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KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 00:28:00 -
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I am all for ship boarding, even if only PVE ships
If CCP really wanted to, they could get around the issues.
The EVE player contracting the mercs could use some new electronic warfare module to disable the capsuleer's neural control preventing self destruct.
Flashlights in helmets to light the way, special equipment to pry open jammed doors.
Small ion thrusters on dropsuits to travel in 0 gravity, or just magnetized boots. |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 00:43:00 -
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Ayures0 wrote:KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:I am all for ship boarding, even if only PVE ships
If CCP really wanted to, they could get around the issues.
The EVE player contracting the mercs could use some new electronic warfare module to disable the capsuleer's neural control preventing self destruct.
Flashlights in helmets to light the way, special equipment to pry open jammed doors.
Small ion thrusters on dropsuits to travel in 0 gravity, or just magnetized boots. The fact remains that in EVE, battles just don't last long enough to even get a game started in DUST.
Consider that the person who issues the contract doesn't want the enemy ship destroyed, but wants to steal the ship and its cargo. If the battle was to destroy the ship then it wouldn't make sense, but if for capturing, then it might be worth the added wait. Temperarily paralyzing the enemy ship for boarding (with the electronic warfare module i proposed) would be a good way to stop a battle from ending the usual time an EVE ship battle would normally end. |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 01:42:00 -
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Laheon wrote:The incentive for an EVE pilot not to blow up his own ship is the cost it would be to him.
Not to mention the fact that to put ship boarding in is idiotic. Mercs travel on the war barges, and if a ship sees them coming, bam. One war barge, 250mil and hundreds of mercs dead.
Also, it would skew the balance hugely in favour of mercs. 2bil carrier + boarding = bad idea. Forget fleet fights, all it would need is a war barge to sneak in, board a titan or two, and then get out. It would render EVE as "protect the war barge, as that's the best weapon we have against capitals".
Boarding could be an option for ships already severely weakened in combat by other expensive EVE ships, so it won't be a cheap warbarge that takes down the 2billion ISK carrier.
It could also just be for PVE enemy ships (i think those exist since PVE is in EVE). |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 02:10:00 -
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Ayures0 wrote:KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:Boarding could be an option for ships already severely weakened in combat by other expensive EVE ships, so it won't be a cheap warbarge that takes down the 2billion ISK carrier.
It could also just be for PVE enemy ships (i think those exist since PVE is in EVE). Warbarges = ???
 LOL I suppose you can think of it that way.
The capsuleer being boarded can hire a warbarge full of mercs to enter its ship and defend it. |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 02:38:00 -
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Ayures0 wrote:KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:Ayures0 wrote:KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:Boarding could be an option for ships already severely weakened in combat by other expensive EVE ships, so it won't be a cheap warbarge that takes down the 2billion ISK carrier.
It could also just be for PVE enemy ships (i think those exist since PVE is in EVE). Warbarges = ??? LOL I suppose you can think of it that way. The capsuleer being boarded can hire a warbarge full of mercs to enter its ship and defend it. This would also require the ship to be constantly tackled and not killed for the 15+ minutes it takes for a match to run... People would have their corpmates blow them up before giving a cap to the enemy.
That does sound like a problem, perhaps some sort of cloaking module could be used to hide the ship's position from the corp-mates, or anyone. What do you mean by the ship would need to be constantly tackled? I don't play EVE so I don't know what you mean, sorry.
You clearly know more than me on the subject of EVE ships, so I think you might be able to think of a more plausible mechanic for shipboarding. I would like to hear different ideas on how it can be made to work. |
KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf
Seraphim Initiative.
CRONOS.
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Posted - 2012.07.25 02:52:00 -
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Demonic Chaos wrote:Tackled is when ships are preventing another ship from fleeing KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote:Ayures0 wrote:KAGEHOSHI Horned Wolf wrote: LOL I suppose you can think of it that way. The capsuleer being boarded can hire a warbarge full of mercs to enter its ship and defend it. This would also require the ship to be constantly tackled and not killed for the 15+ minutes it takes for a match to run... People would have their corpmates blow them up before giving a cap to the enemy. That does sound like a problem, perhaps some sort of cloaking module could be used to hide the ship's position from the corp-mates, or anyone. What do you mean by the ship would need to be constantly tackled? I don't play EVE so I don't know what you mean, sorry. You clearly know more than me on the subject of EVE ships, so I think you might be able to think of a more plausible mechanic for shipboarding. I would like to hear different ideas on how it can be made to work.
Thank you.
I mentioned in an earlier post in this thread that an electronic warfare module could be invented to sever a capsuleer's neural control of his ship to prevent self destruct, such a module would also prevent the capsuleer from flying his ship away. |
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