Nasar Vyron
S0utherN Comfort
Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2016.08.27 06:52:11 -
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Scrap the idea of these do-nothing changes. Making the hulls resemble each other even more only makes the problem worse! How about.....
Remove Mining Laser and Ice Mining Upgrades entirely! Bake whatever bonuses CCP feels is justified for each into the hull or strip miners/mining lasers themselves.
Remove the tank per level bonuses on all barges/exhumers and give them the CPU and PG and adjust slot layouts to fit the replacement tank or whatever else they so desire. I would suggest reducing low slots to 2 tho across the board...
Alter Expanded cargoholds to also modify ore holds if they exist -OR- Add a new expanded ore hold mod that can only be fit to barges/exhumers (to prevent shenanigans with the Miasmos) possibly by reducing agility/increasing mass to compensate.
Add pinpointing ore scanners (midslot-think painter, but not able to stack effects) to increase yield for scanning ship on targeted/scanned roid while active. Possibly T1:5%/T2:10%/ORE:12% yield, ~5 second cycle, and ~50GJ activation. Make this effect boolean, it's happening or it's not and only for the ship using the module.
Give the Procurer/Skiff agility per level bonuses while giving the Covetor/Hulk cap usage bonus for the new scanners.
Allow Skiff/Hulk to keep cycle time bonuses.
Lastly, remove the Retriever and Mackinaw. Convert them in either direction.
Now if someone wants to tank, they have to give up yield as it shares the same slots. If they want to fit for yield then they have to give up cap stability and tank. If they want to sit in belt longer, they now give up the ability to quickly warp out or fit stabs. And remember if they fit stabs, they are reducing their already pitiful lock range and scan res, the trade-off already exists there.
The TLDR here is remove all these ridiculous baked in bonuses and modules any miner in their right mind will feel obligated to fit. Give options through altered fittings not baked in hull stats. Add new modules to allow the remaining hull/hulls to mimic to some degree what we see today but with strong trade-offs. |