Epif
Easy Co. Get Off My Lawn
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Posted - 2017.06.02 16:30:03 -
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EpifGÇÖs Disposition on How to Fix CCPGÇÖs Industry Ass Hattery
So we all know that CCPGÇÖs got some screws loose, especially with all the Rorqual See-sawing and now the proposed Ore Anomaly timers. I also noticed that Excavator drones are STILL 1+ billion isk each. You really fixed that one CCP, I am so impressed.
To fix all this ridiculousness, IGÇÖve got a few ideas. First off, the one good thing about all this crap is the introduction of the Porpoise. ItGÇÖs cheap, can be built without capital components and is basically a cheaper squishier version of the pre-shenaniganGÇÖs Orca. Love it, keep it, no changes necessary.
Now then, moving on to the Orca. The expanded ore hold is nice, but really, do we need it? Honestly, in High Sec, a Porpoise will get the job done. Hell, even with my proposed changes, it could still be used exactly as is (maybe make it a bit more expensive, but not by much). Only, now we are turning it into an industrial carrier or an OrCarrier! One light fighter squadron with no buffs, and two Excavator squadrons (ice and/or ore). Let it mine 1.5 to 2 times as much as a hulk (I mean really, it will cost 2-3 times as much anyways) with the same limitations that it canGÇÖt hit Mercoxit. The Orca wouldnGÇÖt be as hardy as a carrier, wouldnGÇÖt have the DPS of a carrier but could still defend it and its fleet mates while also providing capital class mining. AND WOULDNGÇÖT BE STUCK IN ONE PLACE FOR FRIGEN CENTURIES WHILE COSTING 10-15B. Seriously, wtf where you thinking CCP? Give the poor miners the same chance that carrier ratters have to GTFO when frenemies show up. OrcaGÇÖs still donGÇÖt get jump drives, and still can go to High Sec (I mean really, they have 1 squadron of combat fighters that MIGHT, just BARELY equal a battlecruiser for dps, and especially in high sec with tiny roids, if youGÇÖre not paying attention, its constantly going to have idling excavators) Also, fleet mining buffs still donGÇÖt affect excavators (IGÇÖd be willing to let em have all other fleet boosts though).
That brings us to the huge elephant in the GǪ space room? The Rorq. Honestly, the rorq is a good support ship, especially with the New PANIC modules. It is basically an Industrial FAX with great fleet bonuses, great repGÇÖs, a siege ability, compression, and an industry wide invulnerability button. Except it can also mine a **** ton of ore. Well, it was sold to us as being able to mine a **** ton of oreGǪ. Then some Ass hats started back pedaling because they were too incompetent to see what we would do with it. So what do we do? We get rid of the RorqGÇÖs ability to field excavators (those get turned into Orca Excavator squadrons instead). Other than that (and cutting down on the massive size of the RorqGÇÖs drone bay cause it doesnGÇÖt need all that space without the excavators), we leave it pretty much alone. I mean itGÇÖs still a beast at everything else and has those pretty sweet drone dps bonuses.
Now all we need to add is one last touch to keep those rorqGÇÖs out in the belts. New Ore transmission and reception mods! Probably have the transmission modules be mid slots for sub caps only (sorry orcaGÇÖs but rorqGÇÖs have to have SOMETHING to use those Capital Tractor BeamGÇÖs on). The reception mod would be another Rorq exclusive. What do they do? Exactly what it sounds like. The transmitters send ore from the transmitters ore hold to the receivers ore hold. Probably limit the number of transmitters per receiver to like 5 or so (get more of those rorqGÇÖs out in the belts yo!). This eases mining for Hulks tremendously, eats up a bit of their ability to tank (or if low slot, hurts their yields a tad) and even makes them a bit more complacent. Which makes them easier targets for roaming gangs because they might not be paying attention as much as they should. RorqGÇÖs still pull in 5 times as much ore as a hulk (so what if itGÇÖs because they are using 5 hulks >.>) and can still hit that PANIC button to save the day! Well, sort of, Hulks are a lot easier to kill once the PANIC button wears off, but thatGÇÖs just more content yeah? We would need one new interface (Transmission interface for barges and exhumers which would be a simplified version of the Reception interface for RorqGÇÖs, think of it as a sort of Bluetooth pairing window only rorqGÇÖs can have up to 5 pairs while barges only get one). I got nothing for ranges though, IGÇÖll leave that up to the devGÇÖs (I really shouldnGÇÖt I suppose, but hey, they the devGÇÖs they can figure some of this **** out yeah?).
One last bitGǪ for the love of all that is holy, get rid of those ore anomaly timers! Seriously, only the big bastards can get the good ore with that mindset! Everyone else gets f***ed most of the time!
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