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hmskrecik
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Posted - 2017.05.05 09:25:31 -
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MRietfors wrote: The problem title is: "bigger is not really better in eve"
This is not a problem. This is a good game design.
Imagine for a while that your wish is granted. That battleships are formiddable, fear inducing ships. Now imagine a large gang of such ships and tell me, how would you best counter them? If your answer is "bring even more such battleships" then it's sure sign that your idea is flawed. |
hmskrecik
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Posted - 2017.05.05 09:29:53 -
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Gimme Sake wrote:hmskrecik wrote:MRietfors wrote: The problem title is: "bigger is not really better in eve"
This is not a problem. This is a good game design. Imagine for a while that your wish is granted. That battleships are formiddable, fear inducing ships. Now imagine a large gang of such ships and tell me, how would you best counter them? If your answer is "bring even more such battleships" then it's sure sign that your idea is flawed. We got supers for that. So, power creep? |
hmskrecik
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Posted - 2017.05.05 14:27:32 -
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Gimme Sake wrote:hmskrecik wrote: So, power creep?
That's Eve. I get what you mean though in my opinion it's not that bad. We don't have levels, neither on characters nor on equipment, we don't have "endgame" stuff. As game design goes, EVE is quite rock-paper-scissory. And even if we have FOTM here and there, CCP occasionally rebalances stuff to shake things up (per words of CCP Fozzie, if memory serves).
Going back to the topic, this big vs. small ship dilemma is briliant. While big ships have better damage, better tank and better range, small ones have better speed and better damage application. If I was creating similar game, this is one of few ideas I would steal outright. |
hmskrecik
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Posted - 2017.05.16 16:43:10 -
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MRietfors wrote:EVE is about the ratio Isks/power so everything shall be balanced around isks. No it's not and it should not. By your words, you're proposing pay-to-win model of balance.
EVE, if anything, is of rock-paper-scissors type and for many, me incuded, this is the selling factor.
Quote:- L4 missions and DEDs can be done almost at the same time with HAC/T3 cruisers I can't comment on DEDs but for L4 this is simply not true. For long time I have believed in what you stated but in time bounty ticks teached me otherwise.
Also last time I checked battleships were very popular for running Incursions. |
hmskrecik
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Posted - 2017.05.28 21:03:15 -
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MRietfors wrote:So at the end 1/4th of the ships in the game, the very best "in theory" of the subcapitals are only use in minor and specific niches in the game or need escorts or to be in large numbers. This is your theory and so far I haven't ever encountered any communication from CCP to support it.
If anything, their theory is based around roles and each ship is given at least one, and is being bonused to it. But whether you decide to use it in such role is your decision. With consequences in either way.
Though if you just wanted I-WIN-pwnmobile, you started wrong thread in wrong subforum. |
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