On 2013-11-06 15:24, Novacat wrote:

Lack of Interdictor - As I have pointed out many months ago, it seems like most UGTO vs ICC fights end up being campfests, its very difficult for either side to attack the other because of planetary interdictors and the lack of portable interdictors.

On 2013-11-06 14:55, Null Pointer wrote:
Game seems to be crashing alot, here's the Client.log:

http://pastebin.com/Atv0YiQJ

Seems to be nea the bottom
[ This Message was edited by: Null Pointer on 2013-11-06 14:55 ]

On 2013-11-06 17:24, Ent wrote:

Well at least they're not logging anymore at the sight of one.

On 2013-11-06 17:33, Faustus wrote:

Quote: On 2013-11-06 14:55, Null Pointer wrote: Game seems to be crashing alot, here's the Client.log: http://pastebin.com/Atv0YiQJ Seems to be nea the bottom [ This Message was edited by: Null Pointer on 2013-11-06 14:55 ]

Make sure your sending in these crashes using the BugReporter, I do load up and review those crashes.

-F

On 2013-11-06 17:38, Novacat wrote:


The problem with the Interdictor cruisers is that they were too portable, able to outrun dreadnoughts and stations while keeping them under the dictor field. It was a bad idea, yes, but I still think a portable but slower variant could work much better, at least, much better than the current two extremes of either interdictor cruiser or complete lack of interdictor.

On 2013-11-06 17:38, Novacat wrote:

Quote: On 2013-11-06 17:24, Ent wrote: Well at least they're not logging anymore at the sight of one.

The problem with the Interdictor cruisers is that they were too portable, able to outrun dreadnoughts and stations while keeping them under the dictor field. It was a bad idea, yes, but I still think a portable but slower variant could work much better, at least, much better than the current two extremes of either interdictor cruiser or complete lack of interdictor.

As it is, the current iteration basically encourages planetcamping as launching any kind of offensive is suicide. In the short time I played, I watched as 4 ICC players managed to make mincemeat of a much larger UGTO force of roughly 6-8 ships, just because the UGTO had the bright idea of attacking an ICC planet.

The campfest is not very fun, and after the aformentioned offensive I spent the rest of my time sitting around twiddling my thumbs until I got bored and logged off.
[ This Message was edited by: Novacat on 2013-11-06 17:44 ]

On 2013-11-09 10:25, Orkan [OO-XI] wrote:
Interdictor platforms seem like a good idea but if implemented would have to be limited in number to each faction. Say 1 per server per faction? Otherwise too many spammed interdictor plats would result in an inability to jump normally around a system without disruption, Dread and station Pilots would be very annoyed due to the long cooldown on their ships' jump drives.

How about ANTI-interdictor ships or platforms? An Area of Effect device which renders a small radius around the gadget (say 250-300gu) equipped ship or platform with a field which disrupts and negates the effect of the planetary (or any other kind of) interdictor.
This would allow the Anti-dictor to jump in to a planetary dictor field (and perhaps through) to setup an 'attack zone' where other faction ships could follow and jump into and out of at their leisure while the anti-dictor field is active. They would have to of course stay within the anti-dictor ships AoE radius in order to be able to jump and of course the Anti-dictor ships or platforms destruction would result in those ships that had jumped in now being trapped in the enemy's dictor field as standard.