tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post6918546115838431396..comments2023-05-07T08:36:04.125-06:00Comments on Merchant Monarchy: Jump ChangesMoxNixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post-2009921325426325502014-10-15T00:46:09.077-06:002014-10-15T00:46:09.077-06:00Correct - it was a random idea, with many details ...Correct - it was a random idea, with many details missing. But I found it interesting that the leader of a super-heavy alliance would even entertain such thoughts.Druur Monakhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299435488090977357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post-63072812603958531252014-10-09T20:20:07.237-06:002014-10-09T20:20:07.237-06:00To clarify that, I don't like ship maintenance...To clarify that, I don't like ship maintenance bays being used as basically a giant cargo hold for ships of the line.<br /><br />Maybe maintenance bays should be exactly that, unusable when the ship is moving and the ship can't be moved until the maintenance bay has been emptied of ships.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post-7219946494298248262014-10-09T20:13:02.272-06:002014-10-09T20:13:02.272-06:00Not sure about the ship maintenance bayb but other...Not sure about the ship maintenance bayb but otherwise I'd be ok with that, as long as it's really slow and can't jump.<br /><br />Just remember aircraft carriers carry aircraft not ships of the line. IOW, they carry small, fast, lightly crewed, relatively short ranged, attack craft that require support from larger ships and they don't carry full fledged, self sufficient ships that can operate independently. Not even frigates.<br /><br />In fact it's ludicrous to think any military organization would even consider having ships of the line carried to the front by even larger ships.MoxNixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407914481361718041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post-50774835036631405302014-10-09T19:50:29.256-06:002014-10-09T19:50:29.256-06:00You're too kind - I just occasionally stumble ...You're too kind - I just occasionally stumble over a pebble of truth.<br /><br />But in this context, I found this quote from Elise Randolph in the new threadnought-in-development (https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=5102919#post5102919 - and she could be just being sarcastic)<br /><br />"I think if a titan could have a 20-50million m^3 ship maintenance bay it could start tweaking the role of the ship and make it more en vogue. It would allow an alliance to have a strategic asset in the Titan, have a subcap escort fleet to position the titan (or titans) deep into enemy space, and be able to base out of it instead of forcing every attacking foe to live in NPC null. So in this brave new world with 50million m^3 SMAs, an alliance that would have moved 250 carriers twice - jumping from NPC station to NPC station completely risk free - could instead move 10 Titans + an escort fleet of 200. Through gates. Loaded with billions of isk worth of ships. Think of how glorious that could be! Please I need this."<br /><br />Add in an actually useful Clone Vat bay, and a Titan could be the EVE equivalent of an RL aircraft carrier.Druur Monakhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299435488090977357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8930529650384824164.post-69911168099088360012014-10-03T15:22:49.973-06:002014-10-03T15:22:49.973-06:00I think a simple fix for capitals would be jumping...I think a simple fix for capitals would be jumping into a cyno would drop all capitals at a random location in the system (however, at the same random location, to prevent straglers). You would then have to warp from wherever you landed to the engagement. This way, they can still be used as a relatively fast response unit (within their now lower range), but would need smaller ships to keep their opponents busy, rather than just guaranteeing a jump right on top of the enemy. I would allow jump bridges and blackops cynos to not have this dispersion factor (you land where the cyno/JB is).Durrrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175842900948898792noreply@blogger.com