Onslaughtor
True Slave Foundations
Shaktipat Revelators
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Posted - 2013.04.25 08:49:00 -
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As a long time Amarr pilot, I am very pleased with these changes.
Not trolling.
My take
Abaddon
The abaddon is a fleet vessel, used in conjunction with logi it is one of the strongest of its size vessels in the game. While it may hurt the ships armor tank by a total of 8% * after the change, it is still going to be a very strong vessel. If I could ask for any change it would be for the same kind of treatment that the Harbinger got.
* probably less
Apocalypse
The apoc is already a great ship, although previously overshadowed by the damage bonus of the armageddon and abaddon and its smaller tank. The navpoc has proven that the ship works in a heavy form, what we have here is a lighter form that really has not lost nearly any of its tank and has gained one of the most powerful bonuses that a laser ship can have, tracking. After owning a nightmare I can tell you that this level of tracking is a god send. On a armor tanking hull with a optimal ** and tracking bonus this is going to be a great ship, and when you take into acount new modules like the MJD things get intresting very fast.
** for the uninformed a optimal bonus is also a bonus to tracking, because you can use shorter range ammo (ie, better tracking) on targets farther way (ie, less transversal) so in effect this ship get TWO tracking bonuses. Tho this only works for mid to long range. Which is why its still a weak bonus to hybrids, but that's a different story altogether
Armageddon
While a iconic ship and once apon a time the end all in damage, the geddon now tries to share the same role as the other battles ships in its group with nothing new to add. CCP is trying to change this and is giveing this iconic hulls ONE OF THE STRONGEST BONUSES IN THE GAME*** "my opinion". That and with it becoming a drone ship and it being a combat BS (Which means serious lvls of ehp) we are looking at a ship that knows what it wants to be.
This vessel no longer needs guns to do damage, so it can fill its highs with nuets and nos, and can stuff its lows with tank. This ship will be included in every abaddon fleet and will become a staple in capital warfare. Now capable with a MJD this ship can effectively attempt to dismantle/distract enemy logi and bring smaller ships to their knees (the same way the old hurricane used its duel nuets to shake of frigates).
This ship will find a place in almost all realms of pvp and possible in other places due to its drone usage.
*** even more so when its in conjunction with its hull.
Ps. I am sad about one thing, the hull will not longer be cheap and will no-longer feature 8 highs, which means that suicide smart bombs is off the table for me. Because ramming a bombageddon into a lightly tanked fleet waiting on a titan is priceless, true story.
Now that I've said my peace, I do want to point out the changes to large lasers is a nice one, while it could be better I feel that the real problem is that the other weapon systems don't use enough cap, I'm looking at you minmitar and caldari, and this has created a culture that tries to shy away from the skill and planning it takes to use cap hungry vessels.
So moral of the story, I really enjoy your tears but your crying about something being bad when its actually may be to good. |