Here's a hypothetical question for you CCP. In your opinion, what sort of scan resolution should be required to catch an interceptor after it has just jumped through a stargate?

Here's a hypothetical question for you CCP. In your opinion, what sort of scan resolution should be required to catch an interceptor after it has just jumped through a stargate?

****** nerf, for once i was enjoying flying inties.

That depends...... how much effort has the interceptor pilot put into making his ship fast & uncatchable.....
Or has he shield tanked it & plated it to make it slow & sluggish.

Or to put it better. How much wood could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

no ship should be uncatchable.

Why do the 2 missile ceptors get the biggest hit here? why does the crow deserve a 1s slower base align time compared to the ares?

just curious about the reasons.

Every interceptor should have their own strengths and weaknesses that make the decision of which to fly interesting.
The Crow has excellent damage application at long ranges (even when it is flying at high speeds), four very valuable midslots and the longest lock range of any interceptor. It's weaknesses are a bit less speed than most others, lower theoretical top end damage, as well as slightly weaker agility.

LOL WTF ?

WIth Eve only ticking every second its already a pain to stay at point range when you're going that fast, yet here is an agility nerf ! :(

As long as they take more than one second to align (which is clearly the case here), interceptors are lockable. An agility nerf won't help incompetent people from trying (and failing) to lock interceptors with battleships, their complaints will remain. However, it will impair their combat ability. I mentionned point range, but what about, say, blaster range ? It's very VERY hard to fly already.

Reasons for the Malediction are more or less the same?

Agility is extremly curcial for holding an orbit without loosing the point and still not come close into scram web range. This is already hard enough as the point bonis are not at that much difference especially at the short points.

Interceptors were not uncatchable and if - they were they were not fit too well for combat. This change is nonsense and will lead to problems in the Tackle role. I say again Tackle role - not Travel role.

This nerf comes to soon - people cry because they dont want to make any effort to counter it!!!

Every interceptor should have their own strengths and weaknesses that make the decision of which to fly interesting.
The Crow has excellent damage application at long ranges (even when it is flying at high speeds), four very valuable midslots and the longest lock range of any interceptor. It's weaknesses are a bit less speed than most others, lower theoretical top end damage, as well as slightly weaker agility.

Overall the Rubicon Interceptor rebalance was a smashing success. We're very happy with the player reaction, with the gameplay involved in flying Interceptors, and with the effect on other areas of EVE.

However we think the gameplay on both sides would be a bit more compelling and the balance between Inties and other frigates would be a bit better if they had slightly weaker agility. We're going to make a tweak to agility in 1.1 and continue to monitor the results.

Every Interceptor is getting a slight agility nerf in this pass, with the missile ceptors (Crow and Malediction) getting bigger changes than the others since they have proven extremely powerful in other ways (especially in groups). On average this will result in a 10% longer align time for the class.

The balance of having Interceptors with more speed (and warp speed and bubble immunity) and Faction Frigates with better agility is one we believe will help keep the frigate pvp landscape diverse and exciting.

Agility (as a modifier on mass) affects the turning time (often measured as align time) of ships. Lower is better.
The align times listed below are for a hypothetical character with 0 skills.


CRUSADER
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.2 (+0.1) / 4.66 (+0.15)

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MALEDICTION
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.7 (+0.55) / 5.12 (+0.76)

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RAPTOR
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.35 (+0.15) / 4.64 (+0.21)

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CROW
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.7 (+0.6) / 5.46 (+0.88)

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TARANIS
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.25 (+0.25) / 4.82 (+0.37)

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ARES
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.35 (+0.25) / 4.6 (+0.21)

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CLAW
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.15 (+0.15) / 4.8 (+0.23)

=============================================================================

STILETTO
Mobility (agility / align time): 3.5 (+0.4) / 4.95 (+0.57)


These changes will be on SISI shortly for you to try out.
Let us know what you think!

Every Interceptor is getting a slight agility nerf in this pass, with the missile ceptors (Crow and Malediction) getting bigger changes than the others since they have proven extremely powerful in other ways (especially in groups). On average this will result in a 10% longer align time for the class.

The balance of having Interceptors with more speed (and warp speed and bubble immunity) and Faction Frigates with better agility is one we believe will help keep the frigate pvp landscape diverse and exciting.

Agility (as a modifier on mass) affects the turning time (often measured as align time) of ships. Lower is better.
The align times listed below are for a hypothetical character with 0 skills.

As long as they take more than one second to align (which is clearly the case here), interceptors are lockable.

Nope. There's a one server tick delay before the gate cloak wears off, and a one tick delay for the lock even with infinite scanres. Interceptors with <2s align times are 100% impossible to catch on gates.

Test it on Sisi with a few mates.

Unless you believe they should be uncatchable, this nerf was inevitable.

Why do the 2 missile ceptors get the biggest hit here? why does the crow deserve a 1s slower base align time compared to the ares?

just curious about the reasons.