Originally by: CCP Chronotis

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Originally by: darius mclever

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Edited by: darius mclever on 20/10/2010 20:51:06
so instead of workaround the missile issue with nerfing drakes so they get less popular ... how about fixing missiles instead?

(and yes i use missile boats a lot, in different flavors)

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All cards are on the table, we are merely analyzing for now with a high degree of concern its rapid rise in popularity and being open about it. The main two balancing points we are looking further at are its shield recharge and its ability to fit both for EHP and damage/damage projection very easily compared to others. The rest is scenario specific and not a fault of the drake.

Consider the two issues separate if you will, the balance vs the rest of the class and the load it creates in fleet fight scenarios. We do indeed hope to address all missiles at some point. This is merely a heads up on an early stage investigation where nothing is set in stone.

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Originally by: lol internets

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Edited by: lol internets on 21/10/2010 13:17:17
Seeing how Drakes are only flown by skill-less blobbers it's absolutely imperative that they are nerfed, but the way to approach this is to nerf blobbing and lack of skill.

For the etalon of lack of skill you could say take anyone with less SP than the average member of a veteran alliance such as Pandemic Legion. The way to appproach this would be +5 lag for each million SPs you don't have compared to our average member.
This would be fair and just, ridding Nu Eden of these pathetic blobbers.


//edit: to see how this is true just take a look at any killboard with our people on it. Do we fly Drakes? No. Do they people we beat all the time fly Drakes? Yes.

Goes to show a lot about average player skill and what they're flying, and what should be nerfed.

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Originally by: SPACESHIPS LAWYER

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Drake is indeed FOTM and way overpowered. It is a good ship that just needs some balancing.

reduce cpu to 325
remove shield resistance bonus, remove kinetic bonus and add 2% dmg bonus to all dmg types instead
remove 2 mid slots

this is a fair restructuring and keeps the balance in the BC tier

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Originally by: Kail Storm

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Most peeps crying Drakes are OP`d were the same Idiots who said "it could never PVP" since it came out and "Anyone who PVP`s in a Drake is an idiot"

Lol its hillarious finally the idiots of Eve realize a ships potential that hasn`t changed since QR and all the sudden its OP`d.

If its OP`d you morons it has been since 2 Years ago, why now?

Because now your getting pwned by the simpletons ship that you said sucked and are embarrassed?

So you get Pwned by a ship that sucked then and hasnt changed so you want a nerf? To the only viable fleet Ship Cald has, you are all morons.

And to whoever said HM`s need Nerf is also a Moron, Caracal is already underpowered, Cerb in+70km fights is useless, So you want to nerf a funtional Weapon that is balanced?

These are also the same morons that said QR was a nerf to HML`s and the same peeps who laughed at peeps using HML Drakes...Lol how the idiots tables have turned.

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Originally by: Ari Chu

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One change that I've thought about... is to change MWDs so that they give penalties to shields instead of Capacitor.

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Originally by: SPACESHIPS LAWYER

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Originally by: MEDWAY

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simple answer no they dont need to be nerfed

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YES
THEY
DO

coincidentally caldari is the pve race they should probably just alter the caldari line so that they cannot enter any sec lower than 0.5 and problem solved.

caldari cannot be used for pvp.

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