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Moonaura
Swedish Aerospace Inc
The Kadeshi
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Posted - 2011.11.07 00:20:00 -
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At present, in fleets at least, destroyers are pretty pointless, they don't survive long enough in a fleet fight to actually counter things like interceptors. They are basically just used as a stepping stone for new pilots until they get into cruisers.
So fixing them and making them relevant is entirely welcome. I was more excited about this than the new battlecruisers.
However, regarding your initial point, I agree, that it could make life trickier proposition for frigates.
Personally I feel that Frigates are also far to vulnerable to be relevant in fleets of larger ships. They are either killed by drones or the Zealot pilot who ignores the primary target in his quest for killboard glory (You know who you are Zealot kill mail whores).
While Interceptors are still pretty handy, they too tend to die pretty easily when doing the role they are designed to do - close down range. I mean - an interceptor speeding after a sniping gang is easy prey because it's transversal velocity is nill.
I would like to see the survivability of frigates increased significantly, so they are relevant to the game and fun to fly in mixed fleets. It sort of gets boring to see everyone in an abaddon's time after time... or tempests etc... you get the idea. |
Moonaura
Swedish Aerospace Inc
The Kadeshi
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Posted - 2011.11.07 00:24:00 -
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Alsyth wrote:With their decreased sig and massive dps/EHP buff, they can murder cruisers and some BCs now, that's a bit overpowered in my opinion. An AB thrasher can solo any med-sized gunship if they can orbit close and kill its drones.
They are great. But with web on them they die very quickly, and I've found battleships still getting the odd shot on me that took me down to 50% health in one shot, two shots and I was in my pod. I feel if I took them out in a fleet, i'd be lucky to be bringing it back with me. With such a small buffer, they are hardly invincible. as with most things in eve - they are easily countered by the correct fitting. Oh... and drones. |
Moonaura
Swedish Aerospace Inc
The Kadeshi
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Posted - 2011.11.09 23:55:00 -
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Andreus Ixiris wrote:
One small change I'd make is a slight tweak to destroyer sig radius to make them more vulnerable to cruiser-scale weaponry. They should be deadly against frigates, but very vulnerable to larger ships.
Trust me. They are vulnerable against larger ships and easily die to medium gunnery. Any more vulnerable and they won't work at all in the mixed fleet situation you so eloquently described, and a concept I agree with you on.
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