Kethry Avenger
PIE Inc.
Praetoria Imperialis Excubitoris
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Posted - 2013.08.17 00:03:00 -
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CCP Fozzie wrote:Ersahi Kir wrote:CCP Fozzie wrote:It's actually been part of the original tiericide design from the start of this balance pass that T2 ships should have tighter fittings than T1, since they are built for players with higher SP. We've diluted that quite a bit by giving a HACs and Command Ships tons of fittings (probably too much but we can always go back and adjust later as needed) but I beleive the original intent has a valid basis. One of the things we look at when we design a ship is how "forgiving" it is, in piloting skill required, cost of losing it, difficulty fitting. T2 can be a bit less forgiving as long as the rewards are there for people who overcome the slight challenge of dropping a mod to Meta 3 or 4 once and awhile. The problem with this approach is that you lose any kind of flexibility while fitting because ships are designed to have very tight specific fits. But that's just my opinion. Except that we don't design the fitting values with specific fits in mind (although we do tend to come up with a bunch of example fits internally to make sure we're not too far off the mark with fittings). One of the great things about EVE is that you can do all kinds of crazy stuff with fittings and it can often work. T2 just requires a bit more SP and player experience to understand how to take advantage of it, that's all.
This explains a lot. I think its a little odd though. I would think that T2 should have enough fitting to fit a complete T2 fit without fitting mods. Top tier weapons, a prop mod, and some kind of defense. Or downgraded weapons, a prop mod, and a strong defense. I think in a lot of cases its in that range but often T2 ships seem to be making to many sacrifices even with what I would consider basic fits, but now at least I know why.
I hope CCP comes out with that ring mining moon goo soon, cause the farther this re-balancing goes it seems less and less worth it to put up the extra cost for the benefit of T2 over T1. If it was really only 2x the cost for 25% better that would be fine but in many cases its 10x the cost for 10% better. |