Del Narveux
Dukes of Hazard
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Posted - 2007.12.02 06:03:00 -
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Edited by: Del Narveux on 02/12/2007 06:04:22
Ive said it before, Ill expand on my thoughts a little bit here. There should be way, way, way more faction ships. They should be affordable, costing only a little more than vanilla tech 1. But they should be balanced, i.e. favor some stats at expense of other, and change paintjob of course. Paintjob is most important. 
The way I see this as working is each NPC corp gives out faction ship BPCs for their corp, it requires the tech 1 ship plus maybe a small amount of minerals or something. Pricing from the LP store would be something like 150k/1.5mil/15mil for frig/cruiser/bs respectively. Each tech 1 ship should get 2-3 faction variants. Ill use the Moa, one of my favorite ships, as an example.
Variant 1: Ishukone Moa
Stat changes: Ishukone loves EW and midslots, so the Ishukone Moa gains one midslot at the expense of one lowslot and slightly reduced armor HP. Bonuses stay the same. Fly this if you want a Moa with a little more cowbell.
Variant 2: Propel Dynamics Moa
Stat changes: Propel Dynamics isnt a major player, so they wanted a patrol boat that is really durable. Gains a midslot and shield HP, loses two highslots. Fly this if you want a tank few will forget, and a damage output few will remember.
Variant 3: Prompt Delivery Moa
Stat changes: Prompt Delivery is like UPS for the caldari state, so they wanted a ship that was really fast, with enough defenses to sa***uard the cargo until it can get to its destination. 230m/s base speed, 400m3 cargo bay, gains one low and one mid, loses two highs and two gun points. Fly this if you want a heavy tackler with really weak damage.
The beauty of doing it this way is we get huge diveristy in ships without hurting tech 1 producers (since the ship bpcs will require the t1 ship). In fact, since these would provide a viable alternative to t2 in some cases, it might acutally benefit them with higher demand for their ships. But the real key is they need to be AFFORDABLE, so they see regular use...right now faction ships are so rare and expensive, aside from some of the battleships theyre just collectors items for bored rich people.
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