Carriers idea

[Titan*]

So, in connection with the appearance of Drone Bays, I propose to introduce the following changes:

Bretonia:
CharacteristicsBretonia "Invincible"-class Carrier (Before the changes)Bretonia "Invincible"-class Carrier (After the changes)Weapons0/25 ( 2 heavy turrets, 4 primary turrets, 19 secondaries )0/15 ( 0 heavy turrets, 2 primary turrets, 13 secondaries )Hull strength2,300,0001,500,000Power output9,000,0009,000,000Power Rechange300,000300,000
Liberty:
CharacteristicsLiberty "Atlantis"-class Carrier (Before the changes)Liberty "Atlantis"-class Carrier (After the changes)Weapons0/27 ( 2 heavy turrets, 4 primary turrets, 21 secondaries )0/16 ( 0 heavy turrets, 2 primary turrets, 14 secondaries )Hull strength1,900,0001,300,000Power output9,000,0009,000,000Power Rechange300,000300,000
This will change the class of carrier ships radically. But let's have a closer look.

this change seems too much but i agree with reducing weapon amount because LAC still very strong even with nerfed stats
LAC currently have no heavy weapons and got new 6.000.000/200.000 powercore but its still enough to tank other light/medium battleships and kill them (if you have 4 standard prims)

LAC with drone is pretty strong against smaller ships like gunboats/cruisers/battlecruisers and even light battleships. I think reducing armor to 1.3mil and 1.5mil seems too much, i agree that they need less tanking ability than a battleship but Bretonia Carrier is large as a Bismarck and Liberty Carrier is large as a Kusari Battleship.

Nerfing carrier armor less than a Battlecruiser is bad idea, because they are way more bigger than a Battlecruiser.

Highest Cruiser Survivability : 3.600.000 point - Nomad Cruiser
Lowest Battlecruiser Survivability : 5.400.000 point - Core BC/ Gallic BC
Highest Battlecruiser Survivability : 6.400.000 point - Hellfire BC / Nomad BC
Lowest Battleship Survivability : 6.600.000 point - Order BS / Core BS etc

And there is Light Carriers, its not just Bretonia and Liberty, dont forget about others;
Rheinland Carrier
Zoner Carrier
Crayter Carrier
Liberty Carrier
Coalition Carrier
Bretonia Carrier

If Liberty Carrier gonna get 1.3mil armor, that means Crayter Carrier will get around 900K armor.
Tbh they dont really need that much armor nerf but nerfing armor by like 100k or 200k will be enough instead of reducing their survivability less than a battlecruiser.

Powercore also important here, If you nerf their powercore that will also affect their tanking ability. I still think powercore nerf for LAC wasnt enough but it is very close, nerf to their armor little bit will be enough.
when LAC had Heavy BS powercore it was able to tank any light/medium battleship with just 21 secondary turrets (doesnt matter if medium bs attacking with Cerberus loadout)

Weapons:

I can guarantee that dev team not going to accept these weapons unless they want to make them overoverpowered

5k projectile speed and 3k range 10.00 refire weapon is very very overpowered. It is basically a hit-scan weapon like nomad pulse beam and 3k range is pretty much enough to deal constant damage to a cruiser and not going to miss

Carrier doesnt need more offensive weapon if its going to be support/drone support ship so it should have support weapons than offensive weapons

I think Carriers should get their own Primary Class Long Range Missile(LRM) Launcher. Carrier Missile launcher should be anti-shield,fast reload,long range but high energy cost and Vertical Launcher.
If Carrier going to be support ship then it doesnt need tanking ability, so reducing primary amount to 1 will be nice so you can mount your missile launcher.

Drone Bays:

I agree that Carriers should have fighter drones but when i was in Dev team, none of the devs wanted the Fighter Drones. Carrier is nearly impossible to kill with 4 or 5 Fighter and if its going to deploy a fighter every 60 second, it will be nothing but death trap for Fighter group and can cause issues for Fighter brawls like some lolwut carrier can interfere with a good fighter brawl.