Originally by: Wildmeister

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Edited by: Wildmeister on 31/10/2005 18:32:48
As with other drone specialists, I don't like the look of this too much.

I acknowledge the point of Nafri et al. that the Dominix and Ishtar can deal out 'too' much damage in very small skirmish situations (I think in larger engagements unless it's very close range, their effect is nullified by drone speed).

Thus I'll acknowledge that drones need rejigging. But I think these changes are horrendously ugly...... all drones bays in half, everyone has 5 drones, 20%!! damage bonus per level - it looks like blunt and thoughtless hacks at the problem.

I'd prefer to see the Ishtar and Dominix (etc) retain their drone control bonus, thus allowing 10 drones in space as opposed to max 5 for all others. Edit drone bays as appropriate. Drone interfacing would give a 7.5% bonus per level to drone damage per level. Reduction of the drone bays in the Tempest/Scorpion/Raven/Apoc would only be to 100m¦, allowing them to use 4 drones.

This whole debacle of limiting certain ships to 1 damage type (I do sympathise with the Caldari here) is crazy. Next we'll be hearing that turret ammo is being limited to racial preference only.

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Originally by: Wildmeister

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Edited by: Wildmeister on 31/10/2005 18:32:48
As with other drone specialists, I don't like the look of this too much.

I acknowledge the point of Nafri et al. that the Dominix and Ishtar can deal out 'too' much damage in very small skirmish situations (I think in larger engagements unless it's very close range, their effect is nullified by drone speed).

Thus I'll acknowledge that drones need rejigging. But I think these changes are horrendously ugly...... all drones bays in half, everyone has 5 drones, 20%!! damage bonus per level - it looks like blunt and thoughtless hacks at the problem.

I'd prefer to see the Ishtar and Dominix (etc) retain their drone control bonus, thus allowing 10 drones in space as opposed to max 5 for all others. Edit drone bays as appropriate. Drone interfacing would give a 7.5% bonus per level to drone damage per level. Reduction of the drone bays in the Tempest/Scorpion/Raven/Apoc would only be to 100m¦, allowing them to use 4 drones.

This whole debacle of limiting certain ships to 1 damage type (I do sympathise with the Caldari here) is crazy. Next we'll be hearing that turret ammo is being limited to racial preference only.

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