in hull damage to your victim. So not only do you make a huge profit from your ganking, you also cause a lot more ISK damage to your victim - who like most freighter pilots in hi-sec fly solo - because they assume they are safe with CONCORD - or they assume 35 cheap dessies shouldn't be able to take down a freighter in hi-sec because hi-sec is suppose to be relatively safe (unless someone has wardecc'd you).

Currently I think the RISK vs REWARD for gankers in hi-sec (not low-sec or nul-sec) is imbalanced. Gankers should have to put out more and sacrifice more if they want to gank in hi-sec. If gankers want to take down a 1bil freighter in hi-sec, then they ought to be willing to sacrifice 1bil in ship hulls to do it. After all - that's exactly what their victims are losing and have been losing like no tomorrow in Uedama and elsewhere.

Is it just me, or is there some kind of prejudice against solo players? What the heck is wrong with wanting to be a solo industrialist in Eve? Or having an alt that is a solo Industrialist? Am I the only one that has an alt that does this? I doubt it very much tbh.

Oooh, that gave me an idea (not a sarcastic one either)...

The Bowhead could be allowed to repair other ships and make it a floating garage. Ships in the SMB could be right-click repaired by the pilot - including module overheat damage.

In the interest of preserving player freedom, I'd like to protect my right to cart around 5 deadspace fit pirate battleships in a 1bil isk cardboard box!

On a related note, SMB's need to have a drop rate.

As noted before - you don't need a Bowhead to do this, it can be done now.

All you need to do is Courier Contracts for fitted ships. The Bowhead's only 'extra' is that you can carry 3 x BS instead of 2.

That said, the Bowhead will make things 'easier', as now you can simply load up from one Ship Hanger and deliver to another - possibly all the ships for a campaign, or a selection for different purposes - all without the extra hassle of contracts.

The Bowhead's introduction may, however, pressage a future change to contracts.......

Ummm, I think you must have mis-read my post....

'Assembled ship courier contracts' - are currently a thing - now.



It can carry 3 BS instead of only 2.

Now, if it could carry packed ships as well - then we really would be talking!

This ship needs a jump drive