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Wacktopia
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Posted - 2013.02.28 13:12:00 -
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"Are SlowCats worth it?" What do you mean? Are you referring to their performance vs price or is this a stealth nerf thread?
The question of how long something is to skill for or costs is a moot point when it comes to balance, which is kind of where I think you're going with this? Ultimately more players will be able to skill for and afford the ships required with the progression of time so it cannot really be used as a reliable limiting factor.
There are two things that make slow cats a very effective doctrine and I think what you're getting at with your post.
1) The ships have high HP, saving them from alpha attacks, and are naturally able to spider-tank verses dps very well.
2) The ability to assign drones means that the FC only has to attack a target, there is no broadcasting, no reaction times, no human errors etc. In addition, when the drones attack their alpha is high and their dispersion can mean that tracking issues are often mitigated.
The result of which means it is a tricky tactic to counter if executed correctly. But not impossible.
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Wacktopia
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Posted - 2013.02.28 13:48:00 -
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Anthar Thebess wrote:As for the bombing - have you tried? When carriers are not moving - they can instantly scope drones - and redeploy them few seconds after bombs explode.
I think we're agreeing with each other on most of the points but on the bomb point I was merely citing an example. Smarties would be equally effective - what would happen if you, I dunno, dropped a gang of s-bombing carriers right on top of a slow-cat gang? Bomb-cats.
Slow cats are relatively new. I'd say see where it goes before calling for nerf.
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Posted - 2013.02.28 13:56:00 -
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Tippia wrote:Brooks Puuntai wrote:Need a new naming system. ^^ Why cats?
IKR. I was thinking that the common cockerel would make an excellent collective naming convention.
Fast-cockerels
Slow-cockerels
Fat-cockerels.
Right?
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Wacktopia
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Posted - 2013.02.28 14:00:00 -
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Cebraio wrote:Wacktopia wrote:... The disproportional volume of fighters vs sentries is so great that a carrier can carry 4000 sentry drones.
But they usually don't have that many. T2 sentries are expensive. Nobody carries 4000. Only a few hundred.
Yes, of course. And T1 are the obvious choice given their expendability.
I was merely citing the number for completeness and to show that you can effectively have "unlimited" replacements.
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Wacktopia
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Posted - 2013.02.28 22:29:00 -
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Cebraio wrote:Wacktopia wrote:Cebraio wrote:Wacktopia wrote:... The disproportional volume of fighters vs sentries is so great that a carrier can carry 4000 sentry drones.
But they usually don't have that many. T2 sentries are expensive. Nobody carries 4000. Only a few hundred. Yes, of course. And T1 are the obvious choice given their expendability. Well, at least in CFC we don't use T1. They are expendable but they also perform much worse.
I dunno I've seen a fair few Bouncer I clouds left in space with CFC tags.
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Posted - 2013.03.02 20:09:00 -
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Danny John-Peter wrote:Its probably worth pointing out that a low sig fleet (read; Arty Lokifleet) would find it fairly easy to counter slowcats, and have multiple times, the issue then becomes the 250 Drakes that they brought with them..
It depends. Sig tanking is an option but if the bouncers are dispersed well and in high numbers then this means a higher chance of hitting at an angle where transversal is way down.
Lokis are a good bet because of their typically high EHP buffer for an AHAC but it is still risky and by no means a definitive counter.
Like you said tho, the blob is the blob.
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