Pattern Clarc wrote:Ranger 1 wrote:
I will say that I think they are angling for the Talos "primary" role to be a rail boat for roaming and secondarily a blaster boat when camping, etc.... but that's just my uninformed take on the matter right now. We'll have to see how the hybrid update pans out during the testing of these ships to really know for sure.
Basically this:
Soon Shin wrote: If you are fighting Battleships, you are dead, battlecruisers, still dead, cruisers, good luck hitting them, frigates, don't bother. Using rails are a joke, their range advantage have little meaning when you have Pulse lasers with scorch and Autocannons with barrage that reach pretty damn far and do far more damage.
Additionally, do you know that even with a tracking bonus, Tachyons still out track 425mms?
Not only is this percentages exacerbated by unfavourable slot layouts as well as a bunch of other racial traits that just make gallente an non starter for anything but extreme range. (Which is now practically extinct) - Woe betide the dev who pigeon holes a gallente ship to rails.
I am aware of this, and do not discount the point, but two things to consider.
I seriously doubt you will be putting 425mm rails on this ship in the first place (definately could be wrong). I'm expecting them to be aimed more towards the lesser used smaller BS sized weaponry.
I tend to think of these BC's as beefed up cruisers able to mount BS weapons (similar in concept to a stealth bomber) instead of thinking about their tactical use in terms of how a BC is traditionally used in combat. You would deal with this variety of threats exactly as you would if you were flying a medium to long range cruiser or HAC.
You will not devote much to a tank, instead you will devote most of your fit to tracking and dictating range while staying aligned for a quick warp out. That is your defense, just as it is with a cruiser. Your chief worry will be getting tackled by something small, anything large pounding on you and you will warp out and then reposition.
None of these ships are designed for a slug fest, this is intentional. They are designed to keep up with a small gang and be most effective against larger, slower targets. Again, similar in concept to a steal bomber (no cloak yes, but fast enough to keep up with a fast moving gang, fragile as hell, but delivering a big punch to big targets).
So I"m not saying you are wrong in your thinking "if" you try to use them like a standard BC... I'm saying you won't want to use them that way to be effective.