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Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.05.03 10:53:00 -
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July Oumis wrote:You can't compare Drone DPS to Missile or Turret DPS.
Turrets or bays hit while you are moving your ship and apply the damage. Drone either force you to stand still or have less real DPS, because you have to consider the flighttime.
If you want Drone only, you have to increase raw DPS to equal it out.
If you only use magstabs and extrinsics you will end up having an awful tracking, thus mitigating you EFT DPS. Your shiledtank would be weakened, because you need 2 tracking enhancers and 2 omnis if you use 3 dmg mods of each kind, to be effective.
What you wrote it's not true.
Quote:Turrets or bays hit while you are moving your ship and apply the damage. Drone either force you to stand still or have less real DPS, because you have to consider the flighttime.
Even drones hit while you're moving your ship,watch some pvp video of good drone users, nobody stand still at all.
About less real dps: true they have flight time, however once they're on the target their dps is much less reduced by sig/radial than that of missiles or turrets.
Quote:If you want Drone only, you have to increase raw DPS to equal it out. As much as i would like it this would not be good, because when your drones get to the target he would simply pop.
Quote:If you only use magstabs and extrinsics you will end up having an awful tracking, thus mitigating you EFT DPS. Against smaller ships or really fast ships maybe, not all of them, thus making the setup overpowered over slow and tanky ships. Also good piloting can mitigate those things so again: in certain situation you'd be too powerful, and that's not good.
Quote:Your shiledtank would be weakened, because you need 2 tracking enhancers and 2 omnis if you use 3 dmg mods of each kind, to be effective.
This is something you think and which may not necessarily be true at all.
tl;dr allowing guns dmg mods+drones dmg mods+full racks of guns could mean an ourageous amount of dps in certain situations and that is not acceptable.
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Helicity Boson
Immortalis Inc. Shadow Cartel
419
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Posted - 2012.05.03 11:03:00 -
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in it's current state, it's STILL better to add two HMLs to the curse than this module.
Which makes me a little sad.
Also low-slot is awful, primarily because the vast majority of Drone boats are armor-based. |
July Oumis
Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2012.05.03 11:09:00 -
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Sentries force you to stand still, Heavies are very slow, if you have to hit something 30 km away. Drones are vulnerable to smartbombs and bombs.
If you get rid of the 5% dmg on guns and add these to Drones certainly a Domi, for example, would be overpowered?
If you get in rang with blasters + ogres and are able to web and scram your target, you're a lucky man and deserve it, to apply the damage.
Edit: Armor based Drones Boats already use damage mods, weakening their tank. You would just change the name nad purpose of them. |
Perihelion Olenard
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.03 11:15:00 -
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It's interesting to see that even with a ship bonus to drone damage on the curse that it's still better to put ballistic controls on instead of extrinsics. |
Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.05.03 11:49:00 -
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Making it an high slot(and turret/missiles) item would:
- increase the tank(mag stabs/bcu slots could be used to increase the tank)
- give drone users the ability to avoid training gunnery(or missiles) skills at all
- increase drone dps to such a point that it would equal that of turrets. (so 5 ogres/sentries+7 EDA in a bonused ship would do about 1200dps)
- make drones a scalable weapon system, not stuck at 500dps.
But i see i'm talking about something completely different here.
So sticking to reality: make it an utility high slot, the increase in dps wont be so high to overpower ships. |
Alticus C Bear
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.03 12:01:00 -
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I was looking at Drone Proteus, has the CPU to fit 250mm railguns and mods but still two mag stabs seems better than two Drone damage amplifiers.
Interestingly I suspect a T2 sentry rig and two T2 Damage Mods is better than two sentry rigs and two T2 damage mods due to stacking. |
Caellach Marellus
Aideron Robotics Darkmatter Initiative
527
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Posted - 2012.05.03 12:07:00 -
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https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1237157#post1237157
Chances are it's getting boosted. Enjoy your gaming.
http://northern-goblin.blogspot.com |
Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.05.03 13:37:00 -
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Oh well, that ends it then.
Good module anyway, just not easy to adapt to.
A lot of fits will change to accomodate this. |
Drew Solaert
University of Caille Gallente Federation
150
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Posted - 2012.05.03 14:05:00 -
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For the moving it to the highslot arguement, just no. Plain no. Drones have a nasty habbit of going pop in PvP and some certain PvE enviroments. You lost all of your drones warping out? Fantastic just use your splash attack or something when you get caught in a compremising situation heading back to the nearest station/or leave the roam early.
