Sarah Norbulk
Dawn of a new Empire
The Initiative.
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Posted - 2009.11.21 11:22:00 -
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 Originally by: CCP Hammer
Hi, everyone
Damage Control
Thanks for listening
CCP Hammerhead
Lead Game Designer
First of all, thank-you for the response. The fact that getting a response from a Dev seemed to take ages and the responses that we're given were more or less total nonsense was really worrying.
On to the changes. If motherships were introduced with the jump range extension and HP, I see them in no way being over powered and hardly game breaking.Given the current changes on SiSi any confirmation on if those will stay or not would be greatly appreciated.
As for dreadnoughts, the nerf to missile sig radius was the worst justified change I've seen in my 3 years in game. Pointing to target painters as a valid tactic in capital fights suggests to an incompetence and lack of understanding of game mechanics and no real reason has yet been given for the change. Likewise, the Naglfar(soon to be Naglfail again) change seems harsh and uncalled for. Minimitar pilots pushed for years for that change and within months of it being implemented it was removed, not only to pre-boost levels, but actually worse than in its previous fail configuration.
After reading all 50 posts(not counting deleted posts, of those not sure how many were constructive and how many were free Abathur), After the initial outcry against shelving motherships and concerns that they would be put on the back burner once again, most of the posts were concerned with the general lack of understanding of game mechanics. this was further fueled by the Nozh's response which was condescending and again featured target painters being utilized against EWar immune ships as a justification for damage changes and 5 DCU mothership setups for damage comparison. The general lack of understanding was frightening for myself, personally, as well as most other 0.0 players who were experienced capital pilots.
In closing, the way that the information about these large changes were being made could have been handled much better. There are still unanswered questions and capital launchers and Naglfars are desperately in need of attention as they currently are on Sisi. It is good to see that at least some Devs are still watching this.
-Sarah Norbulk
The Initiative.
P.S. Pls don't delete this post.
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