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Posted - 2013.01.12 04:42:00 -
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Vince Snetterton wrote:Tell you what Yiiterbum.
Why doesn't CCP create a video of one your best pilots running Buzzkill L4 in an Ishtar?
Or a L2 mission with zillions of frigs in an Ishkur?
Or Sansha Vengeance L4 in an Ishtar, Drone Proteus or Gila?
Or ANY of the Epic Arc missions in ANY drone boat.
I soled (barely) the Gallente Epic Arc in an Ishtar before Drone Armageddon Dec 3rd.
You say you expect NPC's to insta-attack drones if they are the primary damage source, and that drone boat users have to adapt their tactics and fits.
Why don't you show us the fits and tactics, in a video, that CCP has game-tested and know work NOW?
I soloed the Gallente and Minmattar since the patch.
I do not think they can be done in Ishtar anymore. I did those in Domi Navi, full T2, and it is painful as heck.
Now I have a transport with replacement drones, in station, and I buy them 10 by 10.
The Gallente mission Showtime, with THIRTEEN elites in the initial spawn (and the damp getting max range at 12km, so bad switch of targets and no control of drones), required 7 warp outs and 9 drones T2 for replacement, as they switch to the drones continuously (the BS have no range, so they kill the drones that are killing the web/scram frigs, then the damp cruisers to get some control, one day) and OS them.
So yes it is still possible to make the Gallente Epic (and the Minmattar is not much harder... just costlier), but much harder than before, and clearly out of reach of younger players (and an alt with logi has a chance to get OS on random switches... so no good anymore).
Meanwhile, on a Missile Boat kitter, they are still easy :p
CCP really need to re-evaluate some mission parameters for drone aggro. Potato Missioning was already slow and now it got worse, compared to other damage methods.
Other than that, I am for the NPC AI improvement, except for its terrible effect on drone boats.
p.s.: with the Elite switching, the drones often go on different targets (surely due to damp jams) and spread their damage for no effect (while you can see nothing, with 12km range on targeting, from ANY ONE damp)
p.s.2: I have the Caldari and the Ammar scheduled soon (but I hate the Caldari), so I will update |