Turbo, gear lube and rudder perks

just a thought and rough numbers, some refinement would be required.

Blue item perks (turbo, rudder and gear lube) these should be able to fit directly to any blue item to become interchangeable.
The perks should affect ship base like captain skills with a multiplier for matching perks and items.

So for example a turbo perk on a turbo would be 2 or 3x more effective than a turbo perk on a rudder. (Depending on how the numbers work out)

Possible perks %
3 , 5, 7.5% (uncommon, rare, epic)

This helps to unlock the standard configurations that most ships have to use (at least a shield and turbo). To allow ships to go a bit faster or be more agile. Speeders might sacrifice some speed on a turbo for a small boost to rudder. Shooters could drop some speed for a faster turret. Defenders could run a rudder with speed perks for torp dodging, ect.

Allowing “tuning” of ship performance would allow people to maximise their play style.

 

That’s basically what I am trying to get around. You can have speed or agility but not both as you have to keep your shield/bandage equipped at all times.

 

Me likey just do something so I can actually use my leg lube.

 

Or make the shields black items so your health is dependent on how much you've leveled up your shields and not your choice of rudder, gear lube, bandage, etc.

 

I like this idea. Cross equipping blue perks for fine tuning would make items like Rudder and Lube viable for the first time. A T4 epic Rudder with 4 HP perks would increase survivability enough to justify using it. After about 40 agility you don't really get any extra benefit from the stat, but being able to slightly boost other stats would make lots more people consider it.

 

The op's idea is lit. I want this so bad.