EVE Vegas 2015 - EVE Keynote - Capital Changes - Notes

(Timings in this are for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8K9b7CEWOE&feature=youtu.be )

11:30 - Announcement that they are completely re-imaging capitals
11:35 - All capitals (dreads, carriers, supercarriers, titans) getting fleet hangar, ship hanger
11:50 - All super capitals (super carriers, titans) also getting range of unique abilities
12:00 - Dreads are going the be the "in your face" gun platform
      - Backed up by titans with interesting effects
12:15 - Carriers will project their fighters across the battlefield at long range
      - Backed up by super carriers, also at long range, EWAR abilities
12:25 - Moving logistics role to a brand new set of capitals
      - Called "Force Auxiliares"
        - Galante can be seen at 13:38
        - Minmatar at 13:00
      - Fairly limited combat capabilities
      - When in triage they are the logistics backbone of any capital fleet
12:20 - Whole new range of capital modules
        - Armor Plates
        - Shield Extenders
        - Propulsion Modules
        - Capacitor Warfare Modules (Nos / Neut)
        - Capacitor Boosters, Charges and Batteries
13:40 - Capital Meta, Tech 2 and Faction variants (including existing)
13:55 - "So yeah, there will be tech 2 extra large guns, and ammunition, and skills" - CCP Larakin
14:05 - New XL Turret tentatively named "High angle weapon batteries"
        - [Appears to be a triple battery of battleship guns on a dread]
        - Specifically designed to shoot at subcapitals
        - Have high tracking, really high rate of fire, short range
        - Balanced separately to existing XL weapons
14:25 - Rebalance existing XL weapons to not be very good at hitting subcapitals
      - Used to kicking over sandcastles and other capitals
14:50 - Capitals are losing complete eware immunity
15:09   - "If brave newbies show up in 50 rifters, they can tackle your titan" - CCP Larakin
15:20 - Capital remote repairs will only be effective in triage
15:35 - You will not be able to refit with a weapons timmer
        - CCP Acknowledge this is a drastic change and will completely change the way capital combat works in eve
15:58 - "We are giving capitals weapons and abilities that can affect sub-capitals, but they are going to be more vulnerable to sub-capitals as well" - CCP Larakin
16:15 - Complete rework of fighters / carriers
        - Removing fighters and replacing them with "squadrons"
        - Carriers will be able to launch between 3 and 5 squadrons
        - Different types of squadrons
        - Squadrons do not have traditional shield/armor/hull
        - HP of squadron measured by how many fighters are left alive in the squadron
            - You can't repair something that's dead
        - Squadrons are going to have a whole range of brand new abilities
16:49       - [Image shows guns, Nos, Target painter and doomsday]
        - Examples given:
            - Torpedo Barrage (Designed to do massive damage to capitals/structures)
            - Microjump drive (rapid battlefield movement)
            - Evasive maneuvers ("mmm... short invulnerability buff")
            - Missile swarm (launch at other fighter squadrons to taken them out before they reach your capitals)
        - New tactical combat ui [think homeworld]
        - Can send your fighter squadrons to any point in space
        - It will be important for carrier pilots to master this position gameplay
17:45 - Revamp camera
      - Can detach them camera from your/any ship
        - Eg. free camera mode
18:25 - New doomsdays "sickle class"
      - Free targets "slash" from point a, to point b
18:45 - [Video of sickle class doomsday]
19:41 - Doomsday "Hand of God"
      - Titans using their bridging technology can teleport a group of sub-capitals against their will to a random spot in the same solar system
      - Not powerful enough to teleport capitals
      - Will disrupt capital warp and jump drives
20:30 - Super Carriers will also have a selection of long range area of effect EWAR effects
      - Super Carriers will act as long range artillery
      - While controlling their fighters, they can use these abilities to debuff enemy fleets
20:55 - Most importantly all of these super weapons have counter gameplay