EVE Search - New drones, modules and what not

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Rigsta	Posted - 2005.12.05 19:34:00 - [1] Edited by: Rigsta on 05/12/2005 19:35:18 People generally land a few salvos or volleys on me before I start damaging them, unless I pick on some random untanked person gawking at a Titan in the FFA area I need to try it out with a full drone module setup to be sure about it really but only the +1 drone, -75 CPU modules seem to be available on the test server market. The full damage setup seems like it will be similar to a gankageddon's setup (ie. all damage no tank or cap recharge), with the difference being the drones take much longer to start doing damage (depending on the range), and they can be shot down, smartbombed or ECM bursted. Or left behind when you need to bug out. As it stands on test server right now, with 5 drone control modules the domi can have the equivilent of 20 current heavy drones, before the new skills and drone damage modules are applied. Add on the, say, 40% bonus from stacked damage modules and that's 28. Add 40% from gallente battleship bonus... 36... (my maths is getting shaky there, I'm rather tired - forgive & correct me if I'm wrong). This is assuming drones & drone interfacing @ lv5. But on the other hand, this is similar to what gun and missile users already have available - tracking enhancers, damage modifiers, etc. And these modules use up every type of power slot on the ship - just like other weapons and their modules do. Gank setups exist for gun and missile users already - now they exist for drones too. Overall I'm happy with it. ----------------------------------------------- My Ideas: Drones wish list <-- 2 years old :O
Rigsta Gallente Raddick Explorations NxT LeveL	Posted - 2005.12.05 19:34:00 - [2] Edited by: Rigsta on 05/12/2005 19:35:18 People generally land a few salvos or volleys on me before I start damaging them, unless I pick on some random untanked person gawking at a Titan in the FFA area I need to try it out with a full drone module setup to be sure about it really but only the +1 drone, -75 CPU modules seem to be available on the test server market. The full damage setup seems like it will be similar to a gankageddon's setup (ie. all damage no tank or cap recharge), with the difference being the drones take much longer to start doing damage (depending on the range), and they can be shot down, smartbombed or ECM bursted. Or left behind when you need to bug out. As it stands on test server right now, with 5 drone control modules the domi can have the equivilent of 20 current heavy drones, before the new skills and drone damage modules are applied. Add on the, say, 40% bonus from stacked damage modules and that's 28. Add 40% from gallente battleship bonus... 36... (my maths is getting shaky there, I'm rather tired - forgive & correct me if I'm wrong). This is assuming drones & drone interfacing @ lv5. But on the other hand, this is similar to what gun and missile users already have available - tracking enhancers, damage modifiers, etc. And these modules use up every type of power slot on the ship - just like other weapons and their modules do. Gank setups exist for gun and missile users already - now they exist for drones too. Overall I'm happy with it. Originally by: Jim McGregor I felt the disturbance... it was like a million voices suddenly stopped whining for a second. Unfortunantly it then continued.
Rigsta	Posted - 2005.12.05 21:04:00 - [3] Ah, just got new test server patch - those dron control modules are now skill-based, one per level of advanced drone interfacing. Slightly more balanced. /me looks for other changes. ----------------------------------------------- My Ideas: Drones wish list <-- 2 years old :O
Rigsta Gallente Raddick Explorations NxT LeveL	Posted - 2005.12.05 21:04:00 - [4] Ah, just got new test server patch - those dron control modules are now skill-based, one per level of advanced drone interfacing. Slightly more balanced. /me looks for other changes. Originally by: Jim McGregor I felt the disturbance... it was like a million voices suddenly stopped whining for a second. Unfortunantly it then continued.
Rigsta	Posted - 2005.12.05 23:06:00 - [5] Originally by: Leneerra Originally by: Rigsta Edited by: Rigsta on 05/12/2005 19:35:18 But on the other hand, this is similar to what gun and missile users already have available - tracking enhancers, damage modifiers, etc. And these modules use up every type of power slot on the ship - just like other weapons and their modules do. Gank setups exist for gun and missile users already - now they exist for drones too. Overall I'm happy with it. No it is not similar. Notice that nobody has complained about drone damage mods, drone tracking mods or whatever dronemodule they thought up. We only complain about the +1 drone control module. You seem to be confusing the terms "similar" and "identical". Also, you seem to have missed the paragraph where I described how it's possible to have more drone power than a Moros? I'm more than aware of the pros and cons of the various weapons thanks, having used them or had them used on me. Including one smartbomb or gang warp owning my entire armament with one click, just like a tracking disruptor owning my artillery or railguns. I'm aware the modules are very powerful. I've been testing them. I've had them tested on me. I never said they don't need balancing further >.> But that's what Singularity is there for. ----------------------------------------------- My Ideas: Drones wish list <-- 2 years old :O
Rigsta Gallente Raddick Explorations NxT LeveL	Posted - 2005.12.05 23:06:00 - [6] Originally by: Leneerra Originally by: Rigsta Edited by: Rigsta on 05/12/2005 19:35:18 But on the other hand, this is similar to what gun and missile users already have available - tracking enhancers, damage modifiers, etc. And these modules use up every type of power slot on the ship - just like other weapons and their modules do. Gank setups exist for gun and missile users already - now they exist for drones too. Overall I'm happy with it. No it is not similar. Notice that nobody has complained about drone damage mods, drone tracking mods or whatever dronemodule they thought up. We only complain about the +1 drone control module. You seem to be confusing the terms "similar" and "identical". Also, you seem to have missed the paragraph where I described how it's possible to have more drone power than a Moros? I'm more than aware of the pros and cons of the various weapons thanks, having used them or had them used on me. Including one smartbomb or gang warp owning my entire armament with one click, just like a tracking disruptor owning my artillery or railguns. I'm aware the modules are very powerful. I've been testing them. I've had them tested on me. I never said they don't need balancing further >.> But that's what Singularity is there for. Originally by: Jim McGregor I felt the disturbance... it was like a million voices suddenly stopped whining for a second. Unfortunantly it then continued.

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