Silver Drag0n
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Posted - 2009.12.12 03:13:00 -
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 Originally by: July83
Edited by: July83 on 11/12/2009 22:24:50
i was saying 5 fighters or 10 drones (all over that is imbalanced)
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5 fighters (1 per level) and 10 drones (2 per level) sounds good. (1 at a time)
However therein is the issue. Putting a fighter on a sub-capital would almost be like adding a second ship.
The reason i suggest 20 normal drones is, namely, 20 heavies pack a huge punch against even a battleship (with the right skills).
or 20 sentries...
But if you use fighters, which have a size of 5km3, you lose the point of it being a mini-carrier.
Technically speaking, you want a carrier with logistics capability, decent health, and some damage.
even 5 fighters would put the damage slightly beyond a battleship (potentially), which would remove their position from the battlefield.
having 10 drones sounds fine and all, but if you want to do a mission, that wouldn't be enough.
If you're going to give a logistics ship an upgrade, then either give it better logistics skills (aka, make it even better than the Tech2 ships), or give it good damage.
Right now, carriers and motherships are known for their tanking and logistics ability. Why not create this as something that makes it KNOWN for it's damage, but without bringing in something like fighters?
TBH, if you train fighters, it's most likely you plan to do a carrier someday.
(That, and we have all these drone skills that don't affect fighters, unlike their normal counterparts.)
Let's say you put out 5 fighters. Good damage, sure, but if you want to hit something smaller than a battleship, you need smaller drones, (which you'll be doing a lot since this ship isn't meant for capital fleet fights), since fighters do not seem to do well against small vessels.
If you sent out, say, 20 drones total (10 light 5 heavy 5 medium), you could swarm them on 4 different targets, or just have 20 of the same type all chasing one. OR, if you're cap's hurting, you could pull out 20 logistics (armor rep, shield rep) drones, and have them do a little of the work while you regen.
The possibilities of using 20 regular drones are far more vast than allowing the use of fighters.
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