chatgris
Quantum Cats Syndicate
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Posted - 2012.11.18 17:30:00 -
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SAJUK NIGARRA wrote:
Well, what is wrong with shipping up ? More shiny explosions. Am sure you would rather kill me in a zealot than an arbitrator ..
Actually, not at all. I have just as much fun killing a t1 frigate as I have killing a vindicator - and fighting with small cheap stuff generally means more fights. Possibly more fun since there is usually a lot more individual piloting required for a small ship fight vs a BS ship fight.
I'm quite against the t2 cruisers in plexes for a number of reasons
a) plexes force diversity though a cap - guardian/ahac/rapier gangs already fight well outside their weight class
b) Through removing the crutches of logistics there are a lot less fleets, and a lot more skirmishes (the new logi ships I view as a negative, but that's a totally different discussion: Minus logisitcs people need to be aware of their surroundings, to react to the opposing force and manuveur effectively, to see the early signs that they are next on the list and take mitigating action etc. With logi you just broadcast and wait.).
It comes down to this: IMO Fleets require a lot less individual pilot skill than skirmish warfare. And I love plexes because they encourage skirmish warfare through dispersion of force, while most if not all the other combat mechanisms in eve encourage the concentration of force.
(NB: FC(s) in a fleet have a TON to do, and that can be an interesting job. But being a grunt in one of those fleets is a snoozefest in comparison. Wait for jump/bridge order, shoot primary, broadcast when shot).
It's the cap on ship sizes that really encourages pushing a ship class to it's ultimate limit - 100km sniping cormorants, 10mn AB thrashers, nano gank arbitrators - ships that your opponent will see that is in his weight class and will be more likely to engage, but that you've managed to push into a niche to gain an advantage.
Pushing a ship class to it's limits is a lot more interesting than just getting the next ship up. And it's cheaper to boot, which usually means you get more of those fun fight where people just slug it out until the last few men are standing and the field is strewn with wrecks from both sides. |