I lied :o
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Shish Tukay
Caldari Provisions Caldari State
6
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Posted - 2012.05.03 15:02:00 -
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Drew Solaert wrote: You lost all of your drones warping out? Fantastic just use your splash attack You play badly and eve punishes you? *hugs for poor little diddums*
If you want to be safe, you can always not fit the module :P
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Drew Solaert
University of Caille Gallente Federation
150
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Posted - 2012.05.03 15:46:00 -
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Shish Tukay wrote: If you want to be safe, you can always not fit the module :P
Would rather fit it in a low slot :p I lied :o
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Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
86
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Posted - 2012.05.03 16:09:00 -
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Drew Solaert wrote:For the moving it to the highslot arguement, just no. Plain no. Drones have a nasty habbit of going pop in PvP and some certain PvE enviroments. You lost all of your drones warping out? Fantastic just use your splash attack or something when you get caught in a compremising situation heading back to the nearest station/or leave the roam early.
CCP stated it will never be anything else than low slot, no need to think about these things any further.
Let's concentrate on the cpu reqs and underwhelming dmg modifier.
edit: played around in etf a bit, tweaking rigs and tank it definetily is a good module, even with this absurdly low dmg modifier.
The sweet spot, as others hinted, would be about 22% dps imho. |
Jerick Ludhowe
Wraiths of Abaddon
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Posted - 2012.05.03 16:21:00 -
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Good first start on the module however as many have stated there are some changes we'd like to see.
1) change the required slot to a high slot 2) reduce fitting by a small amount 3) increase dmg from 10%(12%) to 12%(15%) |
Vaako Horizon
Casual Slackers Daily Operations
31
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Posted - 2012.05.03 17:49:00 -
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MalVortex wrote:I realize there is already a team Super Friends feedback thread, however, the changes brought on by Team Super friends are extensive, and most of the thread is hereto date dedicated just to when Sisi will go live. As such, I feel its prudent to start a new thread for concise discussion.
As it stands, the Extrinsic Damage Amplifier II (henceforth EDA) is a 12% damage bonus for non-fighter drones, on a 40tf CPU module. This is, quite frankly, terrible. In fact, its so bad that I have to question if this is just a placeholder stat.
Your bog-standard T2 damage mod has two stats: 10% Damage Bonus 10.5% Rate of Fire Bonus
Combined, this results in a 22.9% damage increase *per* module. All turret modules cost 30CPU for their T2 variant, and the BCU's cost 40cpu for their T2 variant (presumably due to the higher than average CPU output of most missile boats).
Even worse, drone boats often come with the "drone-boat" tax. They have worse fittings, and fewer slots, than comparable non-drone vessels. This fitting tax insures that drone boats don't become OP killing machines with immense tanks and damage, but it also means they often wind up very tight on fittings. A 40cpu mod is absolutely ridiculous for most drone boats to try to squeeze on.
In other words, the EDA is terrible in two directions: 1) It provides half the damage bonus of regular damage modules 2) It costs 33% more fitting than standard damage modules, on top of the CPU limited nature of drone ships.
Perhaps the greatest insult, however, is that drones are already a low-damage platform. For all intents and purposes, drone damage caps out with the 50% hull bonus on Ogre IIs at 475 dps. For Ships like the Arbitrator line, that caps out with Hammerhead IIs at 238 dps. Even the standard 23% damage module may be too weak for them to work on these hulls as a competitive fitting option. We won't know until these are at least buffed to 23% and fits are played around with, but Domi's can do a *lot* more damage with guns than 475 dps. If we are to fit drone damage mods over regular old damage mods, they need to be pulling their weight in the opportunity-cost comparison.
