Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat?

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

I would much prefer fixes / balances etc on existing ships than another bunch of new ships! Hell, there are so many damn ships anyway i never know what to fly!

As long as you fix the Eris

the one that needs fixing is probably the OP sabre, but wathever :)

I would much prefer fixes / balances etc on existing ships than another bunch of new ships! Hell, there are so many damn ships anyway i never know what to fly!

Hope that is a good tease

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

An avatar T2 with 5% bonus per level to armor resistance

An avatar T2 with 5% bonus per level to armor resistance

the one that needs fixing is probably the OP sabre, but wathever :)

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Hope that is a good tease

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

So the next expansion is another rebalance

Hope that is a good tease

Rumor has it that the CSM minutes -- smuggled out of CCP at the cost of many Bothan lives -- contains more details on your evil plans.

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

You're ridiculous.

Rumor has it that the CSM minutes -- smuggled out of CCP at the cost of many Bothan lives -- contains more details on your evil plans.

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

The interceptors need a little tweaking also, I am thinking about a little more targeting range for the tackle bonused ones (% to point/scram range interceptors)

35-40 km base would work better than the current 25-30 as it would make more sense for people to fit faction points or such
a t2 point has 30km range, on a stiletto, while the lock range is only 31.25ish, however, consider that you can also overload the module, but this is pointless without a lock range increase

Also, from my personal viewpoint, they also need a little extra PG, between 1-5 base, but thats just my personal opinion.

Also, not your department, but the warp speed (AU/s) should matter more... specially on short warps, so you should get someone to poke someone... about improving the warp acceleration mechanics so ships accelerate faster inside warp based on their max warp speed :D just my two cents

I don't see where you got the idea that there's only going to be rebalance in the next expansion from his post.
There's no reason to believe that's the case.

Besides, what do you mean by "another"? Sure we had a lot of rebalance in the last expansion, but some of it was cosmetic and there was some content addition as well.

Great! Another cosmetic expansion...

Why would I fit a faction point worth 50+ mill on a paper tank ship that costs 15 mill?
It doesn't have anything to do with lock range, which can be increased just fine with signal amps.

I agree completely on the point about warp acceleration, however.

Exactly. There are literally hundreds of ships we can fly; lack of variety isn't the issue here. Lack of variety of viable ships within the available list of existing hulls is.

I'm really looking forward to the T2 cruiser rebalance.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light.

Now tell me about this great addition you are talking about other then the change of gamemechanics

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Good to hear - whilst I appreciate the T1 rebalance, it has left many - if not most - T2 hulls inferior to their T1 counterparts in many aspects such as grid, CPU, speed, agility, cap etc...

IMHO, they should at least have been updated to their T1 counterparts new stats in whatever aspect they were worse as a band-aid to avoid the obsolecence many of them currently face until they get buffed properly.

(Speaking of HACs for the most part - many hulls weren't great to begin with and now their T1 counterparts outshine them in many aspects for a fraction of the price and skilltime...).

Of course this also applies to interdictors and T2 frigs...

How could it possibly apply to interdictors?

...Lack of variety of viable ships within the available list of existing hulls is.

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the one that needs fixing is probably the OP sabre, but wathever :)

Well, although they're certainly not made obsolete (obviously) the Crucible destroyer rebalance that gave them all increased EHP, decreased signature radius and whatever else bypassed the T2 versions.

Never been a fan of this argument. Good and excellent pilots can make any ship work. The problem is there are few good or excellent pilots. Instead people gravitate to the ship that it is easiest to be "good" at instead of focusing on the arduous process of getting better.

How could it possibly apply to interdictors? There is no ship that can do what it does, so unless you give regular destroyers the ability to fit interdiction sphere launchers they're not in danger of being obsoleted. EAS I can agree with, they were fairly useless before and now they have T1 counterparts that are as effective as the T2 should have been. Assault ships still work pretty well though, still better than their T1 versions, so I don't see a problem there. An Enyo still hits harder than an Incursus, a Retribution has more ehp and dps than a Punisher, the Harpy and Hawk are both EXCELLENT ships, etc.

HACs are also still doing fairly well for themselves compared to T1 ships, but they do need to be rebalanced.

The only new T2 ship we need is a T2 Venture.

Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

... and T2 Shuttles.

T2 battlecruisers but I hear we are getting those soon (maybe at the end of the year after the teiricide of BCs)

I'm just afraid that Damnation is going to lose its double tanking bonus...


Yes, please. What can possibly go wrong?


They are called Command Ships. And since they are going to be of "field" variety, they are pretty much T2 BCs in every regard.

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

I'd rather see the other dictors brought up to the sabre's level rather than nerf the sabre. Frankly.

Death to off-grid gang links!

No, forcing gang links to be on-grid only is a bad idea.

I disagree. Risk vs reward man.

Not necessarily a T2 ship but something with a bonus to Tracking Links(range and/or tracking), Remote Sensor Boosters and ECCM.

Well, before introducing new tech2 ships we should ideally fix the existing hulls. By that we mainly mean Black Ops, Electronic Attack Ships, Command Ships, Heavy Assault Ships, but the list goes on.

Command Ships are on our direct focus for this year, while this won't add new ships by itself, this change will most likely put obsolete hulls back into the light. Want to use the Eos as an advanced Drone boat? Or the Damnation as a missile spammer? You can.

We do recognize we need more goals for our veterans however, so we do have plans for new tech2 hulls indeed. Exactly how and when is a bit too soon for us to say, but this is definitely being considered.

Hope that is a good tease

I disagree. Risk vs reward man.

Also, T2 capsules. I want a khanid pod.

Not sure why the brutix hull was used for the drone command ship varient in the first place, Myrm hull is the obvious choice for that role.