Their use is so irregular, it is a bit of a pain to remember to drag them out of bank for the odd mission, if you remember to, and to drop any set bonuses when you equipt it. Now we have to think about keeping hold of EVA suits for our boffs as well. It would be a lot easier to have a dedicated EVA slot with a slightly different dynamic as you would then equipt them alongside armor (the idea you have to drop your thin armor to put this clunky suit on over the top doesn't quite seem right). They would need to have;
1. Less general protection, as you keep armor.
2. Concentrate on allowing you in certain zones and providing small extra resistance against toxins and heat extremes
3. Have a built in downside, so you don't have it on all the time. Namely it hits your movement, dodge, speed and accuracy (you're aiming through a visor).
4. The levels of benefits and hinderances depend on quality of the suit of course.
Relationship with Elachi respirator also needs to be looked at. Seems a respirator allowed a boff of mine to survive Tholian heat. I wonder if I could spacewalk DS9 with one if that's the case.
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1) The easiest way to implement downsides is to have EV suits suppress armor stat bonuses (but not associated set bonuses) when you activate them, applying their own bonuses instead. Likewise, EV suit stat bonuses would be disabled when the suit isn't in use. This way, no changes to stats on anything need to be made by the devs.
2) Your boffs would activate/deactivate their suits based on whether yours was on or off. So (assuming you and every bridge officer had some sort of EV suit slotted) with 1 click, your entire party would be ready to head into a Tholian ship or the vacuum of space, etc.
3) Activating or deactivating a suit should only be possible out of combat.
Nice though i believe in game already if your boffs have an EVA suit on they activate it when entering an area that they are required, so no need to have it linked with your own suit activating (would still be fun if it was as you could spam switch between them.).
This would be a really useful quality of life fix. Ordinarily, I'm using the 2-piece adapted honor guard/MACO set, with the personal shield and armor. Having to drop the armor means I'm out the shield heal that was the reason I'm wearing the two.
If they make it so that when you activate the eva suit you get the eva suit's stats, and deactivated you get your armor's, and keep the set bonuses, that would be awesome.
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I never did get that. EV suits aren't very acceptable alternatives to real armor and you can get arguably better ones for free in A Step Between Stars. There's also some with set bonuses available via Nukara Strikeforce rep that cost far less to make.
They should probably just pull those suits and make the pre-owned one available via the replicator for 0 (since suits are required for a handful of missions) just like the Remodulator.
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Yeah was actually messing around and had them on my boffs and walked out of the tholian ship, and then back in an found they would activate or deactivate it as you walked in or out pretty much.
IMO EV suits are a relic of dil mining, boldly they rode, and nukara ground battlezone and should be reworked. I would see some possibilities by giving them manoeuvering thrusters like in step between stars, for extra gameplay options in low-gravity areas.
Ugh...no on that last part. That awful EV maneuvering is why I can't stand that episode.
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Not if only one of the slots was active at a time. Armor or suit, with a button to switch between them, but never both at the same time.
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that's my favorite part
While stopped, point yourself in the direction you want to move. To move forward count 3-4 seconds of thrust then don't touch anything. Just float to your target. To stop, turn around so you're flying backwards (retrograde), then thrust the same 3-4 seconds and you'll stop just nicely. Repeat until you're where you want to be
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It's a free orbiter flight sim. It's actually an educational tool but with a few add-ons it turns into a fun free game (with autopilot, which helps a lot).
I too am annoyed at the times I need my EVA suit - it wouldn't be so bad if it was just my captain that needed the suit (my captains actually always have one in their inventory), but to have to carry FIVE of them around for you AND your crew on the odd chance you may need them, is a bit much.
Why not have them work like some other items that can be used even if they are stored in your bank? (like crafting ingredients, etc). That way you and you away team can simply toggle between body armor and EVA suits when they are required. Let's keep it simple.
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This describes the problem perfectly. One LITTLE twitch in the wrong direction and it's as much as 20 minutes trying to get all the objectives done. Extreme frustration.
And it's not that I don't know about space physics either. First, there IS a gravitational pull around that star; we do not seem to be in a stable orbit. And secondly, the controls for the EV suit are incredibly counterintuitive. I think if it were true microgravity, it wouldn't be so difficult, but the pull from the star makes it VERY hard.
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Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
I would love this feature. I've spent too much time regearing my away teams before beaming over to the @#$#$ Tholian ship lately.