Fon Revedhort
Monks of War
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Posted - 2010.12.09 22:32:00 -
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Edited by: Fon Revedhort on 09/12/2010 22:36:18
 Originally by: Carniflex
I dont think this proposal is good thing, as it would push nighthawk a bit too close to Raven damage wise. It would not make sense to fly Raven then if you can fly Nighthawk as only thing going for Raven would be either range (with cruise missiles) or damage against static big things (torps) with major difficulties applying that damage to anything smaller than itself while nighthawk would just not care (in practice) about the target size and to smaller extent it's speed as long it's missiles are faster than the target.
Granted, Raven is not tied to the kinetic damage only, but can apply it's damage in any damage type thats needed.
Current situation is
Drake at 470 dps; 60 dps; Nighthawk at 530 dps; 50 dps; Raven at 580 dps (+2 relatively useless turret slots).
So the step up from Drake is already meaningful enough to justify flying Nighthawk if you can do so. Then there is Cerberus as well sitting at 440 dps, so about 30 under Drake but having quite significant range advantage. Tengu can be considered to be direct competitor with Nighthawk in its 'ecological niche' in the EVE. I'm not so sure if Tengu being so close to Nighthawk is good thing or not, as as far as I understood T3 was supposed to be jack of all trades but master of none, while currently this jack of all trades is sitting practically on top of a ship that is supposed to be very specialized at that niche.
Dps numbers are with fury ammo and 4 damage mods, as thats whats usually used with heavy missiles. Raven is with fury as well, although it's not as universal ammo type at that level as it is with heavies.
It's already pretty clear that cruise Raven makes very little sense and as for torp one, NH can't compete with it neither getting boosted it nor remaining the same. As for relatively useless hi-slots, they aren't useless at all, the extra utility they provide is extremelely handy at BS level.
You're right that damage boost isn't the way to go, though. NH is already pretty decent at damage dealing (considering how universal its damage is over range and target selection). What it doest need is an extra med-slot and at least 100 MWs more.
Also they might want to revise its explosion velocity bonus. Precision one (explosion radius to be exact) is much better and it's not like it's very much to ask for even if NH gets its PG finally fixed.
Btw, you shouldn't compare NH to a mere Raven. Sleipnir is what you want to look at.
Originally by: Freyja Asynjur
The nighthawk needs to be thought again, from scratch. Add PG ? And here comes the insane XL shield boosting NH. Or something else ; whatever, it will get abused.
LOL, how exactly XL booster is abusing? Sleip can easily fit one. So why XL-boosted NH will of a sudden become abusive?
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