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Posted - 2014.02.05 16:28:00 -
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Dinsdale Pirannha wrote:Vincent Athena wrote:CCP Fozzie wrote:Hey everyone.
I want to officially clarify that the fact that drone attributes are not properly displaying in show info is a bug and that your Omnis are in fact applying their bonuses correctly. The issue with show info is a long standing bug that has to do with the way the client displays attributes on items that aren't your ship (or directly fitted to your ship). We're looking into getting it fixed, but it's not a simple issue.
As for the discussion on the strength of Sentry drones after this change, I will reiterate what I've said before. We don't want to make Sentries just like other weapons, the fact that they are very distinct with their own strengths, weaknesses and tactics is part of what makes them valuable to the game. We do always want to ensure that they have excellent strengths to make up for their special weaknesses. But the honest truth is that Sentries were too good relative to other comparable weapons. Their damage envelope (the combination of range, damage and tracking) is very good and was one of several contributing factors that were leading to Sentries becoming overly dominant in almost all areas of EVE. Like I said in the original post, the fact that these changes reduce the power of Omnis is completely intentional. Nerfing the base stats of sentries while leaving the incredibly effective Omnis was not going to be the best way to approach the issue, as that would leave us in a place where Sentries would have been underpowered when no Omnis are fitted and overpowered when people stack lots of them. We totally understand that bringing Omnidirectionals in line was a bitter pill to swallow for people who use Sentries a lot, but we are confident that the game is in a better place with these changes then it would be without them.
There are obviously lots of other changes we need to make to drones and the ships that use them, but the best way to approach these kinds of issues is in an iterative manner, making focused changes and watching the results carefully.
We also are aware that the Rattlesnake isn't in quite as strong of a place as many other Pirate BS right now, and that is high on our agenda at the moment. So yes, there has been a nerf. And yes, the dev in question has zero clue about "balancing" weapon systems, and thinks wiping out the effectiveness of a weapon system that people throw millions of SP into and buy billions of ISK of ships dedicated to using that weapon system, all to cater to a vocal whiny bunch of null sec blobbers, is perfectly reasonable.
We can talk about your tinfoil-hattery all day and night.
But it pales in comparison to the rank ignorance and foolishness one would have to have in order to believe that insulting game developers is the best way to get that same developer to listen to you.
For years you've been doing this, and rather than create a following that could exert pressure (that could lead to change you want) you've alienated every single possible ally you could have had and have actually made it EASIER for the people you spew hate at to succeed. There is nothing more destructive to the Dinsdale worldview than a Dinsdale post lol.
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