Cutter John
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Posted - 2004.04.17 23:40:00 -
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mmm.. mining ships... yummy
add a new class of industrials using current ship models. my idea is to add an industrial frigate, cruiser and bs.
frigates give -90% to mining laser cap use, cruisers -50%cap, and bs no cap reduction. all ships have -50% mining laser cpu req, and +5% per level of mining ship to laser and mining drone yield.
make em have horrible slow lock times and short lock range, so if they do fit turrets, its absolutely for defense only.
make em have small grids, 20 or so for the frig, 2-300 for the cruiser, and 3-4k for the bs
with the reduced cpu needs skill bonus, theres no need to make the base cpu extremel high.
extra cargohold - 300 for the frig, 6-700 for cruiser, 1200 or so for the bs
decent drone bays, but nothing spectacular. 400 for frig, 1k for cruise, 2k for bs.
make them have excellent shields 3-400 for frigs, 1-1.2k for cruise, and 4-5k for bs, and about half the armor/hull that normal ships have. cant stress enough that they must be hardy or they wont be used. this would make them usable, but not impossible to kill. once the shields are down they are finished.
oh, and 3 turrets for frig, 5 for cruise, and 8 for bs.
also add a new skill for them of course. and to say fly the bs miner, you have to be able to fly bs as well. not just industrial.
cost should be midway between middle and high end ships, like 75m for the bs. cant put 8 miner 2's on something worth 10mil. that would just be stupid.
an apoc with 8 miner 2 is a sitting duck since it has to put so many coprocessors on just to fit them and a decent tank setup. with these you shouldnt have to fit any coprocessors to fit 8 miner2, and only put on 1 or 2 depending on your defensive setup. (i.e with large shield booster, hardeners, and mwd, you might have to fit 1 or 2 cpu's, or lose a miner or 2)
so the end result is they would be beter miners becuase of the higher yield with the skill(skill might be too much, mebbe not though. 2 or 3% might be better), and because they are simply easier to fit out and protect while mining. and since they are a mining only ship, lots of people would not want to get rid of the bs they already have, seeing as how this ship is a very incapable fighter.
so the end result, people wanting to mine very good could if they chose too, in a ship completely designed for mining. if they also wanted to fight, they would have to maintain 2 bs(or cruiser or frig)
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