Red Woodson
Estrale Frontiers
Project Wildfire
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Posted - 2013.08.01 18:03:00 -
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I'm mildly disappointed in the link bonus being a fixed role bonus, but it is only a mild disappointment. Still, you know there is no rule limiting you to 2 bonuses per skill, right? Carriers prove that. Not sure why info warfare fits with amarr better than skirmish, but I guess I see why skirmish fits better with gallente than it does with amarr.
I am considerably more disappointed in the lack of buffer available to the gallente ships, and to a lesser extent minmatar as well. The rep bonus is entirely inappropriate for a ship designed to be on field in a fleet battle. You acknowledged this with the resist bonus on the heavy interdictors, so i cant figure out why you are so resistant to applying the same fix to command ships. Unless you are deliberately pigeon holing gallente and minmatar into small gang while allowing caldari and amarr to excel at both.
And assuming you absolutely have to local tank for some strange reason, has anyone run the numbers yet to see how many rep cycles it takes a local tanked eos/astarte to catch up with a local tanked absolution/damnation considering the extra ehp from the armor and resist bonus? The claymore/sleip may do a bit better in comparison to the vulture/nighthawk due to the minmatar native T2 resists and the faster cycle time on shield tanks. Minmatar will also be a bit more survivable due to the speed difference between them and caldari, which doesn't really exist for gallente vs amarr.
I'm also a bit surprised these have the same number of slots as combat battlecruisers. I'd expected them all to gain the 1 slot the sleip and claymore had over them, rather than the sleip and claymore loose a slot. Indeed, they have the same 10 mids+lows as most hacs now.
Finally, the eos's drone bay seems a tad small. I realize that giving it a full 3 flights of heavies(375m3) is unlikely, but maybe enough room for 2 flights of heavies and a flight of lights or mediums?(275 or 300)*shrug* not a hugh deal. |
Red Woodson
Estrale Frontiers
Project Wildfire
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Posted - 2013.08.02 20:01:00 -
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Has any consideration been given to a noticeable mass reduction on these ships? I know I asked the same thing about hacs, and the same reasoning applies here. Specifically, making them easier to move around in wspace. Of course, i realize mass also has effects on navigation performance, so other stats might have to be adjusted to keep the performance similar. |