EVE Search - Whats the point flying a high end cruiser...

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Vachir	Posted - 2003.06.27 22:01:00 - [1] "Whats the point flying a high end cruiser ... When a stupid armageddon can blow you up in 2 seconds to pieces?" Welcome to EVE, bigger is better. To compete you have no choice but to farm up enough isk to buy your way into the next level. We heard the same thing about frigates and cruisers, next we'll hear the same thing about battleships and titans. Feel the treadmill yet?
Vachir	Posted - 2003.06.27 22:01:00 - [2] "Whats the point flying a high end cruiser ... When a stupid armageddon can blow you up in 2 seconds to pieces?" Welcome to EVE, bigger is better. To compete you have no choice but to farm up enough isk to buy your way into the next level. We heard the same thing about frigates and cruisers, next we'll hear the same thing about battleships and titans. Feel the treadmill yet?
Vachir	Posted - 2003.06.27 22:51:00 - [3] "A good cruiser might destroy any frigate, but it will run into big problems when there are 5 totally different types of frigs attacking. With an ECM frig to jam you, 3 combat frigs to penetrate your shields you¦d have a lot of trouble, even if your cruiser is a very good one. At the point where the missile frig comes in you¦ll be down... I¦m pretty sure about that." One frigate won't jam one cruiser. In theory all 3 could load up on ECM and then use weak guns to take it down, but that's true of any one vs many scenario. The truth is, in any given equal numbers scenario, there is no tactical reason to use anything but the biggest ships you can possibly afford. This is a huge problem with the game IMHO, but that's the way it is.
Vachir	Posted - 2003.06.27 22:51:00 - [4] "A good cruiser might destroy any frigate, but it will run into big problems when there are 5 totally different types of frigs attacking. With an ECM frig to jam you, 3 combat frigs to penetrate your shields you¦d have a lot of trouble, even if your cruiser is a very good one. At the point where the missile frig comes in you¦ll be down... I¦m pretty sure about that." One frigate won't jam one cruiser. In theory all 3 could load up on ECM and then use weak guns to take it down, but that's true of any one vs many scenario. The truth is, in any given equal numbers scenario, there is no tactical reason to use anything but the biggest ships you can possibly afford. This is a huge problem with the game IMHO, but that's the way it is.

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