ShahFluffers
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Posted - 2011.09.26 09:22:00 -
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Joe Risalo wrote: Another good attempt, but still not quite NECESSITIES.
You can make this argument about ANY ship.
Joe Risalo wrote: These are all stil niches,
That's actually the point. All of the drone ships are variations of the SAME thing. They just fill in slightly different niches (e.g. tank, gank, utility, mobility, armor, shield, etc, etc) and can be modified within their CPU/Powergrid and slot layout constraints to go a bit beyond.
But again... the overall theme with the aforementioned ships are that they are ALL (bar the Titan) geared to use drones as their primary weapon (with turrets/launchers acting as "supplementary" weapons and/or utility). While other ships (like the Armageddon) can use many drones as well, they are constrained by only being able to choose a limited number of them (via limited dronebay and/or bandwidth) and do not possess bonuses to use them to their fullest potential (relegating drones as supplementary DPS and/or utility).
Joe Risalo wrote: The ship design I just suggested is closer to a need than any other ship because it fills a quite large gap between field command ships and capitals, in the manner of support, and fills the role between battleships and capitals in the sense of size.
The Dominix (and other droneboats) was able to field more than 5 drones long ago but this ability was taken away to curb lag. The 10% per level bonus on droneboats is there to give you the same power as before (sorta) within the current system's constraints (e.g. dronebay space and bandwidth).
As far as "a role between battleships and capitals"... I've never actually understood this line of thought. Battleships are mobile tank and gank platforms. Carriers are specialized heavy logistics/force multiplying ships with a large drone bay for DPS support (which, I might add, is still no greater than a gank-fit battleship's). What role is there between the two classes to fill?
Don't get me wrong... I understand what you're trying to do. But to be honest... you'd probably get a MUCH better reception by proposing changes to ships CURRENTLY in existence to make them "thoroughbred droneboats." Proposing to introduce an entirely new ship runs into WAY too many problems regarding balance, role, stats, etc.
If you were to propose changes to the Dominix to make it into a "pure" droneboat I would certainly get behind that. "Just because I seem like an idiot, doesn't mean I am one." ~Unknown |