To start balance testing, the EDA needs to be brought down to 30 CPU and 23% total DPS modifier. As it stands, the single 12% damage module will find use ONLY on ships with the following parameters:
1) Can deploy a full set of heavy or sentry drones 2) Cannot fit battleship class weapons
That limits the EDA's *entire* potential usefulness to select Ishtar and Gila fits, and maaaybe a few Domi's that completely forsake any turrets at all (such as ambulance, neut, or herd domis). Every other ship, including ships like the Curse, can get much better bang for their buck just fitting regular weapons (like Railguns or HMLs) and/or regular damage mods.
edit:
I agreed with Shish so much below I wanted to add this to the OP. EDA's in the lowslot are going to be a balancing nightmare, as many Drone ships rely on a strict lowslot allotment to tank, while others like the Dominix could potentially "double dip" Damage Mods and wind up with 1500+ DPS in shield-gank configurations. EDA's should be moved to become a highslot module in addition to the above changes to create fitting tension with the ship. As a high slot item, they can take advatnage of the utility highs many drone ships are given, while counter balancing against the need for neuts, turrets, and missile launchers for other sources of DPS.
Drone Control Units - EDA's elder brother - are also highslots, making this a much more natural feel than lowslot EDAs. It also creates natural tension when fitting those highslots as Drone Link Augmenters are also up there. Would you like neuts, smartbombs, cloaks, more damaging drones or longer range drones? That's some good opportunity cost decisions to make that simply don't exist in the lows.
I agree 100%, these should be high slots!! and have more dps |
Vaako Horizon
Casual Slackers Daily Operations
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:12:00 -
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Just Alter wrote:Making it an high slot(and turret/missiles) item would:
- increase the tank(mag stabs/bcu slots could be used to increase the tank)
- give drone users the ability to avoid training gunnery(or missiles) skills at all
- increase drone dps to such a point that it would equal that of turrets. (so 5 ogres/sentries+7 EDA in a bonused ship would do about 1200dps)
- make drones a scalable weapon system, not stuck at 500dps.
But i see i'm talking about something completely different here. So sticking to reality: make it an utility high slot, the increase in dps wont be so high to overpower ships.
+7 EDA? woot? that will make the drone range very limited ( 65km ), I'd really love 1200 dps on my rattle but the range is unacceptable, I would go something like 1 t2 cruise missile, 2x drone link augmentor and then rest EDA's |
Vaako Horizon
Casual Slackers Daily Operations
31
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:14:00 -
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Just Alter wrote:Oh well, that ends it then.
Good module anyway, just not easy to adapt to.
A lot of fits will change to accomodate this.
Mine wont, as this remains a lowslot its comparable to junk since it will mess up any tank :P |
skye orionis
No Bull Ships
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:20:00 -
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Looking at the Blueprint requirements, I'm thinking that the tech II version is an excellent opportunity to help add some demand to the depressed PI commodity market. CCP could add Guidance Systems or Transmitters to the build requirements. or for a comedy option the otherwise useless 'Elite Drone AI' |
Querns
GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation
47
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:28:00 -
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skye orionis wrote:Looking at the Blueprint requirements, I'm thinking that the tech II version is an excellent opportunity to help add some demand to the depressed PI commodity market. CCP could add Guidance Systems or Transmitters to the build requirements. or for a comedy option the otherwise useless 'Elite Drone AI' Agreed. Currently guidance systems are used in t2 drones, so they are thematically appropriate, and PI can always use more uses in player goods. |
FlinchingNinja Kishunuba
Bellum Esca
97
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:30:00 -
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Rattlesnake with these as high slot.....
..... yes please :D |
Vaako Horizon
Casual Slackers Daily Operations
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Posted - 2012.05.03 18:53:00 -
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FlinchingNinja Kishunuba wrote:Rattlesnake with these as high slot.....
..... yes please :D
exactlly, because our launchers do little to no damage :P rattlesnakes ftw |
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Flein Sopp
Grim Determination Nulli Secunda
0
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Posted - 2012.05.03 20:55:00 -
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Make Extrinsic Damage Amplifier highslot. |
Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.05.03 21:14:00 -
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Vaako Horizon wrote:Just Alter wrote:Making it an high slot(and turret/missiles) item would:
- increase the tank(mag stabs/bcu slots could be used to increase the tank)
- give drone users the ability to avoid training gunnery(or missiles) skills at all
- increase drone dps to such a point that it would equal that of turrets. (so 5 ogres/sentries+7 EDA in a bonused ship would do about 1200dps)
- make drones a scalable weapon system, not stuck at 500dps.
