[Devblog] Ship balancing summer update

[Tarminic]

This makes me wonder if this can later be expanded for mining low-volume high-value minerals with a T2 Mining frigate. The carebear in me is kind of excited at the concept of specialized Ninja Mining frigate with a covert ops cloak and a bonus to mercoxit mining. Or hell, maybe we can even finally get specialized mini-profession ships.

[elmicker]

Oh I do hope they don't let another ship fit the cocd. There's enough already as it is.

[Alain Colcer]

After checking the ORE frig image in detail, i saw the model is supposed to have 3 hardpoints, that means 3 turreted mining lasers (not the strip variety), thats quite good if it also has cycle/ammount bonuses of any kind.

Add a decent "ore" bay to it and it starts to come out as a very appealing design for any carebear. My only issue will be what kind of skills it will require.

[KathDougans]

Putting missiles on the Vigil doesn't make it's TP bonus more relevant. Its frigate sized missiles will not exactly benefit from a target painter. Given its crrent speed bonus I'd prefer they switched the EWAR bonus to web strength, something that's actually useful to a frigate.

does the Vigil itself need to benefit from the target being painted? It helps the Vigil's wingman, but is that enough?

[SokoleOko]

does the Vigil itself need to benefit from the target being painted? It helps the Vigil's wingman, but is that enough?

Yeah, I read that too as "mini-Bellicose".

Still, who will use it outside RvB...

[depili]

Vigil is a good ship for awox alts

[cillisia]

They should just improve on the vigils ninja salvaging ability

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[RoemySchneider]

i knew i had seen (parts of) that mining ship before



edit: and as long as i can keep fitting an expanded probe launcher to the vigil without (too) much ado, it's all good. i fear they'll ditch the speed bonus though, making it worse than it was mark my words!!!

[RoemySchneider]

Putting missiles on the Vigil doesn't make it's TP bonus more relevant. Its frigate sized missiles will not exactly benefit from a target painter. Given its crrent speed bonus I'd prefer they switched the EWAR bonus to web strength, something that's actually useful to a frigate.

does the Vigil itself need to benefit from the target being painted? It helps the Vigil's wingman, but is that enough?

yes, it's awesome; (true) EW can be used from far out - who cares if you 'waste' <100dps when your maelströms can apply all of their 12k alpha to even an interceptor and/or ABing logistics (yay, tracking formula..............)

[Vigil, New Setup 3]
Signal Amplifier II
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Damage Control II

Limited 1MN MicroWarpdrive I
Target Painter II
Target Painter II

125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S
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125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma S

Small Particle Dispersion Projector I
Small Particle Dispersion Projector I
Small Particle Dispersion Projector I

100% chance to apply 2x +63.35% ( = +153%) painters across 80km (link proteus included -.-)
from what i read into that blog, i guess they'll bump the painters up to 'cruiser level', so... 2x 69.69% ( = +172%)

[Boltorano]

i knew i had seen (parts of) that mining ship before


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ORE ships look like industrial equipment, and so do worker bees in Homeworld, your point?

[Alistair]

i knew i had seen (parts of) that mining ship before


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ORE ships look like industrial equipment, and so do worker bees in Homeworld, your point?

Shape vaguely looks like trash pickup thingy from Firefly too.

[illectro]

exciting shit, I think my alt will now be spending its time idling in a retriever with that massive cargo hold I can vastly ignore the character and still earn a somewhat passive income especially if mineral prices don't come down!

I saw a mention of 'Ore Hold' with luck this means a specific ore hold which can't be expanded with rigs or modules, and, which requires a human to drag the ore from the cargohold into the ore hold.

[AmaNutin]

exciting shit, I think my alt will now be spending its time idling in a retriever with that massive cargo hold I can vastly ignore the character and still earn a somewhat passive income especially if mineral prices don't come down!

I saw a mention of 'Ore Hold' with luck this means a specific ore hold which can't be expanded with rigs or modules, and, which requires a human to drag the ore from the cargohold into the ore hold.

Reading the devblog specifically mentions that ore will be mined directly into the ore hold.

[OrangeAfroMan]

The Maulus improvement consists of having a look at sensor dampening, which was nerfed too heavily in the past

Best part of the whole blawg

[Varcaus]

The Maulus improvement consists of having a look at sensor dampening, which was nerfed too heavily in the past

Best part of the whole blawg

Yep. Now ill can bring a falcon arazu and links for max faggotry :P.

[Sponk]

Atron being a Ares/Ranis with training wheels on? Yeeey. Same for Navitas and Ishkur. I should really try to find time to play EVE and not just queue skills.

Ishkur model changed to the Navitas.

I called it first.

[dzajic]

Isn't the long term plan for T2 ships to get real separate models, based on their T1 but different?

[Varcaus]

Isn't the long term plan for T2 ships to get real separate models, based on their T1 but different?

I hope so that would be awesome. (and sin could be rogue drone domi...)

[Sponk]

(and sin could be rouge domi...)

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[Loire]

I like the mining barge changes but giving the Skiff Battleship levels of EHP is a bit too much unless their mining output is shit.