Jehan Markow
Militant Mermen
LEGIO ASTARTES ARCANUM
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Posted - 2012.09.16 13:56:00 -
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These changes are overkill, and you don't have my support on them. From the looks of it, you're basically giving all the T1 cruisers the same level and complexity of bonus as the T2, making T2 logi boats nearly obsolete. Instead, I think you need to eliminate the T1 role bonuses and focus on one logistics bonus per ship. Perhaps instead of giving cap consumption bonuses you can just apply range bonuses? I'm thinking range bonuses as follows:
Auguror - energy transfer
Exequror - armor repair
Osprey - shield transfer
Scythe - tracking links
This keeps T1 ships simple and encourages T2 usage. It means that these ships can focus on one thing and still have room left over for fitting a few guns or drones.
Ditch the drone bonuses. Those things on logi boats are just silly in 80% of combat situations. I barely have enough time to lock the guy whose ass I'm saving, let alone telling my drones to help save his ass, too. Now, if you guys could work on the mechanics so logi drones automatically engage a target that I'm repping from my hi-slots, then the drone bonuses might end up worthwhile. Still, it adds unnecessary complexity to the gameplay.
Also, just keep the current mining bonuses, and add mining bonuses to the Auguror and Exequror which don't currently have them (not sure why you guys did that in the first place). Allow each of these ships to fit 3x turrets, and balance the bonus so they mine slightly less than a Skiff/Procurer at max skills. This allows players to try out mining without having to dedicate time to training barges or the silly ORE frigate. But it also lets them reconfigure their ships for combat, some combination of 3 guns and 4 reppers spread over 5 hi-slots.
Finally, don't call these cruisers "support" because they are just one out of many kinds of "support". Players already use the word "support" incorrectly which causes confusion for us in PVP. They are "logistics" boats. "Support" is a nebulous word with multiple meanings, which is why it gets confusing. If you don't like the word "logistics", call them "medics" or "healers" or "reppers", but not "support".
-JM |