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The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
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Posted - 2012.07.22 15:54:00 -
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2 ASBs per ship thankfully got banned before the tournament because use of that would have been catastrophic. 1 ASB use needs nerfing in some way also, however, perhaps reducing the number that can be fielded per match, or changing the module slightly - reducing the capacity so it has less cycles but also reducing the reload time? The prevalence of it in the tournament is getting a bit silly and in my opinion a bit overpowered, and it also makes the matches get kind of boring to watch.
Watching an armor vs shield match where the shield team gets logistics as well as nearly a minute of huge boosting on each ship, with bonuses on the cyclone, sleipnir and vargur means it's going to be a whitewash every time in favour of the shield team, simply because you can't pump out enough dps to beat both reps from a logi as well as the ASB before one of your major dps ships dies.
Pretty much every armor vs shield match goes like this:
Shield ship gets low-ish shield -> reps up with ASB and starts reloading -> logis hold it up until it is reloaded -> armor dps ship is already dead -> match is already over. ASBs cause matches to be over in 3 minutes when a majority of the losing team's ships are alive simply because of the huge amount of dps it can tank and how there is no dps left on the field to stay alive long enough to make it use the charges, then overcome the logi too.
TL;DR ASBs give too much tank and use should be nerfed because watching a shield team roflstomp an armor team every match is a tad boring simply because there is not enough dps left to deal with an ASB
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Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
918
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:02:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:2 ASBs per ship thankfully got banned before the tournament because use of that would have been catastrophic. 1 ASB use needs nerfing in some way also, however, perhaps reducing the number that can be fielded per match, or changing the module slightly - reducing the capacity so it has less cycles but also reducing the reload time? The prevalence of it in the tournament is getting a bit silly and in my opinion a bit overpowered, and it also makes the matches get kind of boring to watch.
Watching an armor vs shield match where the shield team gets logistics as well as nearly a minute of huge boosting on each ship, with bonuses on the cyclone, sleipnir and vargur means it's going to be a whitewash every time in favour of the shield team, simply because you can't pump out enough dps to beat both reps from a logi as well as the ASB before one of your major dps ships dies.
Pretty much every armor vs shield match goes like this:
Shield ship gets low-ish shield -> reps up with ASB and starts reloading -> logis hold it up until it is reloaded -> armor dps ship is already dead -> match is already over. ASBs cause matches to be over in 3 minutes when a majority of the losing team's ships are alive simply because of the huge amount of dps it can tank and how there is no dps left on the field to stay alive long enough to make it use the charges, then overcome the logi too.
TL;DR ASBs give too much tank and use should be nerfed because watching a shield team roflstomp an armor team every match is a tad boring simply because there is not enough dps left to deal with an ASB
Just throwing it out there how wrong you are and how little you understand the module and its work arounds.
Is it common, yes, is it broken, not really, if you know what you're doing its easily beatable (and has been beaten plenty of times).
It adds the ability to run a pure gank fleet without logistics, and basically adds variety that has been missing in years past.
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CCP Soundwave
C C P C C P Alliance
1733
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:05:00 -
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It offers a load of flexibility which I think makes it pretty damn awesome in terms of getting different setups. |
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Faife
Dreddit Test Alliance Please Ignore
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:08:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:TL;DR ASBs give too much tank and use should be nerfed because watching a shield team roflstomp an armor team every match is a tad boring simply because there is not enough dps left to deal with an ASB
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Teinyhr
A Club for Reputable Gentlemen
81
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:08:00 -
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I think AT would benefit a lot more from banning/nerfing ECM than ASB.
*hides from the rotten tomatoes*
Edit2: Granted ECM hasn't made as bothersomely boring matches this year than it used to in some previous tournaments. |
The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:09:00 -
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Grath Telkin wrote: Just throwing it out there how wrong you are and how little you understand the module and its work arounds.
Is it common, yes, is it broken, not really, if you know what you're doing its easily beatable (and has been beaten plenty of times).
It adds the ability to run a pure gank fleet without logistics, and basically adds variety that has been missing in years past.
