Originally by: Dark Shikari

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When you get your hands on an idea you RUN with it!

Nicely done!

I appreciate your support for my idea, it's really nice to see one of my general concepts fleshed out a bit more by someone so knowledgeable about Eve in general and fitting in specific. I do hope the CSM's can bring this to CCP as a possibility. It would really help out in FW warfare and fleet battles in general.

Mini-Logistics FTW!

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How about something like making them "logistics" ships that actually do logistics, instead of being space medics? Strip out their combat capabilities, and have them be ships designed to carry ammo and cap boosters to the front. Give them a big cargo, the sig radius of an anorexic hummingbird, high agility and warp speeds, and the ability to transfer cargo without needing jetcans(or, at a minimum, the ability to jetcan every 10 seconds instead of every 3 minutes). It's something that wouldn't have a lot of use, in line with the fact that these frigates are crap, but it'd at least be new and interesting, with some possibility of utility.
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Every T1 frigate for each race in EVE has a T2 counterpart - interceptors, assault frigates, covert ops, and Electronic Attack Frigates. However, the mining/cargo frigates have been completely left behind, relegated to use by trial accounts and misplaced purchases. But what role could they perform?

With the advent of Factional Warfare and size-restricted deadspace zones, I think that it's time these poor ships received a T2 hull, a role, and some general love. What role, you ask? Logistics Frigates!


General Design Principles:
-Reduced Signature Radius (Improved survivability, and in line with logistics ships)
-Reduced Mass (T1 cargo frigates are way too heavy for any kind of combat)
-T2 resistances (obviously)
-Marauder-like bonus for remote repair systems (compensates for low slot numbers and improves sustainability)
-Significantly improved sensor range/resolution

Logic Behind Them:
A frigate's biggest weakness is it's vulnerability, obviously. T2 resistances will help a little, but like interceptors, reduced signature radius will also go a long way towards saving them in an engagement. I choose to give them a marauder-style bonus to their repairers because this frees some slots for tanking (further improving survivability) and goes a long way towards cap sustainability as they'll probably be running MWDs for the duration of combat. The reduced mass allows them to actually benefit from using MWDs, though they should still have mass greater than average for their race. If the combination of capacitor reduction and a marauder-style role bonus is too much, you could change it to a 100% bonus to remote repair cycle time.

Now for some juicy examples:

T2 Navitas:
Slot Layout:
3 Low, 3 Medium, 2 High (2 Turret)

T1 Bonuses:
150% bonus to Remote Armor Repair System and Tracking Link range
5% Reduction to signature radius

T2 Bonuses:
10% Reduction to Remote Armor Repair Capacitor Use
5% Bonus to Tracking Link Effectiveness

Role Bonus:
+100% bonus to Remote Armor Repair System Transfer Amount

T2 Bantam:
Slot Layout:
2 Low, 4 Medium, 2 High (2 Turret)

T1 Bonuses:
150% bonus to Remote Shield Transfer and Remote Energy Transfer range
5% Reduction to signature radius

T2 Bonuses:
10% Reduction to Remote Shield Transfer Use
10% Reduction to Remote Energy Transfer Use

Role Bonus:
+100% bonus to Remote Shield Transfer Amount


A good idea? Or another horrible brain abortion from Tarminic?
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