Attrezzo Pox
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Posted - 2005.02.16 21:27:00 -
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Edited by: Attrezzo Pox on 16/02/2005 21:30:05
 Originally by: DigitalCommunist
Originally by: Sethon
Cruisers play a vital role in PVP, and EVE in general. I've beat many people in PVP with my Thorax, and usually with an un-usual setup. (See thread on page 3 started by me) Cruisers, even a single one, can easily take down a BS, with a little care, and planning.
Sethon
CEO and Founder
Universal Trade Inc.
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Sorry I gotta disagree completely. There is not one single ship class in the game, save for a battleship or a cloaked covert ops that can survive within the 20-28km sphere of a Raven. The only way a thorax can survive against a bs for long enough to take it down is if you got under someone's optimal range. That doesn't work for missiles as they have no optimal. Considering any other turret ship stands no chance of shooting you down with large turrets once you're in a tight orbit, it seems kind of unfair and stupidly unbalanced that you should be able to do it with missiles.
The only reason anyone pvps these days is because its fun to kill another player, the actual fighting part of it hasn't been thrilling or fun for a long time. Every encounter is the same, and your ability to tackle is proportional to how many missile hardpoints the enemy has.
Missiles ruin pvp, and I won't be flying a Deimos or other overly-priced ships until the day I can't be nuked by a raven; nuff said.
Defender missles and fast shooting junk launchers, OR smartbomb(s) your choice. Other weapons have optimals, missles can be destroyed. That's the balance. My personal pick is a Rocket launcher or something like that with defenders. It wastes less cap and resources and you don't have to worry about timing. Many people can afford the fitting requirements though and they go for a smartbomb so they can get those pesky frigs & pods. I use those on solo ganks.
Personally I believe there are too many rants on the forums that are "flavor of the week" Gal being gimped for one thing, ALTHOUGH on that particular subject I do disagree with their cap use, there should be serious changes to that. But a good example is Megapulse/beam nerfing, now missles, and people have been touting ravens too much and whining cause everyone figured out good working setups so we better nerf them too. Seems to me that eventually we're just all going to fly the same ship, but it'll look different. That's when I'll quit to play the sims online. At least there's chicks on that game. |