Ricdic
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Posted - 2006.04.08 10:59:00 -
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Cap power relay = nerf on shield tankers cap recharger II = nerf on shield tankers power diag II = benefit to BOTH shield and armor tankers, not so much armor tankers because they need low slots to tank, however this gives multiple bonuses, so benefits to all co-processor II= bad for caldari ( very limited module, and not even needed for non caldari players)
A caldari setup using a t2 complement = low slots consisting of 2-3 power diag II, 1 coprocessor
An amarr setup using a t2 complement = mid slots consisting of 2-4 cap recharger II's, and possibly a single power diag II in low.
The main factor is that those 2-4 cap rechargers are completely optional for the armor tanking pilot. They can use EW, sniping gear, etc to their hearts content, without affecting their grid/cpu outputs.
Caldari on the other hand, need to use majority of their mid slots to run their shield tanks (just as amarr use their lows for armor), however have extremely few options in regards to their low slots. Low slots dont allow for cap recharge (exception of power diag II), EW, good sniping gear, or anything of real worth.
Low slots for shield tankers have always been for Cap / damage / Medium slots for armor tankers have always been for cap / accuracy / painting / EW / sniping / scrambling gear / webbing gear , and everything else.
Or to put it another way, to fit a t2 setup on a caldari ship (all t2): 4 power diag II , 1 coprocessor II >> Cap recharge of maybe 450?
To fit a t2 setup on an amarr ship (all t2): 1 power diag II, 4 cap rechargers >> Cap recharge of maybe 280?
Same amount of modules, both used to prevent gimping of setups, except that the caldari ship has no option whatsoever for damage mods.
When it comes to things like faction mods vs faction mods, it is a different story, I think things balance out quite nicely (if not in favour of caldari a little, ie crystal implants). However, for the normal player using a t1 or t2 complement, any shield tanker has to agree that CPU is a huge problem.
In my case, in order to fit 6 T2 siege, I require 4 power diag II and have one balistic. The sacrifice for having that ballistic fitted is that one of my high slots doesnt recieve a named nos, it gets a small tractor beam. My setup is heavily faction oriented, with large cpu saving mods on it, and worth well into the billions.
This argument has been going on since the day t2 siege have been released. I am not so much complaining on my behalf, but I feel for the other caldari players out there who have been forced to resort to armor tanking their ravens and frigs due to CPU issues, and the huge restrictions imposed on shield tankers (read: propulsion/sensor boosting/EW/cap recharge, etc etc etc).
And no, I dont want an IWIN ship, or all of the above changed. Even something simple like the t2 siege cpu being dropped by 5 units each or something simple would do. ------------------------------------------ Dreadnought Production INC is recruiting Join DPI Channel Or Visit (IGB) http://www.mmorpg-online.net/intro.html |