Prometheus Exenthal
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Posted - 2013.09.22 19:18:00 -
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Allow me to start by stating that Tier3 BCs are a horribly broken class.
They are a fun concept, but in practice they are bland and upset ship balance worse than any other class.
The combination of their speed+agility & damage+range allow these ships to appear on the field quickly, and do lots of damage from a safe distance. They are quite fragile, and offer minimal ship defense, so they are somewhat fixed to mid-long range engagements, usually with help
There is a problem with these ships, and that problem plagues small gangs and soloers the most.
These ships are what typically appear after a fight has already begun, and will (more often than not) sway the win.
Tier3s are opportunists ships. They do not work terribly well on their own, and require support.
Tier3s are overlapping roles. They are more effective (cost and combat) than a HAC (their closest counterpart), and outperform sniping Cruisers/Battlecruisers & even BS outside of a fleet composition.
Being that EVE is a game of blobs, these ships are generally not the only damage you need to deal with.
I cannot count the number of fights where a gangs composition is made 100% unengagable simply because nobody can tank the gang PLUS an extra 800+ that each t3 brings.
Cruisers can't exactly compete because they get shot out of the sky, and frigates can only kill them if the pilot is blind to someone burning for them.
Tier3 only become less effective at the large fleet level, where HP actually matters.
My suggestions? Do one (or two) of the following set changes;
- Nuke their lock range. Bring their max lock range to around 40km or so, resulting in rigs/mods being used to lock beyond.
- Reduce their speed further. They shouldn't be as fast as Cruisers, they are Battlecruisers.
- Reduce their scan res to somewhere well between BCs & BSs.
Frankly, ATM there isn't even a point trying to fly a tanky ship when these are still about.
I would even go so far as to say that one of these appearing on the field is worse than ECM.
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