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Vayn Baxtor
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Posted - 2012.11.24 05:09:00 -
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A seperate idea I had was to put the Rifter and other distinct frigs of its bracket to a seperate "Corvette" bracket. I know it is annoying to be coming with new names but since this tiericide is putting things upside-down, I do think we should broaden the horizon. Disregarding the actual "size/ship" term, I think it would be easier to give the Rifter as well as others seperate bonuses as well as not having the apparent need to be compared with the new kings like Slasher etc.
Let's face it, Slasher and similar frigates are here to stay as true tacklers. Whatever may be, Rifter is now a shadow as the other frigates can literally do the job better.
In this case, maybe we should consider Rifter follow a slightly heavier combat role; as suggested just above with arties.
I hate to come with this ridiculous one, but maybe we could have some sort of flexibility...
You know, Rifter and others of its sort being a "T1.25"... 'ish?
To be between that of an ordinary T1.0 and the more effective (T1.5) faction frig; but Rifter etc not being faction frigs and just a tad stronger than ordinary T1s such as slasher. I know the line is thin but that's what I think has to happen.
It would give some leeway for the Rifter and similar ones to have their advantages without having too much worry.
The easiest (but likely the most pain-in-the-veldspar) suggestion would be giving an AB bonus to Rifter specifically, but that is where the cascade of headaches would start. Then again, it would give it that interesting aspect of AB-speed tanking. It would still die, but it would have a special feature unlike Slasher/Breacher - So in short, trade the Tracking Bonus for a decent Afterburner Speed bonus.
I would add a lot more bonuses and penalties, but that would require a tiericide within a tiericide xD! |
Vayn Baxtor
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Posted - 2012.11.24 07:47:00 -
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I know about the sizes. Destroyers are not essentially the right size either, but this is a scifi game, so one can play around with terms and stuff freely :).
Might as well could push the Slasher and other attack frigates to corvette since those are actually "small and witty" ships - But that doesn't help much either. The idea was just to get the Rifter and such out of the bracket so they can be their own thing. |
Vayn Baxtor
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Posted - 2012.11.26 04:42:00 -
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Garviel Tarrant wrote:Tristan would be good if it had 4 lows or a tanking bonus imo.
I'd be for tanking bonus (or even both).
I just find that Tristan, Rifter and similar frigates need some special attention.
Not to be shedding spotlight on what I mentioned about "T1.25", but I'd really love to see a sort of "Heavy Frigate" variant, just so they could be a nose-length ahead of the basic tackler/brawler types that took over. |
Vayn Baxtor
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Posted - 2012.11.26 16:46:00 -
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Rick Rymes wrote:Vayn Baxtor wrote:To me, it would be interesting to see Rifter and Tristan be heavier variants, just fit in somewhere just a tad above the other frigates. Those are called Faction frigates. the Firetail is just a better Rifter, and although not as close, the Comet is just better hybrid of the Incursus and Tristan. Not to mention Pirate frigates.
Might as well squeeze them in there somewhere, because I love the hulls. :D |
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