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Black Canary Jnr
Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk Amarr branch. Sev3rance
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Posted - 2014.01.10 14:19:00 -
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With all the current moaning about drone assign you would be forgiven for forgetting about our poor friends the heavy drones.
With lower DPS and being easily speed tankable, not to mention actually having to travel to shoot stuff, why should players use heavy drones over sentry drones? They are a bad joke, much like 'defender missiles'.
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Tiberu Stundrif
Repercussus RAZOR Alliance
102
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Posted - 2014.01.10 14:35:00 -
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Do you even Ishtar?
The Ishtar platform gives drones the buff they've needed for a while. |
Clean Protagonist
Minmatar War Orphans Fund
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Posted - 2014.01.10 14:36:00 -
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Heavy drones have more damage and tracking than sentry drones |
HiddenPorpoise
BG-1 The Craniac
148
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Posted - 2014.01.10 14:38:00 -
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Heavy drones melt faces if you charge headlong into blaster range. |
Batelle
Komm susser Tod
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Posted - 2014.01.10 14:52:00 -
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The Eos and Navy Vexor are designed to be heavy drone carriers (ishtar is good for both). They are brawling ships, and when you're brawling, you're gonna want heavy drones anyway. Assuming they catch a target, they can do a very good job hitting smallish stuff. The big issue with heavy drones is aggro in PVE, although there is some vodoo magick about that allows a 100mn AB ishtar with 2 navi computers to get 751 dps out of Wasps and pretty much kill sanctums without the drones taking any aggro. "CCP is changing policy, and has asked that we discontinue the bonus credit program after November 7th. So until then, enjoy a super-bonus of 1B Blink Credit for each 60-day GTC you buy!"
Never forget. |
Callic Veratar
577
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Posted - 2014.01.10 17:08:00 -
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The unfortunate side effect here is making heavy drones usable on all ships will make them stupidly OP on the few ships that currently use them well.
Perhaps rather than changes to the drones themselves, a few new modules could be introduced that give benefits to the drones. There's already the tracking, control range, and damage mods. How about a drone speed mod? A drone MJD module, where they appear on a target rather than having to fly out? |
Danika Princip
Freelance Economics Astrological resources Tactical Narcotics Team
2206
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Posted - 2014.01.10 17:27:00 -
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Callic Veratar wrote:The unfortunate side effect here is making heavy drones usable on all ships will make them stupidly OP on the few ships that currently use them well.
Perhaps rather than changes to the drones themselves, a few new modules could be introduced that give benefits to the drones. There's already the tracking, control range, and damage mods. How about a drone speed mod? A drone MJD module, where they appear on a target rather than having to fly out?
Drone Navigation Computer already boosts drone speed. |
ShahFluffers
Ice Fire Warriors Late Night Alliance
4670
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Posted - 2014.01.10 17:42:00 -
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Confirming that Berserker IIs are awesome at ranges where sentry drones start sucking (sub 12kms). Change isn't bad, but it isn't always good. Sometimes, the oldest and most simple of things can be the most elegant and effective. |
Robert Caldera
Caldera Trading and Investment
697
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Posted - 2014.01.10 18:23:00 -
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you can freely move on grid without loosing your drones at some point, still being able to recall them at range. |
Priestess Lin
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
12
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Posted - 2014.01.10 18:29:00 -
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They are too slow and often die before you can recall them. |
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LUMINOUS SPIRIT
The Dark Space Initiative Scary Wormhole People
83
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Posted - 2014.01.10 22:07:00 -
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In short-ranged battleship warfare, Ogre II is better then sentries. For example, a blaster Mega or a neut gheddon getting up in your face and sic-ing Orges on you is not to be laughed at. |
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