Katran Luftschreck
Royal Ammatar Engineering Corps
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Posted - 2012.11.11 11:30:00 -
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Wow, troll-a-thon in high gear today. Think I might have saw one halfway intelligent counter argument buried in all the pixelated defecation. So I'm going to break ranks and actually discuss the OP instead of just being another cyberturd in the punchbowl.
Mining frigates are useful in the same context as mining cruisers. It gives a stepping ladder for miners to start with, before moving to cruisers and finally into barges. It seems like a good idea but you are correct in pointing out that this generally goes against the idea of "tieracide" - which oddly enough still applied to actual barges (now each has a dedicated role) but not to mining frigates or cruisers. So I can see why someone would find that to be a step backward, because unless the mining frigates and cruisers had some specific niche to occupy other than their size, that indeed does sound like going back to tier-based thinking. Maybe CCP should liven it up a bit and expand upon their roles more? After all, the barges got rebuilt to be more than linear tiers - they have specific jobs. What's so special about one mining frigate/cruiser over another?
As for freighters, many people (myself included) have complained about the lack of fittings as well. It is generally well known that with industrial transports, pilots must chose between more cargo or more protection, and this fits well with EvE's general philosophy of risk vs reward. Freighters do not have that option, and options are what keeps EvE vibrant. When freighters run into problems (gankers, bumping, whatever) they have no options on how to deal with it. They can't decide to trade cargo for tank or vice versa. Yet they get blamed when "foolish behavior" gets them killed? How does one blame someone else for something they have no say in? So yes, freighters need fittings, just like everything else. It's overdue. Some may say that freighters are working fine. Really? Have you asked the freighter captains that, or are we just asking the people who prey on them? I'll go with what the freighter captains have to say first, thank you.
It would amaze me that people would ever vote against having more options in EvE, but then I realize that there are people who are simply reflexively conditioned to troll any idea that isn't their own without any conscious though required. One does not expect poetry from an insect.
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