Psycros
Pod Jockey's International Corp
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Posted - 2012.10.04 04:37:00 -
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Talk about adding insult to injury. For years we begged the devs to slightly nerf Caldari and boost the other races to make something besides a Drake or Raven hull worth using in most L3/L4 missions (and in many cases the only ships capable of completing them). As everyone knows, the requests for rebalancing were ignored. All the missioners finally sucked it up and put the bulk of their weapon SP towards missiles. When the Tengu was introduced we were glad we had, because once again Caldari was the only ship in the class worth using. Those who hadn't maxed out HMs already did so with a shrug of resignation: CCP loves Caldari and that's all there is to it. But now...we get this brilliant adjustment. Does it finally make anything but Caldari worth using in L3s and 4s? Nope! it just slows down your missions even MORE, as if they didn't take long enough already. That means less ISK/hr which means that missioners are being penalized for having made the only viable choice they had. Once again CCP proves its unwillingness to address the core imbalances between the races of EVE. Bear in mind I've only been talking about missions thus far: Caldari has the advantage in a number of PvP situations as well. The huge effective range of missiles is, of course, the main factor - but the problem is not primarily missile range, its the fact that missiles have a far higher chance of actually doing damage than any other weapon. Its the fact they can't be neuted out of operation, that they don't require sacrificing shield tank for DPS, the fact they can do every kind of damage, are effective at nearly any range, etc ad infinitum. As in RL, missiles in EVE simply outclass every other long-range weapon system. Add to this inequity the superiority of Caldari shield tanking and the problem becomes even more glaring. No, I'm not saying anything that hasn't been said a thousand times before, but I think that too many of us have simply given up on CCP ever caring. Maybe that can change, maybe it can't, but I do know this much - if HMs are nerfed, EVE no longer becomes worth playing to me. Missions are too big of a time sink as is...if I'm suddenly making 20-35% less ISK/hr and not getting the SP back that all of us were forced to invest into one type of combat, I'm done waiting for CCP to get its act together. I'll save my money for the inevitable "EVE killer" that gets Kickstarted. |