Striscio
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2014.02.25 16:40:00 -
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CCP Rise wrote:
[...] and then to give all three "old NOS", that is, Energy Vampires would continue to leech from your target until their cap reaches zero, regardless of your own cap level. [...]
Interesting, did you plan to release a module or a rig with similar function? maybe with heavy drawback on energy modules so that specialized energy warfare ships can't overshadow bloods ones.
CCP Rise wrote:
Guristas: This has probably been the hardest faction to figure out. The Rattlesnake and Gila both have their uses but are both overshadowed in many ways by the new Ishtar and Dominix. We wanted Guristas to keep a drone theme but to move in a new and unique direction rather than trying to compete directly with other popular drone ships.
They got overshadowed mostly because of the new bonus, Guristas are shield and Gallente armor, they are both worthy of a complementary existence as much as armor/hybrid and shield/hybrid is. Said that, missiles as complementary feature need a reiteration, due to Gallente renewal Guristas are now left behind with "outdated" (inteded as no longer top notch drone ship) drones bonus and somewhat marginal weapon bonus.
CCP Rise wrote:
Angel: And last we have the most popular pirate faction, which is doing pretty well at all three sizes. The biggest problem Angels face is direct competition with other Minmatar ships and a light case of OP. The Dramiel isn't getting any big changes and the other two Angel ships probably won't see any huge change in style or function either, but wait for later threads to discuss their specifics please.
Not that i don't like they current form but you said yourselves, at this point they could strive for something different than "Minmatar+1". After all if Guristas can't be the "Shield Gallente" why should Angel been allowed to be "Bigger Minmatar"?
CCP Rise wrote:
As the Worm shows below, we are looking at giving each Guristas ship a bandwidth that allows for only two drones, but a large damage and hitpoint bonus to those drones, leading to very high overall drone damage and toughness. Additionally, the former missile velocity bonus will change to kinetic and thermal missile damage, giving Guristas even more punch. I understand that you will need specifics on the other two Guristas ships to make final opinions on the theme, but for now just look at the Worm and let us know if it seems fun and we'll go from there.
Not completely convinced by the proposed iteration. Racial bonus looks ok, however i don't like the kin/therm limit. The role bonus as "less drones but more powerful" doesn't appeal me. Reducing bandwidth might be beneficial server side but means less option for the user considering you can launch only 2 light drones while not having bonuses on non light scout drones (i take "light combat drone" in the OP as the Drones -+ Combat Drones -+ Light Scout Drones group). It also looks like a concept that can't scale well for cruiser and battleship size. At this point i would left the old drone and focus on the missiles part. Maybe on rapid launchers since the new version they are laking a dedicated ships, Guristas could have reduced fitting requirement on worm and reduced reload time on Gila and Rattlesnake.
I like the rest, saved for the web range bonus (turn it down a bit?), good work. :)
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Striscio
School of Applied Knowledge
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Posted - 2014.02.25 18:00:00 -
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Little Blackjack wrote:CompleteFailure wrote:elitatwo wrote:
2 light, 300% bonus = 8 effective (remember they already do 100% dmg before bonus :P)
+1
Itago Gemulus wrote:2 drones +300% = 2+6 (2=100% ->300%=6) for a total of 8 effective drones It's 6 effective drones. You're not adding 300%, you're multiplying by 300% 300% = 3.00 2*3.00 = 6 learn2maths Your answer is the answer to "how much is 300% of 2 drones?". We are looking for "how much is 300% BONUS on 2 drones". 100% bonus (!) means you add the bonus to the 100% basics. If you salary receives 100% bonus, you will receive 10.000 Euro instead of base salary of 5.000 Euro. math is (5000 *100%) + (5000 *100%) = 10.000 300% Bonus (!) means (2 drones * 100%) + (2 drones * 300% bonus) = 2 drones * 400% = 8 drones
In Before "that's 400%!".
25% bonus doesn't mean a ship deal 75% of it's normal damage.  |