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Louis Robichaud
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Posted - 2013.08.09 01:06:00 -
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This is a fairly minor tweak - not earth shattering by any mean.
That being said... I was a bit leery of the previous domi re-balanced because it really shoved it in the "sentry drone boat" mold, removing flexibility. But at least it could do that role very well. Nerfing that weakens the ship - it's not like the domi won't be using sentries.
And yes sentries are potent, but they are also a pain in the butt to use for several reasons outlined in this thread already.
CCP Rise, do you have statistics on dominix usage, damage inflicted etc? Or is this nerf - well tweak - more of a gut feeling thing? |

Louis Robichaud
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Posted - 2013.08.09 06:00:00 -
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Goldensaver wrote:Bigg Gun wrote:fu-ük you - it's a carrier - it should be good at hitting everything. The one BS that's not afraid of smaller ships . In fact all BS's should get a drone bonus just for being slow and fat. I can just imagine: 50% to speed and tracking of drones for all BS's - that intie will think twice before trying to sink my BS. And this is what's wrong with the world. Everybody wants a solo pwnmobile that can win against everything but overwhelming odds. No paper, we just want rocks. I for one am happy. The tracking is nasty on these things, and the damage and projection is fantastic. It's like lasers if you couldn't damp them, couldn't TD them (unless you have 5 for each ship, and they don't use cap all and have better tracking, all in exchange for being immovable and destructible... all in all I think it's pretty fair, and that's with the nerf.
Being immobile is a pretty freaking big drawback.
I do agree on the desire for a "I win!!!" ship to be ridiculous though. I guess I just don't agree the nerf was needed, but I'm thankful it's a small one |

Louis Robichaud
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.08.09 12:39:00 -
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Hell ***** wrote:Marc Callan wrote:
More importantly, the plural of "Dominix" is "potatoes".
And we have a winner!!  Thread closed
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Louis Robichaud
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.08.10 00:40:00 -
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CCP Rise wrote: Drone disadvantages are also balanced by things like having a free top rack that you can use to get even more damage or pick up tons of utility or the ability to switch weapon sizes and damage types freely.
That is pretty shaky logic. The turret-based ships have a free drone bay that they can use to get even more damage or pick up a lot of utility...
I agree that the sentry drones were powerful, and I also agree that this nerf is modest. I'm just not sure it's needed given the severe limitation sentry drones impose on the user due to their lack of mobility.
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Louis Robichaud
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.08.12 05:08:00 -
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Harvey James wrote:I think the bottom line here is that all drone related things in eve need to be looked at from UI to mechanics to drones themselves as there are clear issues here that need attention and fixing from balancing them to be competitive with the other main weapon systems without being too powerful but justifying it with having to go into massive lists of well........ yes they are better but .... you don't have to warp off and leave your guns behind on other ships etc..
They definitely need work. And given the *huge* limitation of sentry drones (immobility), if sentry drones are just a good performance wise than turret weaponry... people will chose turrets. |

Louis Robichaud
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2013.08.13 04:55:00 -
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Malcanis wrote:
This has happened plenty of times before and will happen again.
NOOOOOEES!!!!!! 
I feel strange about this thread - I think Rise is wrong because of the sheer limitations of sentry drones... but at the same time the nerf is so minor it's hard to argue with much energy. And the armor rep bonus will help the Domi too. Hard to get *too* excited. Well for me at least, I see others have trained that skill far more than I |
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