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Eugene Kerner
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Posted - 2012.09.19 06:18:00 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:
Since we planning to reduce the powergrid needs of all medium artillery by 10% across the board, we are also planning to subtract 225 PG from the Hurricane, leaving it with a base powergrid of 1125.
The upshot is that fitting a full rack of 720s with a MWD and LSE and full mids and lows will require a RCUII and either an ACR or PG implant. Also fitting a standard shield autocane with neuts and LSE will require dropping a few guns down to 220mm.
The hurricane will likely receive significantly more changes when we get to battlecruisers in the balance pass, but this is designed as a compensation for the drop in Arty PG and to help alleviate the problem of Arty ships having so much free PG when they use autocannons.
This is very bad.
It makes a standard buffer Armor Hurricane fitting with 220mm Autocannons impossible as it is already a tight fit.
[Hurricane, Standard Buffer]
6x 220mm Vulcan AutoCannon II (Barrage M)
2x Medium Energy Neutralizer II
Warp Disruptor II
Warp Scrambler II
Stasis Webifier II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
2x Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
2x Gyrostabilizer II
Damage Control II
3x Medium Trimark Armor Pump I
With all V , which I do not have, it makes just about 417 dps without drones (which I do not use as they are pretty useless in lowsec) and has a accaptable tank to fight solo at a gate for a short (!) time.
Without the fitting advantage the Hurricane is pretty useless IMHO.
The new Powergrid would allow a 800mm Steel plate 2 if my estimates are correct. That is a LOT less tank.
I am not satisfied with these changes.
And concerning the missles....am about to finish Heavy missiles V....worthless... |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2012.09.19 06:36:00 -
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Fon Revedhort wrote:Eugene Kerner wrote:[
The new Powergrid would allow a 800mm Steel plate 2 if my estimates are correct. That is a LOT less tank.
I am not satisfied with these changes. Why? You gonna have less overtank than before, it's a good thing. 800mm plate should be the biggest one available for cruisers/battlecruisers anyway.
If you fight solo with agression at a gate in lowsec 1600mm is just about enough to finish a fight with another BC and if you win BARLEY get out near structure. |
Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2012.09.19 06:50:00 -
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Fon Revedhort wrote:Eugene Kerner wrote:Fon Revedhort wrote:Eugene Kerner wrote:[
The new Powergrid would allow a 800mm Steel plate 2 if my estimates are correct. That is a LOT less tank.
I am not satisfied with these changes. Why? You gonna have less overtank than before, it's a good thing. 800mm plate should be the biggest one available for cruisers/battlecruisers anyway. If you fight solo with agression at a gate in lowsec 1600mm is just about enough to finish a fight with another BC and if you win BARLEY get out near structure. Another BC, which is in turn overtanked? Cool story 
No, does not have to be overtanked as in 90% of the cases I will have the agression and the gate guns against me. It can also be a active tanked BC. Right now i can mitigate this by using cycled neuts on an active armor tanked BC and hope he eventually rans out of cap, cap boosters or his cycle is disturbed. It is already nearly impossible to agress a double ancilary shield booster cyclone in a Buffer armor cane at a gate with guns against you if you do it solo.
TBO its a buff for falcons :-D. If you want to fly Armor Hurricane - use a falcon Alt....or a scorp outside gategun range.
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Eugene Kerner
TunDraGon
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Posted - 2012.09.19 07:05:00 -
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Quote:So basically your complaint comes down to active tanked ship + senties being better in 1on1 fight than the passive one? Looks fine to me.
Active tanked ships plus sentries are already better, but whom do I tell that.
You know exactly what I mean. |
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