Atsuko Ratu
Caldari
Quafe Industries
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Posted - 2010.06.24 20:48:00 -
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Edited by: Atsuko Ratu on 24/06/2010 20:48:23
 Originally by: NoLimit Soldier
This thread has brought me many laughs, and for that I thank you.
The dignity thing was a hoot.
Anyway I am new (this is my main, 9.5MIL SP) but it doesn't take a veteren to see that CCP gimps certain ships in certain races to encourage cross training and thus more time.
The idea that everything should be balanced is a ******ed one and those who think that should go play WOW.
You make rockets great and you have just given caldari a great frigate/Assault frigate/EAF. So now every ship in caldari (except HAC) are viable. Yay for balance. Every race has weak spots, don't fill them in just because you don't like them.
And the one who said I said caldari is balanced because of PVE: you need to work on your reading comprehension skills. No where did I say anything about PVE, had I mentioned the raven (which I was tempted to do as the gank raven is MEAN when deployed right) I would give you some credit but how you get PVE when I included recon is beyond me.
/newb troll.
So what's your stance on simply fixing every "broken" hole in every race so that all ships are viable?
Amarr also use rockets by the way.
I'm actually sort of confused on your post as well. Caldari are viable in every area? Caldari frigates are terrible, both t1 and t2 (every variant is outclassed by another race, including every t2 type). Caldari t1 cruisers are also terrible (with the unique exception of the blackbird), as well as Caldari hacs (unless you wanna kill frigates). The Caldari dictor is sub-par and is outclassed by basically any other dictor; it's not even the cheapest one (being a throwaway type ship). The Caldari BS only dodge this bullet as they fit three separate roles, one of which being unique (scorpion). The Caldari industrials are the worst aside from maybe the Minmatar.
Which Caldari ships are "viable"? Caldari recons got mad nerfed recently and are fairly on par with most others (aside from Gal recons). The Caldari logistic and HiC excel at the roles they fill, but are outclassed in many areas (Minmatar is generally better for most situations). The Caldari t3 cruiser is the best only in PvE and is nothing special over the Minmatar variant. The Caldari capitals are nothing special and have never been considered the best, ever (aside from PoS repping for the carrier), but are still viable IMO. The Caldari BS are a disgusting mix of roles, making one bad for fleets, one bad for small gangs, and one a massive niche role. The Caldari commandships are nothing special with the Nighthawk being a decent ship, but it barely outdoes a drake at any specific role.
What Caldari ship excels above all others? In my opinion the drake is the best BC (although not by much, the tier 2 BS are the most balanced ships IMO). The falcon is arguably the best recon but post-nerf not by much if it all. The Caldari BS get three roles, all of which excel at what they do (the raven is the best missile BS, the scorp is the best ewar BS, and the rohk has the most range) but even then other BS types do the same jobs just as well (aside from the scorpion).
The Caldari excel at PvE and nothing else really, not nearly as much as Amarr once did or Minmatar does now.
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