When you have 3 vargurs and a scimitar, all with ASBs, all requiring nearly a minute of shooting to get past their ASBs and then needing to beat their logi and kill them in the next minute - and you have to do that for each Vargur in turn without your dps ships dying, it's a bit silly. Clearly you're PL so you're going to defend your tactics and I'm not attacking PL for it in particular - I've seen this ASB tactic used all tournament and I just think actually, Soundwave, it reduces variety in the tournament - there is no reason to not fit a shield booster which gives huge boosts and isn't affected at all by neuts which could previously counter shield tank setups. |
Markus Reese
Incertae Sedis Cascade Imminent
243
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:09:00 -
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It isn't so much nerf, but what is needed is instead of booster giving free boost. it should just reduce the cap needed per cycle. |
Ginseng Jita
PAN-EVE TRADING COMPANY
1608
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:10:00 -
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ASB's was one of the best things added to the game. It gives another option to teams on what ships they should field and how they should fit them. |
Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
918
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:14:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:Grath Telkin wrote: Just throwing it out there how wrong you are and how little you understand the module and its work arounds.
Is it common, yes, is it broken, not really, if you know what you're doing its easily beatable (and has been beaten plenty of times).
It adds the ability to run a pure gank fleet without logistics, and basically adds variety that has been missing in years past.
When you have 3 vargurs and a scimitar, all with ASBs, all requiring nearly a minute of shooting to get past their ASBs and then needing to beat their logi and kill them in the next minute - and you have to do that for each Vargur in turn without your dps ships dying, it's a bit silly. Clearly you're PL so you're going to defend your tactics and I'm not attacking PL for it in particular - I've seen this ASB tactic used all tournament and I just think actually, Soundwave, it reduces variety in the tournament - there is no reason to not fit a shield booster which gives huge boosts and isn't affected at all by neuts which could previously counter shield tank setups.
So you've seen plenty of logis die with ASB's in this tourney, obviously thats the clue to the weak link in the ASB suit of armor (we call it a 2stage tank).
The rest of beating it basically requires you to coax out a reload while staying alive, once you do that you pounce on the ship in question and rip it apart.
The ASB is just a new mod, you've seen armor set ups beat it, but of course its popular when so many people carry your attitude and just dont understand how easy it can be to get somebody to reload their ASB, and once they do that, it accelerates the match in a particular direction, which eventually ends up having a domino effect.
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Ranger 1
Ranger Corp
2293
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:16:00 -
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I like the dynamic it brings to the game.
Now perhaps some tweaking to the new adaptive armor resistance module needs to be done to make it comparable in effectiveness yet completely different in how it affects combat tactics. To carve a successful niche for yourself in EVE you need to be able to out sell, out produce, out fight,-á out run, or out wit your competitors. If you can do none of the above, your only option is to complain on the forums that somehow you are at a disadvantage using the exact same tool set-áas the rest of the player base. |
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Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
921
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:16:00 -
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Markus Reese wrote:It isn't so much nerf, but what is needed is instead of booster giving free boost. it should just reduce the cap needed per cycle.
Then what would be the point in loading it with boosters?? Most boosters give more cap than the booster uses, why would you ever bother fitting one if thats all it did considering the draw backs of what happens when its OUT of charges (massive draw on your own cap or 1 minute of not reloading) |
Takeshi Yamato
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
193
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:16:00 -
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The ASB is one of the biggest balance blunders CCP has done in my opinion. |
notarealgirl
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:18:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:Grath Telkin wrote: Just throwing it out there how wrong you are and how little you understand the module and its work arounds.
Is it common, yes, is it broken, not really, if you know what you're doing its easily beatable (and has been beaten plenty of times).
It adds the ability to run a pure gank fleet without logistics, and basically adds variety that has been missing in years past.
When you have 3 vargurs and a scimitar, all with ASBs, all requiring nearly a minute of shooting to get past their ASBs and then needing to beat their logi and kill them in the next minute - and you have to do that for each Vargur in turn without your dps ships dying, it's a bit silly. Clearly you're PL so you're going to defend your tactics and I'm not attacking PL for it in particular - I've seen this ASB tactic used all tournament and I just think actually, Soundwave, it reduces variety in the tournament - there is no reason to not fit a shield booster which gives huge boosts and isn't affected at all by neuts which could previously counter shield tank setups.
Sounds like someone is butthurt about losing to an ASB equipped team (ie: a team that had a clue). |
The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:18:00 -
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Ginseng Jita wrote:ASB's was one of the best things added to the game. It gives another option to teams on what ships they should field and how they should fit them. I would reword that as 'removing options' - I might be willing to bet that ASB Cyclone/Sleipnir/Vargur are the most common ships this tournament. There is no reason to use another option because the ASB tank combined with a logi to fill your reload time makes the tank so strong that there is not a lot that can deal with it without your dps ship dying before the enemy ASB ship is dead.
