Slithereen
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Posted - 2003.09.20 02:01:00 -
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Edited by: Slithereen on 20/09/2003 02:07:50
Yes, they have improved.
No, they did not get uber at all.
Some weapons upped their firing rate, such as the Howitizers (from small to large). Others got their damage upped but not their ROF (650s and 425s for example).
The reason for this, is that whatever gains they have on their base configuration, is more than negated with the nerfing of weapons mod modules. Projectiles users, with the powergrid to spare but needing ROF and damage increases, tend to use weapons mods more than anyone.
My Rupture has 4 650s. After the patch, I am getting slightly higher damage per hit yes, and with slightly greater accuracy and consistency too (since the optimum range is also upped) but my ROF has also decreased due to the nerfing of my mods. Thus my ship is equal to slightly better post patch.
If you're a missile user too with your Mimmatar ship, you will probably like the missile decreases in cost. Rockets are just over 100isk now and small missiles are just over 400isk. Heavies are 2,000isk and below, while flying with higher speeds.
AFter the patch, I would say that the category that had the most damage increases were lasers, although they also eat cap more now. A Quadlight now hits as hard as a Focused Medium Beam before; a Focused Medium Pulse hits as hard as a Heavy Pulse before, and a Focused Medium Beam is stronger than a Heavy Pulse before. A Heavy Pulse hits as hard now as a Heavy Beam, and a Heavy Beam now seems to be the strongest medium weapon there. Since Amarr laser users have traditionally tend to stock more on cap modifiers (rechargers, fluxes, relays, diagonostics) than weapons mods, the weapons mod nerf didn't affect them as much.
Then consider how hardeners, including EM and theral ones, were nerfed, and lasers weapons do a lot of EM and thermal damage. Shields have always been most weak on EM and thermal resistance respectively.
However the cap usage has left my cruiser running for repairs after having damaged by NPC frigates now packing even nastier laser weapons (and my EM hardeners nerfed), so I'm considering going either more for hybrids, or using lasers + projectile combinations.
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