Canopy Strengthening - Engineer Blueprints Please.

GunnerBill

GunnerBill
It's not the first time this will have been suggested but a current thread about the Chieftains chocolate canopy motivated me to post this up.

How about some basic engineered strengthening mods for ship canopies?

Perhaps a Grade 1 - 3 only mod giving up to a 50% increase in strength.

Specials maybe on thermal, kinetic damage etc and reducing the associated loss of visibility by using rare materials.

Balance increased integrity with reduced FOV (armour plating instead of "glass") and increased opacity (thicker "glass").

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Thermal = increased opacity
Kinetic/Explosive = more armour plating
 
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gribley

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its pretty necessary now.
weapons keep getting more and more powerful but for some reason the canopy's seem to be getting worse and worse.
 

Aashenfox

Aashenfox
I don't get it, mine's a hybrid and spends about a third of every major encounter with its shields down absorbing punishment, and I've never lost my canopy or even cracked it.

Are you guys running 2 MRPs? If not, don't fight with your shields down.

I'm not against the idea of engineering the canopy for durability though, as long as it has a heavy weight penalty.
 
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gribley

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AlphaPapaEcho said:
Just equip an Afmu.
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Aashenfox said:
I don't get it, mine's a hybrid and spends about a third of every major encounter with it's shields down absorbing punishment, and I've never lost my canopy.

Are you guys running 2 MRPs? If not, don't fight with your shields down.

I'm not against the idea of engineering the canopy for durability though, as long as it has a heavy weight penalty.
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i posted a thread on this today and its getting sad.
firstly, for those who have little to no understanding of game mechanics MRP's don't affect canopy.
and secondly the canopy on the chieftain is dropping at %90 and often on the very first rail-gun volley.

ashen, ive dealt with you before, so trust me that the chieftain canopy is weaker then anything you have ever encountered.
don't believe me watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISW4BxEF5JI&t=1s it renders AFMU completely moot
 

galahad2069

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Aashenfox said:
I don't get it, mine's a hybrid and spends about a third of every major encounter with its shields down absorbing punishment, and I've never lost my canopy or even cracked it.

Are you guys running 2 MRPs? If not, don't fight with your shields down.

I'm not against the idea of engineering the canopy for durability though, as long as it has a heavy weight penalty.
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Maybe some ships have weaker canopies than others.

Anyway, I really like the OP's idea. It could be implemented as an MRP mod, since canopies are not shown in Outfitting, and currently there are no MRP mods.
 

bladebss

bladebss
galahad2069 said:
Maybe some ships have weaker canopies than others.

Anyway, I really like the OP's idea. It could be implemented as an MRP mod, since canopies are not shown in Outfitting, and currently there are no MRP mods.
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Yes love this idea.

The asp scout amoung many flaws also has a realy weak canonpy and is the main reason i gave up on it. Would be a good soulution to have canopy shielding on mrps as a blueprint
 
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Mxpower76

Mxpower76
I've not spent a lot of time with the chief and i built it from my A rated FAS but 2 trips to my nav beacon spot and 2 blown canopies. So I'm on board with a canopy upgrade idea......and of course learning not to lead with my face when the shields go down. I'm used to the FAS and never had a canopy issue.
 

Lily from anim.o.v.e

Lily from anim.o.v.e
yeah they could make them have a few different mods like.

reinforced: that adds more health vs breaker limpets.

Heat shielded: reducing the amount of damage taken by overheating.

extended scooping: which allows to pick up roaming cargo by a wider angle and longer range.
this could help smaller ships or pirates with no space for a limpet module.
 
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bicarbon8

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I don't like the idea of Canopy strengthening blueprints, but Canopy Reinforcement Modules are a thing I could stand behind
 

Renown

Renown
YinYin said:
At first I thought you are u/Mini_Watto, but apparently not ...

You can get some more understanding of game mechanics regarding this here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/82eafz/psa_how_to_protect_your_canopy
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Yes ^^ this, it's why canopy appears on the modules list alongside cargo hatch, FSD, thrusters and everything else that isn't hull.

See here too with comment from Sandro - https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...-your-canopy?p=5688720&viewfull=1#post5688720

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AbsinthSvK

AbsinthSvK
im for kill pilot through broken canopy, right now its like everybody are holograms.

kill pilot = dead ship aka headshot in fps

Who is with me? [noob]
 

Aashenfox

Aashenfox
gribley said:
i posted a thread on this today and its getting sad.
firstly, for those who have little to no understanding of game mechanics MRP's don't affect canopy.
and secondly the canopy on the chieftain is dropping at %90 and often on the very first rail-gun volley.

ashen, ive dealt with you before, so trust me that the chieftain canopy is weaker then anything you have ever encountered.
don't believe me watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISW4BxEF5JI&t=1s it renders AFMU completely moot
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You can 'deal' (Gribley beat my not very well prepared ship relatively easily in my very first pvp fight) with as many pilots as you want, doesn't mean you understand the game better than me. Just means you've had more practice at pvp. I'm a theorycrafter, so trust ME, when I tell you that MRPs do affect canopy resistance. ;)

P.S. I'm ready to go again whenever you are. ;)
 
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