Also, that setup we saw a few days ago with 10 T1 battlecruisers - cyclones, feroxes and....brutixes (I think? Can't remember. Doesn't matter.) The 4 cyclones and 4 feroxes with ASBs would take so long to kill with almost a minute straight of ASB boosting on each ship that even if the ASB ships were doing no dps they would still all survive because you have to spend a whole minute wearing down the ASB charges and then even more time actually killing them. The match would be over before they died.
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The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
3
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:19:00 -
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notarealgirl wrote:The Bazzalisk wrote:Grath Telkin wrote: Just throwing it out there how wrong you are and how little you understand the module and its work arounds.
Is it common, yes, is it broken, not really, if you know what you're doing its easily beatable (and has been beaten plenty of times).
It adds the ability to run a pure gank fleet without logistics, and basically adds variety that has been missing in years past.
When you have 3 vargurs and a scimitar, all with ASBs, all requiring nearly a minute of shooting to get past their ASBs and then needing to beat their logi and kill them in the next minute - and you have to do that for each Vargur in turn without your dps ships dying, it's a bit silly. Clearly you're PL so you're going to defend your tactics and I'm not attacking PL for it in particular - I've seen this ASB tactic used all tournament and I just think actually, Soundwave, it reduces variety in the tournament - there is no reason to not fit a shield booster which gives huge boosts and isn't affected at all by neuts which could previously counter shield tank setups. Sounds like someone is butthurt about losing to an ASB equipped team (ie: a team that had a clue). My alliance isn't in the tournament and I have no affiliation with any of the teams in the tournament except for RvB because of the awesome community PvP environment you produce. My only affiliation is with watching an enjoyable tournament.
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Sakura Nihil
Selective Pressure Rote Kapelle
21
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:19:00 -
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Parallel tanking is the problem - having both ASB's and logistics going simultaneously is the problem. Teams should have to choose one or the other. |
R0ot
North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion
35
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:19:00 -
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I'm betting against the ASB so as we all know now that means it will win. |
The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
3
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:22:00 -
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Grath Telkin wrote: The rest of beating it basically requires you to coax out a reload while staying alive, once you do that you pounce on the ship in question and rip it apart.
But, if they don't reload then they can just use all 13 charges. If you split your dps and try to coax a reload and they don't reload, then that's it. They will get the same amount of dps repped whether you split your dps or not.
Sorry, I'm pretty bad at explaining.
If you shoot at one ship and force it to use all 13 cycles then reload, then when it reloads you kill it. If you split your dps to try and coax something to reload and they don't, they're just taking less dps and don't need to use their ASBs as often so they don't have an obligation to reload it.
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The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
3
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:23:00 -
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Grath Telkin wrote: So you've seen plenty of logis die with ASB's in this tourney,
By the time you've killed the logi there are still 3 ASB vargurs/sleipnirs left alive and your dps ships will die in that time and you will not have enough dps to kill them any more. Match over. |
Takeshi Yamato
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
193
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:25:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:Grath Telkin wrote: So you've seen plenty of logis die with ASB's in this tourney,
By the time you've killed the logi there are still 3 ASB vargurs/sleipnirs left alive and your dps ships will die in that time and you will not have enough dps to kill them any more. Match over.
Pretty much this. When both logis die, the team with ASB always wins. |
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Dograzor
The Black Rabbits The Gurlstas Associates
11
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:26:00 -
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ASB's are nice at the place where they are. They can be beaten, just like anything in Eve... Rock, Paper, Scissors.. just adapt to it. |
IamBeastx
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
34
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:29:00 -
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You have no idea, no clue, they are easily beaten. Get with the times, learn to adapt. Also, if you think a single ASB is bad you have no idea about dual ASB (thank my amarrian gods they where banned). |
The Bazzalisk
Teshnology Inc. Stealth Wear Inc.
5
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:31:00 -
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Look at this match at the moment - Mildly Intoxicated - Raiden.
Those 3 Proteuses were unable to take down a webbed Sleipnir for a solid minute, and the logi was long dead. It's a bit silly. |
notarealgirl
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
5
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:32:00 -
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I love ASB's, they offer so much to everyone who has the brains to consider them, on TQ or in the tourney, you just have to play smarter to beat them. |
Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
921
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:33:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:Grath Telkin wrote: The rest of beating it basically requires you to coax out a reload while staying alive, once you do that you pounce on the ship in question and rip it apart.
