Maxsim Goratiev
Imperial Tau Syndicate
POD-SQUAD
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Posted - 2011.11.10 13:36:00 -
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I am in complete agreement, there should be no off-grid boosting for combat links.
First of all, greater variation of ships on the field makes combat more interesting.
Second, the command-ship should be a valid target the enemy fleet can kill to get rid of it's boosts, these ships have a massive tank for damn reason(absolution, Eos-lol.). They cannot be killed while sitting at a POS.
Thirdly i don't see why we should be protectiong the abovementioned 'solo' pilots, this should be a valid tactics: the solo can now be a duo if it is actually two players, you are just putting more assets at use and at risk.
As for combat Alts, they can be used in other ways, even in pvp (domi works well), I have two accounts, so and i have used both of them in pvp simultaneously, so i know what i am talking about.
I will not half balancing effort because some guy wants to bring 3 accounts to a pvp fight, this should not be a valid tactics. If a pilot is to provide a bonus he should be active, fighting and at risk. Being several AU away, AFK and safe is not how I understand combat.
Lastly, we already have massive proliferation of t3, every grandma and her dog flies one.
Their cost should be a balancing factor, even if not a very good one. By placing these expensive ships at risk we make both better kill-mails and we will have fewer t3 replacing t2 ships. As mentioned above, t3 with 3 links are paper-thin, so they are not strictly superior to CS if they are actually present of the battlefield. |
Maxsim Goratiev
Imperial Tau Syndicate
POD-SQUAD
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Posted - 2011.11.15 23:27:00 -
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replying to the topic:
The drone upgrades are very good, but their cpu consumption makes them near-unfittable on ishtar. Drone link augmentor is fine, but the omnidirectional track. link should have it's cpu lowered. Also, their requirements are very high, consider lowering it for things like the navigation computer? they are rarely used and do not provide a massive boost anyway. Omnidirectional tracking link is quite powerfull in it;s t2 iteration, but can we really not have it as an active module that can be scripted? for greater flexibility? |