GunnersMate07
Wormholers Anonymous
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Posted - 2013.01.10 00:05:00 -
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The venture does too much well. No specific ability is op. Its just the fact that it has waaaayyy too many stacked on a ship that sells for 500k.
People keep saying silly things like "It is designed for a singular purpose like mining... why shouldnt it be able to warp quick". Yeah, because hulks and mining barges that are also specifically suited to a similar task are perfect examples of agility that can escape poor situations as easily (and at 400x the price in the case of a hulk).
I love using the venture. It makes gas mining so much less of a chore without having to manage jet cans. And it does make you settle into lazy mode without having to look at dscan as much because lets face it, if something pops up on grid you have a 2 second align time with agility rigs.
But I ******* hate hunting ventures now with a passion. Yes, before bc's could always get away if the pilot was diligently watching dscan. But a venture pilot doesnt even need to watch dscan. About the only ship capable of catching a venture pilot who knows to warp off at the first instant of a hostile ship on grid, would be a sebo'd stealth bomber. Anything else either is landing on the site uncloaked (which gives PLENTY of time for a venture to warp off), or has at least a 5 second decloak timer (also enough time).
Even options like a sabre landing (assuming the venture sucked and didnt warp out in time), are mediocre unless the sabre manages to get a scram/web on the venture considering it can do close to 3k m/s.
So combine its extreme survivability (small sig radius to make it harder to scan, very fast align time, frig velocity if it needs to burn out of a bubble, +2 warp core strength), with the fact that its actually BETTER then every other much more expensive option for gas mining like cruisers/BC's (5000k ore hold compared to 1-3k depending on cruiser/bc type), and then consider its stupidly inexpensive price (and the fact that it only needs 2 gas harvesters instead of 5 which also drops the price), and youve got a ship that doesnt exactly sound balanced by any definition of the word. There is absolutely no downside/drawback to the ship whatsoever.
And yes I know people are getting venture kills. Ive gotten quite a few too. They are mostly due to someone being so lazy theyre practically away from their keyboard mining. Just because people get kills does not make it balanced. |