Nemo deBlanc
Phoibe Enterprises
Project Wildfire
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Posted - 2013.01.26 02:03:00 -
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Makavelia wrote:Hey, i just want to add a small side to this. I Can't fly a t3 ship. All i can fly that is of any potential and isk vs risk in WH space is a hurricane. I run solo, i know i don't have much to argue on becuase of that.. but if i can not solo in bc then why can a cruiser do it ;/.
The problem i find, is.. not only is the hurricane realy, realy hard to do anything with in c2 ( and i have almost maxed it's skills out) .. it also have no chance vs a t3 cruiser. Ofc, it's rarely a 1v1 in this blob fest of a game, but the T3 ships are so powerfull i have seen plenty going solo with huge success. They have very little to worry about, i don't think that's right. I remember the days you had to know the strengths of every ship, and quickly work out your strat for chance of vicotry/escape. This T3 just feels like ''Yeah I'll give it a go.. then warp out if i start to lose #T3''.
I had left the game, and when i did their was none of the T3 stuff. I don't knock change.. but it does feel like so many other ships have been put on the back burner, and not a viable option for the new content. Yes you can say the T3 cost a lot?.. but so does a well fitted BS. The issue is.. jumping a BS into WH space solo is just a bad idea. We all know a cruiser (even if it cots more) is at far, far less risk. The T3 is all the pro's of a cruiser.. the tank of a BS. This leaves a solo BC/BS where?.
This leaves the solo BS/BC as a nice, cost effective alternative to flying a strategic cruiser or other expensive site running ships.
I would argue a battleship fit properly could clear low class wh sites faster than several of the T3's. Sure, it's big and slow and dies if it gets caught. Who cares? It's cheap as hell. In all honesty, T3's aren't even that good for these low class wormholes, they're just what most people use because they're fairly easy to train into and they're standard. Don't fret the T3's. When lost, they'll cost minimum about 20 times what your Hurricane costs, as well as make the pilot lose 4-5 days of skill training. On some levels, cost is a balancing factor, and it's one that works well for T3's in the current meta. |