| Author |
Thread Statistics | Show CCP posts - 0 post(s) |
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
9
   |
Posted - 2015.05.13 14:55:33 -
[1] - Quote
Frankly this is a no brainer.
Bring the Rorqual to HS.
It would take the smallest amount of changes to the Rorqual and it would be a highly viable ship again.
All it would take is letting it come into high sec and travel in and out like a Jump Freighter.
It would yield the following results:
1. Would reinstate the Rorqual to its rightful place as the Crown Jewel of the miners progression path.
2. It would actually allow the Capital tractor beam to actually be useful
3. It would allow corporations to use the Jump Clone Facility and get members jump clones rather than have them have to leave the corporation and join another to get clones and then come back.... because of the FUBAR standings requirements. This would fix what is now a work around to an onerous and broken mechanic.
4. Allows for mobile compression. Again, the idea of having to drop a POS and run it for an hour to compress ore and then turn it off again... is just another ANNOYING non game enhancing workaround. Make the Rorqual use fuel blocks for all I care... but it can move and compress with the mining fleet.
5. This would boost a flagging capital ship industry which is on the ropes since jump fatigue
6. Would drive trit and low end mineral prices down, which would help push the high end mineral market back up and helps make null sec capitals less expensive. (.10 change in trit prices basically changes the price of a dread by 20 mil or so)
7. Allows for some protection of mining fleet in the belts with remote repair. Does not prevent destruction of course, and with all the other top slots running, allows only a few spaces for remote rep units. But it gives some protection.
8. Allows for the transportation of an entire mining fleet...miners can be more nomadic. Can function as a mobile base of sorts.
9. Encourages miners to join groups that can field this force multiplier -- encouraging more social interaction.
10. Of course corps that actually field one would be much more juicy war targets, but meh, there are work arounds for that.
11. Will not interfere with the role of ship carrier that the Balloon Head takes.
This combined with Fuzzy Steve's ideas of prospecting and/or other peoples suggestions of more random grav sites, this would add some much needed content to the mining profession.
|
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
12
|
Posted - 2015.06.03 13:45:52 -
[2] - Quote
[/quote] The launcher's mining background wasn't enough?[/quote]
The art department at CCP can make just about anything look amazing and compelling. |
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
14
|
Posted - 2015.06.10 18:54:58 -
[3] - Quote
kyoukoku wrote:If they ever allow it in HiSec I feel it should only be in the lower half, i.e. 0.5 to 0.7 systems, at least then it's a fair compromise.
This would also have the consequence of locking it out from 0.5-0.7 systems which are only accessible from 0.8-1.0 space, but people shouldn't be allowed to eat the whole cake anyway.
I agree. |
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
20
|
Posted - 2015.07.30 13:12:33 -
[4] - Quote
Any word on any fixes coming for the Rorqual? |
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
21
|
Posted - 2015.08.25 16:21:19 -
[5] - Quote
Mikkir wrote:
I disagree with your assessment.
The real consequences of letting the rorq into high sec is this:
1. completely displace the orca
2. capital sized remote reps in high sec would be disastrous
3. near ungankable level of eHP
And many of the things you state as benefits are more of an idealists dream than an actual outcome.
Displace Orca--No. It is 3-4 times the price and would rightly have more applications. Orca would make more sense for some groups, and Rorqual for others.
Capital sized reps -- Disastrous to who? They might up the ante a bit from the rote ganking formulas in existence now.
Since ganking is basically a riskless griefing activity anyway, who cares if the ante gets upped a little bit.
Near "Ungankable" level of EHP -- there are plenty of other ways to get to a Rorqual besides a straight out gank. If you put on your thinking cap.
Idealist? Hahahaha!
|
Bed Bugg
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
21
|
Posted - 2015.08.25 18:51:48 -
[6] - Quote
Orca replaced by Rorqual -- who cares.
EHP and cargo... not really a big deal given limitations on cargo. Small hangers except for ore bay. It can carry a lot of ore and a small bay of trinkets. It could be expanded of course, but that eliminates that big tank. Not sure why you care so much about gankability. Everything else out there is pretty much a push over for gankers. Why such push back on one thing would raise the level of difficulty a bit?
100 Man Rorqual RR gangs -- ok Ill give you this one--as stupidly expensive that would be...
Regardless, there are ways to balance this for use in HS.
|
| |
|