Hey guys,

i had this on my mind and wanted to get the community's opinions on this idea/query of mine.

Why don't Orbitals issue damage to enemy installations?

I discussed this with some Alliance members who told me that an orbital can damage a neutral installation (you can verify this for me if anybody had seen this in action). but my main query is to why they seem to do no damage to enemy hacked installations (turrets, CRUs and Supply Depots).

my reasoning is this, an Orbital is supposed to be an impact strike sent from an ship in space, aimed at the face of any planet that the battle is taking place on. As we know, this has a devastating effect on any enemy infantry that may fall within it's impact crater, and it even has been known to decimate any enemy HAV's that are unlucky to get caught underneath it also (at least those HAV's that are not advanced level, or well modded out). why then should something so obviously powerful, essentially a projectile shot from outer space, not have any effect on an enemy turret, when it can destroy an enemy HAV?

If i had my way, these should destroy any enemy turret that is caught under the full effect of the orbital, and should deal heavy damage if the turret is on the fringes of the orbital. I would also want to see significant amounts of damage to enemy CRUs and Supply Depots, but not totally destroying them with only one orbital strike, these things take a long time to kill with a HAV after all, so they should need at least 2 orbitals to destroy them.

critiques are welcome, if you don't think it will work for whatever reason lets hear why.

[quote=jamstar saa187]

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• Nuke it from orbit.

I'm pretty sure they can, it's just they have so much HP they can survive them.

Orbitals don't do enough damage to make a debt in a supply depot let alone a cru.

And orbitals don't need to be instadeath to tanks. I can survive if conditions are right. I die if not. Balance.

Or more damage to stationary targets.

A tank that hears the orbital coming in may move, thus reducing the amount of damage it takes. Same couldn't be said for the installations.

I'm pretty sure they can, it's just they have so much HP they can survive them.

I hope everyone realizes that Precision Strikes and Orbital Strikes are different, right?

PS (what everyone has access to) are a lot weaker then any of the OS (what EvE players send down) can do.

Either way, I think that installations are immune to PS or OS damage as a game mechanic. But they shouldn't be, I agree with that.

did not know this, thanks for the clarification. (even though it says Orbital Strike when you order on in the game, not Precision strike. but meh, semantics!)

HAVS don't survive unless they are on the out ring of the OB.

Mine does, unless you can chuck 12K+ damage at it at once, it won't die... Much more with my booster running.

I really hate where people keep throwing vehicles in this mix.

I remove my support from orbitals being effective against installations. Slippery slope.

i get your reluctance to involve the vehicles in the debate, but really don't you think a projectile shot from space should be able to do a decent amount of damage to a vehicle, assuming that its a direct hit?

i agree that a well set-up HAV should be able to survive, but it should be well dented in the process. as should any installation that is hit also.