But, if they don't reload then they can just use all 13 charges.
What?
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Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
921
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:39:00 -
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The Bazzalisk wrote:Look at this match at the moment - Mildly Intoxicated - Raiden.
Those 3 Proteuses were unable to take down a webbed Sleipnir for a solid minute, and the logi was long dead. It's a bit silly.
Did you mean those 3 proteus's that were rotating turns being jammed?
Lets do some simple math shall we?
Lets say a single XL ASB reps about 400 per cycle right?
Lets say each proteus does 500 damage, thats low, I'm way undershooting the Damage value of the proteus but basically the 3 of them added up to nearly 1500 dps or more.
Do you see how a single ASB wouldn't matter at all to those proteus's?
I think you're confusing what you're seeing with whats actually happening and you just dont understand the mod. |
Takeshi Yamato
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
194
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:41:00 -
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Grath Telkin wrote:The Bazzalisk wrote:Look at this match at the moment - Mildly Intoxicated - Raiden.
Those 3 Proteuses were unable to take down a webbed Sleipnir for a solid minute, and the logi was long dead. It's a bit silly. Did you mean those 3 proteus's that were rotating turns being jammed? Lets do some simple math shall we? Lets say a single XL ASB reps about 400 per cycle right? Lets say each proteus does 500 damage, thats low, I'm way undershooting the Damage value of the proteus but basically the 3 of them added up to nearly 1500 dps or more. Do you see how a single ASB wouldn't matter at all to those proteus's? I think you're confusing what you're seeing with whats actually happening and you just dont understand the mod.
This just in: ASBs not overpowered because a single ASB will be broken by 3x Proteuses.
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Lugalzagezi666
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:44:00 -
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OP is right.
xl asb tank on sleipnir - 2490 dps overheated xl asb tank on vargur - 2000 oh fitting - 200/500 reps from asb are neut proof
lar tank on kronos - 450 dps overheated mar tank on astarte - 270 dps oh add fittings and +1 med slot for med/heavy cap booster
Then you can add 4 transfers from logi and links from command ship. This way both ships can get more than 5k dps tank overheated for almost one minute.
If you chain your cap transfers, you can run your booster even longer (you can also send cap to the logi - that has asb too of course). Completely unbalanced compared to armor reps.
Well, its noticeable - no ships use active armor tank while almost all ships use active shield tank. In this tournament ships fitting asb simply got 1 minute invulnerability card when fitted right.
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Grath Telkin
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
923
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:46:00 -
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Takeshi Yamato wrote:Grath Telkin wrote:The Bazzalisk wrote:Look at this match at the moment - Mildly Intoxicated - Raiden.
Those 3 Proteuses were unable to take down a webbed Sleipnir for a solid minute, and the logi was long dead. It's a bit silly. Did you mean those 3 proteus's that were rotating turns being jammed? Lets do some simple math shall we? Lets say a single XL ASB reps about 400 per cycle right? Lets say each proteus does 500 damage, thats low, I'm way undershooting the Damage value of the proteus but basically the 3 of them added up to nearly 1500 dps or more. Do you see how a single ASB wouldn't matter at all to those proteus's? I think you're confusing what you're seeing with whats actually happening and you just dont understand the mod. This just in: ASBs not overpowered because a single ASB will be broken by 3x Proteuses. PS: a XL-ASB + Invulnerability Field II on a Sleipnir is already a 1k dps tank.
This just in, it'll be broken by most single ships, much less 2 ships, and people like you are over inflating its power level because you're mad about losses you've taken to them.
In testing, a single rep vindi has consistently beaten a dual ASB maelstrom.
Stop being a little girl about it.
Lugalzagezi666 wrote:
xl asb tank on sleipnir - 2490 dps overheated xl asb tank on vargur - 2000 oh fitting - 200/500 reps from asb are neut proof
These numbers are very made up, good job. |
Takeshi Yamato
Blue Republic RvB - BLUE Republic
194
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Posted - 2012.07.22 16:49:00 -
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Grath Telkin wrote:
In testing, a single rep vindi has consistently beaten a dual ASB maelstrom.
Only because on the BS level you can't oversize the ASB. For everything else, the ASB is ridiculously overpowered. If XXL-ASBs existed, the Maelstrom would wipe the floor with the Vindi without breaking a sweat. |
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