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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.05.17 21:51:51 -
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What ship class will be used and will alts be permitted? |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.04 16:08:27 -
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Glad someone else appreciates the hull tanked VNI.
That being said, maybe there needs to be some sort of requirement to keep your opponent on grid? No need for tackle mods in the current setup seems to lead to a contest of kiting fits... |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.04 16:22:50 -
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Leto Thule wrote:I suppose we COULD do a system similar to the alliance tourney in which each player "bans" a ship or fitting.
Although I personally enjoy the current system of researching what you think he'll bring.. And what you wanna counter with...
Up for discussion at the next event.
Nothing wrong with researching/countering. Badman's damping nomen was clever...just seems silly to have fits brought out that would never see an actual fight because there's zero capacity to keep the opponent on grid. Most of the difficulty/risk involved in kiting comes from the fact that you have to maintain point on your target to actually get a kill, which reduces your margin of error and requires more complex flying than just holding far outside scram/web range indefinitely.
Half the battle with a kite fit is holding point on your opponent until they pop or at least locking them down once you're in control. Would be nice if contest matches reflected this though I understand it's not a simple matter.
Also, standard e-honor griping about ECM; but really I feel like overuse of ECM in 1v1's is just going to lead to droneboat wars. Surprised no one brought out a gila frankly...
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.04 17:34:18 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:Sigh, Demerius I like you, you are sharp and are pretty good at this game but your constant whining about every little thing is starting to get annoying. If you have proposals to fix your perceived issues then present them in the appropriate fashion, but you and I both know a lot of the aspects of the game simply can't be changed. I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of the things you constantly mention but FFS, let it go and just enjoy the damn game.
Gives me something to do while I'm (not) working.
I would submit that there are some things which can and possibly will be changed. OGB is a good example that was recently brought up here, which is probably going to get messed with at some point. Skynet is another good example; I can't imagine the sweeping changes to fighter assist were unrelated to the outpouring of complaints on the forum that appeared when certain parties started using that mechanic to farm kills in FW lowsec.
So, most of my posts are an exercise in boredom mitigation and I like to tweak the noses of the bittervets who get overly excited about how good they are at spaceships. But I think it's also clear that forum griping has an effect when it gets loud enough and appears to be warranted. Whether that effect is perceived to be good or bad for the game seems to depend on whose EVE is getting "fixed" or whose risk/reward is being adjusted.
As for my original post, I think you would agree that a huge part of combat in EVE is keeping your opponent from exercising their GTFO option once it becomes clear that their space canoe is taking on water faster than yours is. I figured that as there are a number of smart and only moderately bitter veterans here, someone might have a notion of how to reflect that in a tournament style encounter.
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.04 21:28:12 -
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Kitey cruisers with some form of ewar would seem to be the rule here then. Not many brawl fits able to catch things on a grid not limited by the necessity of holding point.
I always thought drones would automatically attack an aggressor even if the ship that launched them is unable to target...was he just outside your drone control range? Because then a DLA would have won that fight.
All the same I look forward to seeing some more interesting fits. |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.05 15:52:36 -
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Bronson Hughes wrote:I would like to propose that for future editions, we consider using battlecruiser or battleship hulls. I think cruiser hulls are a good balance of capability, flexibility, and affordability, but one thing that they lack that could make Thunderdome really interesting is MJDs.
Being able to hop around grid 100k at a time in any direction would certainly mix things up. Might give some people a reason to fit a scram.
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.07 00:53:21 -
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Paranoid Loyd wrote:Bronson Hughes wrote:I would like to propose that for future editions, we consider using battlecruiser or battleship hulls. I think cruiser hulls are a good balance of capability, flexibility, and affordability, but one thing that they lack that could make Thunderdome really interesting is MJDs. What an incredibly well timed suggestion, I'm in for the next round. (this may or may not be misdirection) On a side note, if you do something dumb, don't threaten revenge and then do something even dumber and dumberer.
I'm gonna have to bring my bait procurer through Deltole again...
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.07 19:51:15 -
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That was great to watch. Very nice tank on the Sac, I shudder to think what would have been possible with a faction fit. Unfortunately those damn cap boosters take up a ton of cargo space...and once they're gone so are you.
Wondering what might have happened if you kept your augmented drones close and used them against his? Lost alot of DPS and projection when they went down. Was surprised to see no augmented drones off the Gila. Bronson should post his fit too.
The Gila is such a monster in a 1v1 scenario...I'm not sure it's beatable by another cruiser unless you are able to outrun or neutralize the drones somehow. So much gank and tank in a single hull, I'd like to see what some of the others here would do against it. |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.07 20:36:55 -
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Bronson Hughes wrote:Demerius Xenocratus wrote:That was great to watch. Very nice tank on the Sac, I shudder to think what would have been possible with a faction fit. Unfortunately those damn cap boosters take up a ton of cargo space...and once they're gone so are you.
Wondering what might have happened if you kept your augmented drones close and used them against his? Lost alot of DPS and projection when they went down. Was surprised to see no augmented drones off the Gila. Bronson should post his fit too.
The Gila is such a monster in a 1v1 scenario...I'm not sure it's beatable by another cruiser unless you are able to outrun or neutralize the drones somehow. So much gank and tank in a single hull, I'd like to see what some of the others here would do against it. It never even occurred to me to use Augmented drones. Noted. The thing with killing my drones is that I have tons of spares, whereas the Sacrilege only has a single flight. He would have had to kill a lot of my drones to shut me down, but I wasn't so handicapped. Over the course of the fight, I actually realized something that another cruiser could do to effectively shut a Gila down. At one point I thought Badman had figured it out too, but fortunately he didn't. As for my fit...if you want it, you've got to fight me for it. I shared it with Badman, but I hope he'll do me the courtesy of not sharing it. I will say that the Gila is hella tight on CPU for running an active tank which is the main reason I fit a target painter; not because I needed t, but because nothing else would fit.
I normally fly a gila with 3 DDA's; augmented hammerheads give me 672 drone damage vs 610 IIRC with hammerhead IIs.
So for PvP where killing gila-bonused drones is a hideously difficult task, augmented is well worthwhile. I think they also have superior speed and tracking over t2 drones...they're awesome as long as you don't lose any.
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.08 00:46:37 -
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Bronson Hughes wrote:So, what ever happened to the "PLEX for good" that we donated to participate?
Someone probably got themselves a brand new, deadspace fit carrier.
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Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.08 04:39:57 -
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I'm too poor for this ****. |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.09 23:52:14 -
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I cannot wait to see this alleged counter for the Gila.
I was thinking it does have pretty poor cap life....if you hit it with a rack of medium neuts to turn off the invulns and DCU, that huge tank will go away. |
Demerius Xenocratus
Federal Defense Union Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2015.06.10 01:11:19 -
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Noragen Neirfallas wrote:Demerius Xenocratus wrote:I cannot wait to see this alleged counter for the Gila.
I was thinking it does have pretty poor cap life....if you hit it with a rack of medium neuts to turn off the invulns and DCU, that huge tank will go away.
There are also a number of ways to neutralize drones...especially when there's only 2. shh
Some of those fits though...better hope they don't change ships at the last moment.
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