Julia Audaris
Polish Immortals
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Posted - 2013.04.11 11:19:00 -
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I'm a new Gallente player and I don't really understand what's up with the drone boat changes. I won't deal with PvP because I've very limited experience, but in terms of PvE all this stuff doesn't really add up.
Dominix was pretty versatile with the hybrid bonus, now it's supposed to be a sentry sniper due to range bonus. What weapons are we supposed to put on it? AutoCannons seem to be the obvious choice... but that doesn't really make sense, because it doesn't go along well with the increased range on the drones. What's it supposed to do, go all AC+Garde at 60-70km? AC are not Gallente, and besides that feels extremely limited given the fact you had oh-so-many fitting options at that range before. Long range? A few rails + Wardens seems ok-ish, but then again why hybrids if all they do is strain your cap? Something's missing with this new design and I fear it's going to end up being the weakest drone boat instead of being the most unique and damaging one.
What's more, if you were a Gallente drone user, you had the advantage of making the easy switch to the Rattlesnake later on. What's the point now if Armageddon has 5 new launchers and the same drone bonuses, so it basically outperforms the Rattlesnake in its own game, ie. missiles+long-range drones? That ship is probably going to become obsolete, because from a Gallente perspective going Amarr/missiles is much easier than going Caldari/shields/missiles. The only thing Rattlesnake will have going for it (aside from the shield tank) will be the torpedo range bonus, but I think most Rattlesnake players stick to cruise missiles and plink away at distant targets anyway. Was it really necessary to indirectly nerf such an expensive ship?
Also, what's the deal with making non-racial guns the optimal pick on Amarr and Gallente ships? I mean close range Dominix and Armageddon will be all about AC and it's not like those guns weren't getting enough use before. All in all I should probably be happy about being able to switch between armor and shield setups which do more or less the same thing (Rattlesnake/Armageddon), but in all honesty I'm not because it just feels wrong for Amarr players to have it so easy. |