Zemkhoff
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Posted - 2011.02.20 17:14:00 -
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Edited by: Zemkhoff on 20/02/2011 17:15:57
 Originally by: Kepakh
Originally by: freshspree
you don't come up with solid points as to why minnie is overpowered
There are 2 major issues with Minmatar:
1) Stupid projectile boost of last year. It needs to go away as there was never need for one in the first place. Rifters, Ruptures, Vagabonds nor Hurricanes and alike needed one.
2) Minmatar need their fitting to be nerfed.
Minmatar are out of balance by any means, especially on conceptual level. Minmatar are lacking drawbacks currently. They have speed, they have range, they have damage, they have EHP, their guns use no cap. I am wondering how you want to built reasonable Blaster platform right next to as you said 'Winmatar' without screwing up the game once again.
You cannot make any reasonable balance changes in a state of the game it currently is. If everyone is flying either Drake or Minmatar, you need to fix Drake and Minmatar before fixing anything else.
No more balancing of the type like Speed changes and Projectile buff - 2 debacles and there is no need for 3rd one.
There are many interesting ships besides hurricanes, ruptures, and vagabonds. The current FOTM of these ships + the angel line (which I do agree is OP and needs looking into) is more of a reflection on the state of the game than the state of these ships.
The increasing amount of blobbiness in EVE is what makes these ships so attractive. It's not that amarr is worse than minmatar, it has more to do with being in a slow plated ship when you know you are going to get out-numbered. You exaggerate two of your points greatly, a shield hurricane will do great damage, if it's within 20km and has barrage loaded. Anything beyond 20km and you are in reality doing 300-350 dps that decreases to less than 200 once you reach 30. Keep in mind that a drake does more up until its lock range.
As for the other two races, it's been proven that CCP shouldn't be trusted with a nerf bat and I'd rather have them buffed than have two interesting ship line-ups nerfed, because sure enough people will be whining about amarr just like they were before dominion.
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