Traejun DiSanctis
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.07.27 03:21:00 -
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IHaveCandyGetInTheVan69 wrote:Jonas Land wrote:la lot of players will agree that missle boats have been COMPLETELY overlooked in the PvP fields. RankShipsKills 1 Drake308916 2 Tengu115724 More than the top 10 turret ships combined. I don't see why you need a pirate one when there are the fleet typhoon, navy raven, navy scorpion, and golem
Fair point. But let's be complete in our examples. The Drake and the Tengu enjoy kill number like that for a lot reasons, none of which have to do with the fact that they are missile boats. Between the sheet number of Caldari players (a **** ton) and the excellence of those particular designed (perhaps a touch OP), the Tengu and Drake are simply popular designs, used in pretty much all areas of the game. From WH to Hi Sec to gangs and huge blobs/fleets, those hulls are everywhere.
The advantages and disadvantages of missiles are pretty well accepted. Excellent range and no straight misses are the strengths. Time to target and damage application on hit are the weaknesses.
That said, the point of the thread was simply that there is not a pirate faction missile boat with the same kinds of enormous damage bonuses that turret based pirate vessels have. This is an indisputable statement.
Golem is not a good example because all Marauders have similar bonuses such that less weapon hardpoints = more damage to make room for tractor/salvager. That's the kit of the Marauder class, not a missile- or turret-centric thing.
Navy faction ships are all generally designed the same - especially at the BS level. Smaller bonsues to damage and/or ROF such that damage is greater than the stock T1 version of said ships, but nowhere near the pure damage bonuses on pirate vessels.
That said, I do not think missiles are in bad shape. They have their value in both PvE and PvP. People who focus on missile training are in no way disadvantaged in any area of the game (except maybe incursions).
In sum, OP's apparent QQ about missiles is not well taken. |