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Tenga Halaris
Exit Strategies
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Posted - 2012.03.28 22:16:00 -
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Hello Drone-herders,
since drone damage modules of some sort were announced by CCP at Fanfest, we can expect ships, using drones as their primary weaponsysten, for the first time.
Let me list the most used boats, from cruisers to battleships, which have a bonus for drone damge and hitpoints:
( I also include suggestions on fixing bonuses of those ships)
a) Gallente / Faction:
Vexor -> remove Hybrid bonus, add drone speed and optimal
Vexor navy Issue -> remove Hybrid bonus, add drone speed and optimal
Ishtar
Myrmidon -> add 25 mbit bandwidth, can use 4 heavies, keep the rep bonus
Dominix -> remove Hybrid bonus, add drone speed and optimal, remove one turret bay
Dominix Navy Issue -> remove Hybrid bonus, add drone speed and optimal
b) Pirate
Gila
Rattlesnake
A module, increasing damage and usability of drones, could look like this:
Drone Damage Enhancer II:
+22,5 % damage for light, medium, heavy and sentry drones
+10% increase of MWD speed for light, medium and heavy drones
There also should be a Faction version of it, just like the Omnidirectional Tracking Link has.
Do not increase the orbiting speed of drones, meaning the speed they maintain when they arrive at the target, because that would gimp the tracking and as a followup, the damage applied.
Here is an example of a Domi using said modules:
[Dominix, Drone Assault]
Large Armor Repairer II
Armor Kinetic Hardener II
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Drone Damage Enhancer II
Drone Damage Enhancer II
Drone Damage Enhancer II
Drone Navigation Computer II
Drone Navigation Computer II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II
100MN Afterburner II
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
[empty high slot]
Drone Link Augmentor II
Large Sentry Damage Augmentor I
Large Heavy Drone Damage Augmentor I -> should be implemented
[empty rig slot]
Hobgoblin II x5
Garde II x5
Ogre II x5
This fitting should get around 850 DPS from Drones with perfect skills. A real Drone platform, I would like to fly.
any thoughts on this?
o/ |
Buzzy Warstl
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2012.03.29 02:34:00 -
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It's been mulled about before, many times.
Still a good idea. |
Ersahi Kir
White Moon Aeronautics
Lawful Insanity
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Posted - 2012.03.29 02:58:00 -
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What about making the advanced drone interfacing skill useful by adding sub-cap drone control units?
Example:
Small DCU - +1 max drones per, +5 mb/sec, +5-10 drone bay space
Medium DCU - +1 max drones, +10 mb/sec, +10-20 drone bay space
Heavy DCU - +1 max drones, +25 mb/sec, +25-50 drone bay space
Current 'drone boats' could still benefit from that with more drones on the field, and it also opens up another avenue for ships with split high slot allocations. Not that I've really sat down and calculated if this is balanced. |
Dyniss
Argent Uprising
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Posted - 2012.03.29 04:42:00 -
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Drone damage mods are ok but what we really need is drone resistance upgrades since drones are fragile and break like glass when hit |
Tarn Kugisa
Space Mongolian
Pinked
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Posted - 2012.03.29 05:28:00 -
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Dyniss wrote:Drone damage mods are ok but what we really need is drone resistance upgrades since drones are fragile and break like glass when hit
Assuming you can hit them,, remember they are smaller than frigs
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Zombo Brian
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.03.29 06:20:00 -
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sounds great, but please also consider sentry drones with that, so Drone damage enhancers also affect sentrys
would give gallente a serious boost, since hybrids are very limited in use |
Midnight Pheonix
Kingdom Inc.
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Posted - 2012.03.29 06:38:00 -
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Sounds good, but you missed some drone boats, they don't really need changing but thought that I'd mention them: (I know they aren't in the 'context' of the OP)
-Curse
-Pilgrim
-Worm
-Ishkur
-Archon
-Thanatos
-Nidhogger
-Chimera
Thought that I'd throw them out there since you seemed to have forgotten them. |
Tenga Halaris
Exit Strategies
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Posted - 2012.03.29 07:13:00 -
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Thanks
I'm not sure, if carriers should be able to use those dmg mods. Frigs are fine with their ability to use drones and guns, keeps them versatile. Also Gila and Rattlesnake with their Missiles are ok.
Especially Gallente drone boats need to be fixed since even 6 x 350mm T2 guns, with very good skills are a bad joke on a Domi. Also this way of skilling, using only drones is a nice path for a carrier pilot, who only needs drones to skill. One could hop in a vexor, myrm or ishtar and still be effective, while training for the big one. |
Kolya Medz
Kolya Inc.
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Posted - 2012.03.31 06:21:00 -
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These need to be a highslot item or you'll have tech 1 domi's doing officer vindi dps lol. |
Tenga Halaris
Exit Strategies
Mordus Angels
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Posted - 2012.04.02 13:02:00 -
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With unbonused weapons, no way. A Dominix can put out 1100 DPS atm in optimal, which is around 30km, so this will only change the way you deliver DPS, not the amount. |
FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks
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Posted - 2012.04.02 13:50:00 -
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Midnight Pheonix wrote:Sounds good, but you missed some drone boats, they don't really need changing but thought that I'd mention them: (I know they aren't in the 'context' of the OP)
-Curse
-Pilgrim
-Worm
-Ishkur
-Archon
-Thanatos
-Nidhogger
-Chimera
Thought that I'd throw them out there since you seemed to have forgotten them.
Those don't meet this criteria of the OP: "which have a bonus for drone damge"
Still, they *are* drone boats that could benefit from such modules. Also, the Arbitrator.
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Buzzy Warstl
The Strontium Asylum
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Posted - 2012.04.02 17:52:00 -
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Tenga Halaris wrote:Thanks
I'm not sure, if carriers should be able to use those dmg mods. Frigs are fine with their ability to use drones and guns, keeps them versatile. Also Gila and Rattlesnake with their Missiles are ok.
Especially Gallente drone boats need to be fixed since even 6 x 350mm T2 guns, with very good skills are a bad joke on a Domi. Also this way of skilling, using only drones is a nice path for a carrier pilot, who only needs drones to skill. One could hop in a vexor, myrm or ishtar and still be effective, while training for the big one.
I ran a Domi with 5X425 rails as a mission boat for a while, the only objection I have to the current design is philosophical: the best battleship-class drone carrier should not be matched in drone effectiveness by mere cruisers.
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