Elise Randolph
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2013.07.21 03:03:00 -
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A bit late to the party. I'm not really WOW'd by these changes, but mostly because the balance team seems to have become a victim of its own success. T1 frigs saw tons of ****** frigs just get completely changed into new, exciting, fun roles. Same for T1 cruisers. T1 BS, which were largely fine, got some /completely/ new bonuses and designs. So I was sitting on the edge of my seat hoping for some FANCY PANTS changes to complete dumpster babby ships that haven't really ever been used (I'm looking at you, Eagle, Sacrilege, and Cerberus).
But instead we get this really pragmatic, functional, and probably really good set of changes - but they're boring. It's a stupid criticism, I know, but I still feel like it's boring. Maybe I was hoping for something like a Cruiser MJD that only HACs can use, bomb-immunity (holy **** how cool would that be), or something that I didn't even know I wanted - like the changes to the Geddon. I had no idea I wanted it to be a neut-range drone boat, but I apparently wanted it something fierce.
AFs - completely changed the way small-ship PvP was played
Tier-3 BC - pumped life into the dying "roaming" gameplay, added sniping gameplay
T1 rebalance + tier 2 destroyers- essentially created a deep, meaningful, low-isk alternative to PvP. Made lowsec fun, made getting drunk and roaming around a reality, allowed lower-SP players not only be relevant but powerful in all stages of combat.
Battleship rebalance - completely changed the face of nullsec PvP. Like, completely. Almost nobody is flying what they used to be flying any more.
HAC changes - will creep into the tier-3 BC wheelhouse, will probably be really enjoyable, and nullsec PvP may add a Sacrilege or Cerberus doctrine to replace the dead Drake doctrine.
The Sacrilege, Ishtar, and Cerberus are big winners here. The Vaga, Deimos, Muninn, class will still be good. Zealot will still be the Zealot...I don't actually think it's very good currently and now it's going to be really interesting fitting beams and an MWD. Eagle may be cool with the Hybrid changes, will have to put some time in when the changes hit SiSi to see how it flies rather than stare at numbers and try to imagine.
Either way - changes look like an all-around improvement on a ship class that is looking more and more out of date by the day. Can't wait to try them on SiSi
PS you can have the bomb-immune and cruiser MJD ideas free of charge.
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Elise Randolph
Habitual Euthanasia
Pandemic Legion
1100
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Posted - 2013.07.21 05:25:00 -
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MeBiatch wrote:XXSketchxx wrote:Elise Randolph wrote:bomb-immunity Do want cant say i support that idea... even as cool as it sounds... bombs are essential anti blob weapons... they are critical.
Currently AHACs are essentially bomb immune (tiny sig). MWDing AHACs, however, even with the 50% sig reduction from MWD would still have battleship sized signature, but with really thin tanks (comparatively)
To put things in perspective, a post-patch MWD Zealot would die to 9 bombs (assuming both loki links and legion links). Currently the standard AB Zealot needs 47 bombs to die.
That said, most of my balance ideas are ****** so bomb immunity may not be cool. But that doesn't mean something new and fancy that I never thought of can't be added 
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