Tub Chil
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Posted - 2010.10.01 18:37:00 -
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I played with rockets a bit, invested reward SP into t2 launchers (rockets are the only missile launchers that I can't use t2)
They are better, than they used to be, but still, my rocket hawk is far from awesomeness. compared to drake at least
If you compare those two missile boats, (I compare rocket hawk to HAM drake here) you will see how much better drake is. solid missile platform capable to do pretty nice damage. maybe not crazy EFT numbers, but still good. Point is that drake can Apply damage to other BC-s very well. No BC can speed tank them. Yes nanocane gets damage reduction, but not so much. even smaller targets like cruisers get considerable damage, actually only nano cruisers can speed tank about 20% of faction ammo damage. (check HAM drake vs ruppie with 2 nano)
Actually, missiles with their delayed damage are good for a reason that they can apply damage well. to the same sized target of course.
if you check heavy missiles vs Heavy assault, Cruise missiles vs Torpedoes, you will see that short range ones have more exp. velocity and more radius. in case of torps, difference in velocity is negligible, but it is still there.
So what is a reason of breaking general missiles rule? why don't you give rockets exp. vel. like 320 and explosion radius 50-60? if a man is dying and needs 10 pills to survive, what is a point in giving him 5 pills?
Most important thing is that rockets didn't even get considerable damage boost. if they would have facemelting damage like blasters do, their poor damage projection would be ok, but they still have poor damage and inability to apply damage well.
every ship should have a purpose, something that makes it good. Hawk and caldari rocket boats are still bad. compare Hawk with Jaguar for example, it also has poor damage and does not receive tracking or falloff bonus, (damage projection) but it's still epic for obvious reasons. you say that you don't want to overpower kestrel, crow and so on, but what is so wrong in powerful caldari boat? rifter for example is overpowered compared to other races t1 frigs, but I Won't whine about it, I don't envy good ships of other races, just want equally good ship for me, without crosstraining to other race. So if kestrel becomes a powerful t1 PVP option there is NOTHING wrong about it.
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