Shadow's Caress
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Posted - 2013.04.12 21:11:00 -
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Hyperion: Min/Max DPS output and tanking stats look nice, but that's about where it ends. Just take a look at a graph of capacitor levels, and you'll see a ship that is anything but friendly to fly. Its not even that it requires a lot of cap, but that the fluctuations are massive and as soon as it hits zero, it dies. In addition to managing that, the user has to closely manage range and transversal just to get a solid hit on the opponent. To sum it up, the high DPS output is offset by bad damage application, and the high DPS tank is offset by horrible capacitor issues. I wouldn't want to fly this unless I had a massive cap transfer and I'm shooting something big and slow that can't blow me out of the water. Even then, there are other ships which would have similar DPS numbers without as many usability issues.
Megathron: LOVE the eighth low slot and the tracking bonus. I don't love the meager CPU bonus that probably won't cover the added module in that 8th low. I also don't care for the reduction in drone bandwith/capacity. A set of Ogre IIs gave the Megathron that added punch when it came to broadsiding other battleships. Don't want to go with drones? Make it hit harder. This is a significant damage nerf to a battleship whose only hope of winning is going literally toe to toe with its competition.
Domi: What? Ok, I get that you want it to be a dedicated drone boat. You've already turned other battleships (Armageddon and Rattlesnake) into dedicated drone boats with their bonuses, bandwidth, and drone bays. So it makes sense that you want a way for the Domi to stand out among them. Drone optimal range and tracking will indeed help in regards to sentries and damage application, but I feel like there's a lot more you can do with a battleship sized hull here. If you want better drone damage application, I would do that with something smaller like the myrmidon. The local armor rep amount bonus would work well here since the domi doesn't have to worry as much about MWD and feeding blasters as the hyperion does. I'd go one step further though. I would opt for a local AND REMOTE armor rep amount bonus. This would give the player a choice between a relatively tough active armor tanked drone boat, or a more fleet friendly remote repping drone boat. With this change, I would almost be afraid of the domi. |