lol my main char has 9999999:1 k/d ratio w 140% solo kills. using only augoror and prophecy and ganking M-O camps

cool story bro

As usual there's STILL going to be NO point to fly command ships over Tech 3 Cruisers.

Lets see, do i want to have a fleet booster that's going to buff as one of the following options

Armor & Skirmish - EHP & Point Range
Siege & Skirmish - EHP & Point Range
Siege & Info - EHP & EW bonus
Armor & Info - EHP & EW Bonus

OR as one of THESE following

Armor & Skirmish & Info - EHP & Point Range & EW Bonus
Siege & Info & Skirmish - EHP & Point Range & EW Bonus
Armor & Info & Skirmish - EHP & Point Range & EW Bonus
Siege & Skirmish & Armor - EHP & Point Range & EHP

Sure the boosts are a third lower than the command ships, but when the decision comes down to one fleet booster that gives me 66% of bonuses over three sets of Links, or two of 100%, I'm going to pick the one that offers more variation EVERY time.
I'm losing 2% overall bonus sure but when you actually think about it, which are you going to prefer? The worst of the four is the Loki which offers bonuses to both tank types and point range / speed, but in any fleet, give me a very simple choice of the above and i'll pick proteus/ legion & tengu near enough every time.

The loss of 33% EHP bonus & Skirmish can be easily negated by and improved upon by better EW (especially with TD's becoming the all powerful mod they're about to become.)
and the loss of 33% EHP bonus & Info can easily be negated by an increase to a fleets overall ab/mwd speed or range domination with points.

I'm sorry, but the choices are obvious to anyone with half a brain that doesn't rely solely on one game mechanic to win..
*cough* drake fleet * cough* goons *cough*

/rant.

I know which i'll choose every time.

And just a quick mention, if you're going to get skirmish boosts ON FIELD for armour, are you really going to use a slow lumbering prophecy hull over a tech 3 cruiser with insane speeds? I think not.

There will be a new skills that will boost your sensor strength and the jamming gets a bit nerfed in Retribution. Thread is in Test server feedback subforum.

who snipes with a ferox

problem with ecm is not How often you will be jammed... problem that you WILL be jammed sooner or later and your target WILL escape OR you will be unable to escape because you cant kill that ship fast enough, before rescue rangers

i am.

and i dont like that ccp thinks, that balancing large fights is worth killing a niche for dedicated power players

give us something in exchange at least. like removing ecm drones or making armor tank adequate in solo pvp

What i desperately want to know for the battlecruiser/destroyer racial split is this:

What if i have battlecruiser 5 and minmatar frigate 4? What level, then, will minmatar battlecruiser be?

Zero, unless you also have Minny Cruiser III.

As a side note, as we announced a while ago, we are not pleased by having Warfare Links work outside the battlefield zone, and will be investigating options to move them on grid. Command and Tech3 ships providing that much of an advantage should commit to an engagement instead of being safely parked inside a POS bubble.

Let me answer your question with one of my favorite old-school pvp videos.

And before anyone asks no we are not bringing back superNOS.

No, I think it's more of moving towards fixing the Caldari's "NO DAMAGE WHATSOEVER" motif they have going on their "we only want you to use rails too bad they suck" boats.



They typically have addressed gun cap bonuses with something less pointless (see the new maller for example)

do you have any plans to make nos usefull again? like if you have more cap then the target you get something like 50% of the max nos amount and if you have less cap you get full nos amount?

I remember that movie. I was in the same corp as lofty29 when he made that movie. And that corps is as you know, called Infinitus Odium .

And here is a nice secret: lofty29 was only 14 or 15 years old when he made those movies.

yesyes i went back and edited, i put the wrong word there :3

But despite that i do think you know what point i meant to convey, which skill takes higher priority? cruiser or battlecruiser? Frigate or destroyer?

For my part, the BC and BS changes look stellar and there isn't much I would have differently... Except for the changes to the Typhoon. I would hate to see the hyper-versatility it offers disappear. The Typhoon embodies what it is to be Minmatar, and losing such a fantastic jack-of-trades hull to fill the niche role of missile brawler feels like it leaves Minmatar pilots with a loss (especially considering that missiles are at best an ancillary weapon system to Minnie players).

Frankly, since one of the reasons for have the heavy cap use mechanic be part of lasers to discourage their use on non-Amarr ships, I have always felt that instead of using a cap use bonus they should instead simply let all Amarr ships have a naturally higher cap recharge rate than other races.