Angsty Teenager
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Posted - 2012.09.08 20:01:00 -
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CCP, I have a question. Have you actually tried to fly a T2 fit T3? Either in pvp or pve. Because let me clue you in on a little secret--they're not that great at all.
The tengu is moderately better than the cerb in terms of dps w/ a T2 fit
The proteus is moderately better than the brutix in terms of dps w/ a T2 fit
The legion is the same as the zealot with a T2 fit in terms of dps
The loki does less damage in certain configs than a hurricane, and tanks far less than a cyclone in a T2 fit.
T3's are GOOD becuase people are WILLING to spend money to deadspace fit them because the hull already costs a lot. They work so well with high expense fittings because they are ships that are somewhat generalized, so by dumping money on them, you can make the ship act as a specialized ship in more than one area--as opposed to for example a cyclone which can really only excel in active shield tanking, whereas something like a tengu can be pimped so that it goes fast and tanks a lot.
That's not the fault of the ships, that is the fault of people having isk. That's how the game should work. They take increased risks in terms of isk loss.
If you do end up nerfing T3's, you better remove the SP loss and make them cheaper (especially the Legion since it's a piece of garbage right now), because it won't be worth it.
And even if you want to nerf T3's, can you please rebalance HAC's PROPERLY so that the T3's can actually be compared to ships that aren't utter trash (eagle/cerb/sacrilege/muninn), and give the game time to normalize to the new ability levels of the rebalanced ships? Otherwise I forsee terrible T3's and good T2's, and the T3's will never ever get used and you won't get around to rebalancing them until years later at which point you'll nerf T2 ships at the same time etc...
Also, since I'm sure one of your concerns is the prevelance of T3 ships for level 4 mission running/anom running etc..., maybe you should consider actually making torps and cruise missiles good instead of nerfing T3's. The only reason the tengu is used is because it provides the same tank and more dps as opposed to the ****** caldari battleships which can't hit the broad side of a barn without some serious help (also, lol pheonix). |