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Suggestions / Re: No SO allowed on Monitor (or increase DP cost)
« on: August 12, 2023, 02:04:09 AM »
What came to mind when people mentioned the Monitor is supposed to be a anti-fighter, PD, escort frigate was that, why not make it interact in some way with the Escort command? When it's outside Escort though, it would be less effective (meaning it gets a nerf)
Like the Ravelin, Gargoyle, Merion of the Battlestation, make the Monitor gain some similar traits.
In 5 seconds flat, this is what I thought of when thinking of what the Monitor should be able to do while escorting:
- Gain range to its weapons, but lose the ability to shoot at anything but fighters and missiles
- Gain more speed but lose the ability to do anything but hover around the ship it is escorting (so like the Gargoyle, Merion and Ravelin).
- Be untargetable by allied guns while targeted by enemy guns (like a fighter would be)
What would this do? You'd gain extra flux and shields as the ship that is being escorted, you would gain extra PD and you would still have the ability to fight whatever's shooting at you and your escorting Monitor. All for the cost of more DP than Sarissas for example, since they kind of do the same thing.
This could easily be something like a hull-mod that makes the ship interact in some way or another with the Escort command, and this would be a hull-mod that is built-in into the Monitor.
Of course, this isn't balanced, since it's an idea that came to mind in those flat 5 seconds, but I think it's interesting and would fix Escort a little bit. I have yet to see anyone using "Escort" in any high-level play with good results.
Like the Ravelin, Gargoyle, Merion of the Battlestation, make the Monitor gain some similar traits.
In 5 seconds flat, this is what I thought of when thinking of what the Monitor should be able to do while escorting:
- Gain range to its weapons, but lose the ability to shoot at anything but fighters and missiles
- Gain more speed but lose the ability to do anything but hover around the ship it is escorting (so like the Gargoyle, Merion and Ravelin).
- Be untargetable by allied guns while targeted by enemy guns (like a fighter would be)
What would this do? You'd gain extra flux and shields as the ship that is being escorted, you would gain extra PD and you would still have the ability to fight whatever's shooting at you and your escorting Monitor. All for the cost of more DP than Sarissas for example, since they kind of do the same thing.
This could easily be something like a hull-mod that makes the ship interact in some way or another with the Escort command, and this would be a hull-mod that is built-in into the Monitor.
Of course, this isn't balanced, since it's an idea that came to mind in those flat 5 seconds, but I think it's interesting and would fix Escort a little bit. I have yet to see anyone using "Escort" in any high-level play with good results.