mkint wrote:There are a lot of good reasons to leave it alone, most of which can be classified under the Cobra Effect. Likewise, no one has said yet why it needs a buff. Begging for "I wannit" buffs just sound like toddlers throwing tantrums. From where I sit, I think the noctis and all the salvage-made-easy tools could probably use a bit of a nerf, based on the exact same argument of "I wannit." Shoot, I bet I can come up with better numbers suggesting a nerf would be better than a buff.
At the basic level virtually all requests for changes to a game fall into the "I want" category, there are rarely any that are actually needed.
You may be taking things a little to literal, and I was not quite clear enough in my comments. Since few ships are exactly the same mass in order to compare them you have to use a common unit and time to align per 1 million kg of mass is a very good measure for align time.
Bestower 13.5 million kg, 17.78 base align = 1.317 seconds per million kg.
Mammoth 11.5 million kg, 14.51 base align = 1.262 seconds per million kg.
Iteron 13.5 million kg, 16.28 seconds base align = 1.206 seconds per million kg.
Tyra 13 million kg, 17.48 seconds base align = 1.344 seconds per million kg.
Taking these 4 as an average you get 1.282 seconds per million kg.
Noctis 14.64 million kg, 20.3 seconds base align = 1.41 seconds per million kg.
If we apply the average from above base align drops from 20.3 seconds to 18.77 seconds.
Would this small change bringing the Noctis in line with the rest of the T1 industrial ships really be game breaking?
Is it really asking for to much?
Let me turn part of your comments around on you.
What justification is there for it to be this slow to align?
What justification is there for an all skills 5 pilot in a dedicated salvage ship using T2 tractor beams to end up with roughly 30,000 meters less range than the MTU's?
I tend to agree with you in that salvage across the entire game needs some changes, I do not agree with the nerf it all aspect of your posts however, a more balanced approach is called for.
Small decreases to the base range and speed of tractors and small decreases in the range of the MTU's matched up with increases in the bonuses from the Noctis hull as well as a small increase to the bonuses from the salvage skills would change things quite nicely. The small decreases would hardly be noticeable to the solo pilot using an MTU for missions or sites, the small decreases would not be a major affect on the use of the salvage destroyers in more dangerous places like worm holes etc. But when combined with the increases from the skills and the Noctis hull these changes would make teh Noctis the clearly superior choice for most group operations.