Why not?

Why? The idea has been posted a few times, but I've never ever seen any solid reasons why it would be a good thing.

I wouldnt mind haveing more destroyer hull type ships.

They Dont have to have combat bonuses only or they could be focused roles like neuts or webs or Drones.


A gallente drone destroyer that can put out 5 light drones. or 2 med and 3 light.

A Caldari destroyer with light missile bonuses. Not rockets mind you but light missiles. So people might actually use them pvp.

A minnie one with no weapon bonus just a bonus to Shield boosting or something lame since the Minnieone is already good.

A Amarr one with a bonuse to Neuts or something.

There are lots of interesting things that could be done with the class of ships. That give you more options and make them interesting.

And not all of them have to be good. Just having options is nice sometimes.

Why don't we start by fixing cruisers aside from T3 they are a rare lot, before we make more ships that make them even more obsolite.

I generally see a lot of cruisers around tbh, sure not many compared to other ship types but they are far from a rare sight.

Another unrelated idea would be to make a destroyer similar to how the T3 BCs work, in that you allow them to fit medium sized guns at the expense of EHP

Now that's a great idea. A fragile destroyer sized ship that can use cruiser guns. We shall call these new ships.... cruisers.

We have plenty of small t1 ships that don't get used as it is.

Currently the destroyers work as follows:

Thasher - high alpha-strike, good for suicide ganking in empire
Catalyst - high DPS, good for suicide ganking in empire
Coercer - rainbow laser disco ship
Cormorant - meh

Errr aint it ment to be that battleships eat battlecruisers that eat cruisers that eat destroyers that eat frigates ?

Why are people asking quite wierd stuff like "destroyers that can take on cruisers" ... whats the darn point of cruisers then ?

I AM relatively new, but why not take destroyers in the direction we all already use them for?

Give them % bonus' in the hacking/salvage/mining and analyzing fields....keep em race specific, but they could be more of a freelancers ship.

It'd give newbies something else to work towards (and make money with) while they get used to their races ship specific ups and downs.

I didn't come up with this alone, their was a whole solar system discussing it earlier. I just REALLY like the idea. We're not all into combat, and I have yet to see a +5% to hacking on anything, ship-wise.

Because it is impossible to catch cloakies: A destroyer that gives the ability to uncloak ships or see cloaked ships. Who hunts the hunters? Anit cov-ops. Anti-Scanning ship.

So what would be the best way to handle anti-cloak? I was thinking some sort of hi-slot that decloaks stuff in a 2.5km (arbitrary value) radius around the destroyer. It could use up a decent amount of cap (equivalent to an MWD or something) so having to cap balance it would be part of the fit.

A cloaked ship within 2500m of anything decloaks.

Because there is no need for them in the game. Because the game is already balanced without them. Because it's more development work with no real purpose.


"Why not?" Isn't a reason, it's a complete lack of reason. It can also be written "I don't have any reason at all, but I still want what I want and that's all I care about" without the meaning changing at all.

The Thrasher is the quintessential Destroyer. The magic sauce that makes it great is it's damage bonus. Where the Corm has 7 turret slots and the Coercer and Cat have 8 - the Thrasher essentially has 8.75. It can put out DPS that is disproportionate to the other races. Now don't get me wrong - the other destroyers are alot of fun and can fulfill their roles as frigate killers - just not as perfectly as the Thrasher.

I like this idea.

Make them some middle ground utility ships types. Like Osprey or Scythe for those not wanting to get out of the destroyer hull just yet.

Lets not get hung up on our modern convention of what a destroyer is. Its better to think of it just as a hull size type.

Some Utility and Mining versions would be cool. Better versions of the Frigate mining ships would be nice. A hull with a Hacking bonus and role bonus like that sound like fun.

Not all ships need to be PvP Beasts.

Its just about adding so variety to the hull type. We have crazy amounts of frig, cruiser, BC and BS hulls.

I would simply give players a choice of weapon type for their destroyers, or gank vs tank.

For T1's
Caldari use rails and Missiles, the current one uses rails, give us a missile version

Same goes for a caldari pilot going for a caracal/Drake/Raven

I wouldnt mind haveing more destroyer hull type ships.

They Dont have to have combat bonuses only or they could be focused roles like neuts or webs or Drones.


A gallente drone destroyer that can put out 5 light drones. or 2 med and 3 light.

A Caldari destroyer with light missile bonuses. Not rockets mind you but light missiles. So people might actually use them pvp.

A minnie one with no weapon bonus just a bonus to Shield boosting or something lame since the Minnieone is already good.

A Amarr one with a bonuse to Neuts or something.

There are lots of interesting things that could be done with the class of ships. That give you more options and make them interesting.

And not all of them have to be good. Just having options is nice sometimes.

Am I the only person who thinks it'd be a good idea for CCP to bring in another set of Thrashers? It's one of few groups of ships that only have 1. I'd love to see a missile destroyer, for example.

Although non combat deserves some attention, it should not be with destroyers. It should be some thing for industrial and ORE, instead of a destroyer feat.