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Jaffnar Borg
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Posted - 2009.05.04 13:29:00 -
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The Kronos is usually considered to be third best of the Marauders. It is quite similar to the Paladin, but because of the superiority of Tachyon Beams, the Paladin does much more damage.
A simple solution to fix this balance issue, would be to increase the Drone Bandwidth of the Kronos to 100. Then a pilot could field a flight of 4 Garde II and would do only a bit less dps then a Paladin with Tachyons. This change would also make the ship more Gallentean style.
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Herschel Yamamoto
Bloodmoney Incorporated
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Posted - 2009.05.04 15:50:00 -
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Speaking as a Kronos pilot, I would still use 5 Hammerhead II. Killing small fry in missions is useful, and 425s are crap at it. The Kronos already has the best drone bay of the Marauders(since it has room for spares and/or the 2 heavies needed to max out 75 bandwidth's DPS), and it's not a bad enough ship that it needs a buff. If you want to buff a Marauder, make it the Vargur.
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Isaac Starstriker
Amarr
Solaris Operations
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Posted - 2009.05.04 17:57:00 -
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I really don't see the need for this change. Lets face it, a ship is always going to be "on top". Buffing a ship simply because its considered "the lesser ship" is not a good enough reason to change it.
No support
--Isaac
Isaac's Haul*Mart - Closed
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Shadow Devourer
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Posted - 2009.05.04 18:34:00 -
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Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
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Jaffnar Borg
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Posted - 2009.05.04 22:00:00 -
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 Originally by: Shadow Devourer
Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
I think it is not the right approach to compare them with their base class in mind.
At the moment we have two Marauders, who are considered on par (Golem and Paladin), one who is a bit behind (Kronos) and one who is quite far behind (Vargur).
Increasing the Drone Bandwidth of the Kronos, would balance 3 of 4 Marauders out. It's only a minor change and I guess would only take a few minutes of developer time. Fixing the Vargur on the other hand, well, I think this needs a lot more work and shouldn't be the topic of this proposal.
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Zel Nughat
Amarr
Nughat Corp
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Posted - 2009.05.05 10:26:00 -
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Tachyons in a Paladin...don't be silly.
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Herschel Yamamoto
Bloodmoney Incorporated
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Posted - 2009.05.05 14:25:00 -
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Originally by: Jaffnar Borg
Originally by: Shadow Devourer
Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
I think it is not the right approach to compare them with their base class in mind.
At the moment we have two Marauders, who are considered on par (Golem and Paladin), one who is a bit behind (Kronos) and one who is quite far behind (Vargur).
Increasing the Drone Bandwidth of the Kronos, would balance 3 of 4 Marauders out. It's only a minor change and I guess would only take a few minutes of developer time. Fixing the Vargur on the other hand, well, I think this needs a lot more work and shouldn't be the topic of this proposal.
Thing is, they don't just make balance changes in ten minutes. They test them, usually a lot. This would take far more time than you seem to think.
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Isaac Starstriker
Amarr
Solaris Operations
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Posted - 2009.05.05 18:29:00 -
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Originally by: Jaffnar Borg
Originally by: Shadow Devourer
Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
I think it is not the right approach to compare them with their base class in mind.
At the moment we have two Marauders, who are considered on par (Golem and Paladin), one who is a bit behind (Kronos) and one who is quite far behind (Vargur).
Increasing the Drone Bandwidth of the Kronos, would balance 3 of 4 Marauders out. It's only a minor change and I guess would only take a few minutes of developer time. Fixing the Vargur on the other hand, well, I think this needs a lot more work and shouldn't be the topic of this proposal.
It takes more than a few minutes to do changes to the game. It needs to be tested and retested to make sure it falls in-line. And to be blunt, just because you think its a good idea doesn't necessarily means CCP does.
--Isaac
Isaac's Haul*Mart - Closed
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Gavin Darklighter
THE FINAL STAND
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Posted - 2009.05.05 20:57:00 -
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Originally by: Shadow Devourer
Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
The pally gets an extra damage bonus over the apoc. The Golem gets an extra med slot. The Vargur gets jack sh!t.
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Zel Nughat
Amarr
Nughat Corp
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Posted - 2009.05.07 07:15:00 -
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Originally by: Gavin Darklighter
Originally by: Shadow Devourer
Naw. It gets an extra turret over the mega remember, the other marauders don't. Hence the drone bandwith.
The pally gets an extra damage bonus over the apoc. The Golem gets an extra med slot. The Vargur gets jack sh!t.
Paladin loses the main characteristic of the apoc, the optimal range bonus.
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Shadow Devourer
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Posted - 2009.05.07 08:16:00 -
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Originally by: Gavin Darklighter
The pally gets an extra damage bonus over the apoc. The Golem gets an extra med slot. The Vargur gets jack sh!t.
The golem loses a low.
The paladin loses the range bonus.
The vargur is the worst marauder but that's neither here nor there.
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