PvP Hunt Missions - Ship Rate limitations

[Anolytic]

I know that you are planning to change the PvP Hunt Missions, and combine rates (1-3, 4-5 & 6-7).

I would urge you to make another change also. That the ship rate you are in also factors into this. That if you are in 1st, 2nd or 3rd rate, you only get Combat Medals for killing other Lineships. In frigates and 4th rates you only get Combat Medal rewards for killing other frigates and 4th rates. And likewise for 6th-7th rates. This would help ship diversity. Make frigates still viable for use, and let people choose themselves what division they wanted to fight in, like weight classes for boxing.

Of course groups of frigates would still decide to try and take on a lone Lineship when encountered, even with no combat medal reward, simply for the value the ship itself would have if captured.

This is in line with history, where frigates did not shoot on lineships, and lineships did not shoot on frigates unless the frigate opened fire first:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate#cite_note-6

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...it was bad etiquette for a ship of the line to fire on an enemy frigate which had not fired first.

This change would help to dissuade speed-built SOLs specifically made to hunt frigates.

It would not alone solve the issue, as there would still be those willing to hunt that way even without rewards, which is why I still stand by my proposal to limit wood options for lineships:

 

Edited March 7, 2019 by Anolytic

[Meraun]

About "Speed-Sol", here is a Quote from admin:

  8 hours ago, Meraun said:

Dont get me Wrong, but Sols are too fast with certain Woodbuilds and upgrades. Right?

 

8 hours ago, admin said:

yes they are. speeds are getting worked on.
throwing statements like brain fart around is against the philosophy of this forum. 
 

[Sir Texas Sir]

I believe it's all ready been changed....that is why they say 1 2 3 on them that is as in Light, Frigates, SOL (or the backwards).  Though I wouldn't try to limit it more cause it's hard enough to get those kills for some that is why we didn't want 15 missions for each rate.

[van der Clam]

They just need to make the kill count obligatory with no rate specification, but instead be the multiplier...and yes take our ship's rate into account as well, like OP said. Call it a Rate Differential Modifier. Each PvP kill gets 10 Combat Medals, but what rate we kill makes the multiplier. 

Chart examples would be a + - .1 for each rate difference: I'm in a 5th rate and kill another 5th rate, I get the full 10 CMs. If I'm in a 5th rate and kill a 4th rate, I get 11 CMs. If I'm in a 5th rate and kill a 6th rate, I get only 9 CMs. etc..

 

Edited March 8, 2019 by van der Decken