Enya Sparhawk
State Protectorate
Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.03.04 00:55:00 -
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I realize that you may already have your own plans for the Guristas' fleet, but let me throw this one idea out there...
I always liked the fact that they used drones, 5 of them...
It presented that idea of 'shoring up their numbers' against a bigger adversary (ie. faction navy). Drones are also expendable, so to a pirate who has to cut and run for what ever the reason, he/she wouldn't be crying over their loss.
It also offered versatility for their ships... Ewar, logistics as well as being able to fire bigger guns (sentries), it all depended on the fit or use as determined by the player...
Drone bonuses (at least to me) are fine for what the ships are. If you wanted a dedicated drone ship, fly Gallente right?
I especially also liked the fact that they used missles...
Yet, they aren't quite missle ships, so having any sort of bonus for them makes Guristas ships sort of "odd"...
So my suggestion is simple, if you're going to push for a missle bonus, specialize the ship in one type (ie. guided missles.)
Special Ability: 50% bonus to Guided Missle Precision (previously 50% bonus to Missile velocity)
With one added difference:
Guristas Role bonus: Auto-Targeting Missles do not lock onto 'friendly' targets.
It adds a new dimension to gameplay, a slight measure of ECM resistance and that ability to 'quick draw' unique to a single pirate faction...
From a storyline point of view, it makes the most sense since a Gurista would have figured out how to best control their own missles better (just like a drone). Or at the least, combining a stripped down drone AI with a missle guidance system...
To carry it even further, you could eventually bring out tech 2 variants of auto-targeting missles that would offer more of a payload and an Auto-Targeting Missiles Specialization skill that could concievable offer a 2% bonus per level to the rate of fire on all Light, Heavy, Cruise, Rapid Light and Rapid Heavy Launchers only when equipped with 'auto-targeting missiles'...
Anyways, that was my two ISK on it...
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