VaderDSL
Caldari
Incoherent Inc
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Posted - 2007.04.24 12:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Lucus Ranger
For the Nos discussion: I still think somewhere between 25%-50% of a ships capacitor should be protected from nos. The rest of the % can be drained by neuts until 10% - this allows capacitor using turrets to at least continue firing. 
Cap batteries should have an additional bonus, increasing amount of capacitor gain in class size and named/T2 variants and increasing % of cap protection, like your idea.
So a large cap battery should have it's fitting requirements increased for battleship class ships, and have a big bonus to capacitor, say 1000 cap and more for named/T2 yet also have a 50 - 60% cap protection from Nosferatu.
As currently the only ships cap batteries are useful on are :
Recons
Cov Ops
Logistics
Ok having a large cap battery give 1000 cap bonus or more and protect 50% cap will be very nice for ships like blasterthrons, I wouldn't want it to remove cap injectors. The injectors would offer more cap over a shorter time frame (as long as cap charges available) but without the battery you're vulnerable from massive amounts of nos. Combining the two would be a great idea for armour tankers as you will be able to use the full amount of cap injected, but with the drawback of high fittings requirements for the battery and the injector.
For shield tankers, granted it is removing a mid slot but it may be worth dropping a boost amp etc. for a module that protects 5-60% cap.
Would also be useful for tacklers, fit a small battery and a 24km disruptor and you can be assured that at least a portion of your cap will survive the heavy nos. maybe forcing skill in managing the mwd and other modules. rather than as it is, heavy nos + tackler = dead tackler.
So the Micro batteries could have the base capacitor increased by say 12.
They could have the saem fittings or slightly higher maybe.
They could also have a base Tech 1 rating of 15% capacitor protection through 20% for the Tech 2 variant.
The Small batteries could have base capacitor increased by 30
Same fittings
Could have a base tech 1 cap protection of 20% through 25% for Tech 2 and storyline variants
The medium batteries could have base capacitor increase of 100
Lower fittings perhaps for the lower end cruisers
Base T1 capacitor protection of 25% through 30% for T2 & storyline?
Large batteries
Base capacitor increased by 225
Fittings adjusted for battlecruiser class ships (currently at 250Mw maybe reduced to 125Mw) ad lower tf
Tech 1 cap protection of 30% and 35% for T2 and storyline
Add a new class
XLarge Batteries
Massives amounts of base capacitor increase, say 1300 - 1800
Fittings similar to the large cap injectors
35% for T1 - 40% for Tech 2 variants
Obviously the better named and Tech 2 modules will increase in fittings slightly over the base T1 spec otherwise no-one will use the lower named ones.
The fittings may need tweaking/balancing
Just a thought, instead of nerfing one module, why not make another underused module as a defense/counter?
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