Jade Loengrim
Caldari
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Posted - 2009.02.20 23:47:00 -
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Gut reply on Minties
 Originally by: CCP Nozh
Originally by: Sonorra Baki
Edited by: Sonorra Baki on 20/02/2009 16:08:09
Minmatar defensive subsystem no.1 says resistance bonus, is that for shield or armor?
Armor
Um... you should try at least to be consistent with lore, tutorials and guide lines of ship design around : Minmatar are for instance like Caldari, more oriented on shield tanking (even if globally versatile), while Gallente/Amarr are more "generally" armor tanking ones.
I shouldn't be the one to tell you it is all about keeping balances and interests between the warring blocks (Gal/Min vs Cal/Ama).
That their tactical cruiser would go opposite way of the common training minmatar pilots got is perplexing to say the least... especially for a ship which should be the epitom of its racial design and small fleet.
Guiding lines to check bonus lines against?
I don't know, probably giving a wrong "advice" here, but perhaps look better at capital ships and structure designs to get an improved perspective of the difference between the main house of powers (I really mean the corporation styling their creations here).
Don't think I'm alone imagining you already have a list of the whome bonus existing for each race and which one players/pilots are used to and which ones were advocated against most by argumented feedback in the past years of eve evolution.
Anyway, good luck with everything... as far as I know, the fitting modifications on the different subsystems ar already a puzzle.
Did someone thought about preparing a mini-site in flash to assemble your very own tactical cruiser... so you can dream and have a goal in mind when playing through the new content... which would be quite genial stuff for both ne players and vets... imo. (as well as being easier for everyone, you two (designers) included, to check the different possible configurations and bonus they give).
Yeah yeah I know, the new fittign system should fill that role but since it is still even far from the level of quality we have with out-of-game fitting apps. 
Keep up the work, cheers and good luck if you want to have a satisfied player base on the 10th of march.... clock is ticking and agile won't save the day as many of us fear (lack of global view among the teams being the main drawback).
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