Not sure how having 5 drones is any more fun that having 2 and your 1 drone version has 7 effective drones instead of the proposed 8 effective drones. The proposed Worm is better than the old one in every way.

I bet a 5(bandwith)/10(bay) drone ship with 600% bonus would be even better right?...

because if my dps is in 2 drones, what happens if someone webs one and stops it getting within 8km? also, what of tracking disruptors vs drones?

and if this is the way it needs to be to make combat drone ships good, why is this a guristas-only thing?

Again, being better is different from being fun. The current Worm sucks for most people, but it's my favorite ship of the game because it's a 25/50 drone shield tank frigate.

You may not even NEED spare drones, don't you see? These drones are going to have more EHP than heavies, while having significantly smaller sigs and travelling FAR faster. You'll still have a 'spare set' of drones given that the bay of the Worm will still be 25.

So ewar being a workable counter to drones is bad? Seems to me(I may be wrong) that having your opponent use his ewar on your drones instead of you is a good thing. TDing ships will effect part of your DPS but your missiles will still hit them and the other drone will too.

You keep saying that the 25/50 Shield tank frigate is what makes it fun, How does it being a 10/25 Drone Shield tank frigate that does more DPS and has more survivable Drones ruin that?

I've already answered this, being better is different from being fun, and for me the fun of the Worm is the fact you can use 5 drones with 5 spare on a shield tanked frigate.

of course it's bad. drones are supposed to be pretty much ewar-proof.

I can't believe there are people defending the current Worm.

If you want a 25/50 drone frigate, fly an Ishkur tbh.

I like using 5 drones on a frigate, i like micromanaging 5 drones plus 5 spares during fights, only having 2 active drones ruin the fun of this ship for me (the current Worm is my favorite ship of the game).

I like using 5 drones on a frigate, i like micromanaging 5 drones plus 5 spares during fights, only having 2 active drones ruin the fun of this ship for me (the current Worm is my favorite ship of the game).

I don't know, the fact that if I'm right I'll be doing ~215 DPS while still having top tier tank in the frigate class is going to be more fun than the slightly anemic Worm of now.

The new Worm is, in terms of stats, objectively superior to the old one. More fitting, more DPS, (slightly) more tank, it's faster...

Drones are pretty much EWAR proof, that doesn't mean they are supposed to be. I don't believe I have ever seen a Dev say that they want drones to be immune to EWAR.

The Tristan, Ishkur and Astero are all 5 drone frigates and most can be shield fit fairly well.

The Worm was bad and dead the second crucible deployed with the updated Tristan.

Being overpowered != of being fun. The current Worm with 25/50 drone configuration is a fun ship to fly.

AFs were deemed overpowered with half the current succubus afterburner bonus. This could really use an answer.

that would make no sense. combat drones need love, not to be made less interesting and worse.

You don't seem to get it, i couldn't careless if the new Worm can do 300 dps, that's irrelevant for me, if i want to fly overpowered ships i would just go ahead and fly one. The fact that i can't use 5 drones and 5 spares ruin the fun of this ship for me.

note: Energy Vampires operate as though your capacitor is empty