But i see i'm talking about something completely different here. So sticking to reality: make it an utility high slot, the increase in dps wont be so high to overpower ships. +7 EDA? woot? that will make the drone range very limited ( 65km ), I'd really love 1200 dps on my rattle but the range is unacceptable, I would go something like 1 t2 cruise missile, 2x drone link augmentor and then rest EDA's
No other bs does 1200 dps at 65km so it would be fair.
About the tank: if you used sentries+sentry rigs now you can switch the rigs for tank/cap rigs and use the EDA in the lows, with similiar performance (at least in certain setups/ships)
I'd still like to see them on the high slots but it seems like it's not gonna happen. |
Vito Antonio
State War Academy Caldari State
50
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Posted - 2012.05.03 22:17:00 -
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What we truly need is making Drone Control Units usable on all ships. Having DCU in high slots and drone damage mods in low slots would be equal to turrets or missiles. Obviously DCU will have to be rebalanced to add drone bandwith and capacity as well. |
TheButcherPete
Specter Syndicate CORE Alliance
152
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Posted - 2012.05.03 22:55:00 -
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Vito Antonio wrote:What we truly need is making Drone Control Units usable on all ships. Having DCU in high slots and drone damage mods in low slots would be equal to turrets or missiles. Obviously DCU will have to be rebalanced to add drone bandwith and capacity as well.
lol, drone bandwidth nerf is that way ------>
Also, keep the module in the low slots. Worried about tank? Oh well. All other damage mods are low slot.
It would be very nice to see the damage mod to rise, or to have a static damage bonus also, so damage mod and also how many hit points. DON'T BOTHER GIVING DRONES A RATE OF FIRE BOOST, it's not like we can get a Drone to fire as fast as 220mm's on a Cane, so don't even bother. My moncole doubles as a cigarette lighter, a flashlight, a laser and x-ray goggles. If you haven't noticed yet, I'm in love with Punkturis. -á-á-á
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Thomas Gallant
Eyes In The Dark Lunar Industries Partnership
5
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Posted - 2012.05.04 00:00:00 -
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Their are high slot damage mods, they are called turrets/missiles. granted they don't give bonuses to damage, they are more direct, but the goal is is same, kill enemies faster than if you didn't have them.
I mean I won't mind if they added "drone guns" a module that launched a tiny drone to shoot at your enemies, I just want something to put in my high slots that's useful without sinking a bunch of points into another skill tree. |
TheButcherPete
Specter Syndicate CORE Alliance
152
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Posted - 2012.05.04 00:21:00 -
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Thomas Gallant wrote:Their are high slot damage mods, they are called turrets/missiles. granted they don't give bonuses to damage, they are more direct, but the goal is is same, kill enemies faster than if you didn't have them.
I mean I won't mind if they added "drone guns" a module that launched a tiny drone to shoot at your enemies, I just want something to put in my high slots that's useful without sinking a bunch of points into another skill tree.
Sir, are you an idiot? When I say damage mod, I mean damage modifier. Not damage module. Derp. My moncole doubles as a cigarette lighter, a flashlight, a laser and x-ray goggles. If you haven't noticed yet, I'm in love with Punkturis. -á-á-á
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Hrett
Quantum Cats Syndicate Villore Accords
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Posted - 2012.05.04 00:43:00 -
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Well, since mag stabs and the like give 2 bonuses, why can't this one?
Add a small drone tracking buff, or a drone speed buff. Personally, I would prefer tracking. I had a hobgoblin miss a shield Cane last night... |
Just Alter
Enlightened Industries Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.05.04 09:08:00 -
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"I had a hobgoblin miss a shield Cane last night..."
Yeah well that's the exception rather than the norm.
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CCP SoniClover
C C P C C P Alliance
47
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Posted - 2012.05.04 16:52:00 -
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I updated the modules slightly, it should be out on Sisi no later than Monday.
I reduced the CPU slightly (to 30 and 35 for t1 and t2 respectively)
I increased the damage bonus to 12% and 15% for t1 and t2 respectively.
Unfortunately, due to how drones work in the backend, I can't affect their RoF. But we should be able to tweak the other numbers to make the module on par with the damage amplifiers for other weapon types. |
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Jarin Arenos
Card Shark Industries
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Posted - 2012.05.04 17:11:00 -
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Still hanging heavily on the conservative side of things and avoiding drones as a primary weapon system, then? |
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