EdTeach
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Posted - 2012.04.02 22:06:00 -
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My $.02 ... No need to re-invent the wheel anywhere it is not absolutely necessary.
Orbit side
Battleship, Dread or NON-DD Titan direct-fire weapons only. This means the new Tier 3 BCs could participate, if they like to die. DD is too damn much. DUST players would quit in droves
Fighter strikes may be neat in the future, but seems a bit much to ask for right away
ONE ship ONLY for each side engaged in a land battle zone may be called for a strike at any given time. There should be a balance in time between strikes called, so it is a not a constant rain of death. If there are multiple battles going on in other districts, then ONE for each battle above said district. Once any Orbital Strike Module is activated for a side's forces, no other may be until de-activation of said Module
Siege-type Module and special skill for targeting/firing on planets. NOT the siege module we know, a new one for just this purpose. Battleship and Cap sizes available. Negative side effects such as immobility, etc. while in use. 3 Minutes for BS. 5 minutes for Dread. 7 minutes for Titan. Skill training may bring these times down. Strike is called, module activated to confirm strike
Orbital Strikes may ONLY be called by a participating Commander-level player (EVE FC or DUST HQ/whatever) in a battle. NO random death monkeys flying in to grief everyone
All EVE space effects are in force. RR, jammers, etc
Planetary Attributes should affect the DPS generated at the surface. Higher Gravity will mean Mim Arty slams harder. Thick atmosphere/sea-level elevation means Amarr Lazors will suck wind by the time they punch through
Ground Side
SkyFire batteries a MUST! Battleship and Dread-sized weapons in the standard EVE sizes and configurations. Example- A BS-class SkyFire mounts 8 Large weapons. Three BS, two Dread or one DD weapon per facility. EACH(if more than one) SkyFire can target ANY Battlecruiser-class-or larger ship belonging to attacker's fleet that is on-grid of the orbital strike area. A hacked BS-class SkyFire could be shooting the defender's fleet while two others are shooting at an attacker target. DUST skill needed for better use
ADVANTAGE Defender - Titan DD-class SkyFire available with proper isk expenditure/skills/etc. It can be hacked so... everyone wins. The PG of any facility worth attacking should be able to handle this kind of weapon anyway. PLUS, we already saw one in a trailer, and it was too damn cool to leave out now
Shields Generators a MUST! Come on ... it's still the EVE universe. They can be destroyed or hacked/shut down. Primary Generator for the larger areas. Secondary Generators for important structures. Reppers and all if can be afforded/skilled/etc. DUST skill needed for better use
Large Armor Domes/Hangers/etc and smaller Bunkers a MUST! Amarr, Gallente and the Mim armor monkeys get their day in the sun. Cannot be hacked obviously, but can be destroyed by ether ground or Orbit. Can be repaired between battles. DUST skill needed for better repair
ECM Batteries optional. Would be cool to degrade targeting to the point of "friendly-fire" though. DUST skill needed for better use
Planetary Attributes - see above on Orbit side. Many ways to affect things if one thinks about it. Certain worlds(high winds-Coriolis) may require that more of a facility is underground, and therefore "hardened" against Orbital Strikes(think of a Damage Control II
Targeting Array. Increases accuracy/dps/tracking/ROF/etc. Once hacked/destroyed, all remaining SkyFire suffer targeting and ROF penalty. DUST Skill needed for better use
If the Defender wants to burn the isk/PG/CPU/wtfever they are going to call the limiters.... then he/they can Turtle-up all they want and make an impregnable fortress.... against Orbital Strikes. This may/should leave him/them at the mercy of ground forces though. No turrets, no tank hangers, less troop barracks, etc
It has to be EVE-like in its balance of risk/reward against both ground and orbital
It should not make a new toy to replace a toy we already frickin' have
Make sure the eye-candy is awesome enough, and CCP could call it an ice cream cone turret and no one would give a r*t's butt. :) I mean come on. DUST players will want something that looks cooler and more spectacular than anything that Failo or Call of Doody can show their Redbull stained eyes
Anything more than that is for us EVE players to mess with on balance issues. |