Aglais wrote:Gypsio III wrote:
Because 726 DPS with freely-selectable missile damage types is too much for a medium-weapon T1 brawler platform with full tackle and 80k EHP, overheating to 90k. You need to ensure that the Cyclone and, more importantly, the T1 cruisers have gamespace in which to exist - this is after all the entire point of tiericide. Tier 2 BCs need to be nerfed because they're effectively just top-tier cruisers. Let the Drake have that DPS only for kinetic and you create more significant choices about fits and ammo selection.
What? Hold on. How are you fitting this Drake? Is this going to be one of those bizarre fits that people use to show that you CAN do something that has extremely little use outside of like... One situation, ever? Like all of the completely awful Moa fits that one guy was trying to use to justify not buffing the Moa? Like, this is a HAM drake. Webs are a good idea. There goes some of your tank. Nanofibres are going to be a good idea too, because as a Caldari ship literally everything else will outrun you, and you need the nanofibre to just MAYBE catch them before they manage to completely get away from you. So your ability to fit loads of BCS is limited.
I need to double check, but the fit with actual combat utility that I have been thinking about does not have 80k EHP overheating to 90k, and it sure as hell doesn't do 726 DPS. The EHP is closer to 55k, with about 535 missile DPS (~610 when you throw 5 hobgoblins into the mix). And that's with Scourge Rage HAMs. Are you forgetting to account for the fact that the Drake lost a launcher recently?
It's a basic HAM Drake. Sod the nanofibres, this isn't a kiting fit and the benefit is small.
[Drake, HAM]
Damage Control II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Large Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Warp Disruptor II
Fleeting Propulsion Inhibitor I
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Scourge Rage Heavy Assault Missile
[empty high slot]
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Hobgoblin II x5