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OH MY GOD YOU DIDN'T NERF THE MACH!!!1

Edit: what may your logic behind giving the nightmare 30% bonus to AB speed rather than 20% like the rest of the line be?

Great, back to ****** gameplay mechanics again.

why are you posting on reddit

im sure you just threw it together but god that fit is terrible

In market news, the Rattlesnake, previously selling for between 410 and 430 million isk, is now battling between price spikes and undercutting at around 610 mil.

The market has spoken.

I am amused at how people think the Rattler is getting better. Sure, the dps increase is nice, but they're forgetting the fact that with the new drone bonuses, It's completely vulnerable to getting kited It doesn't even have access to mediums, and while it's technically feasible to put rapid heavy launchers on it, that's entirely impractical as people will likely be using cruise missiles all the time, specifically in a pve setting. So basically if you get dropped on and the mission rats can't take them out, you're screwed.

So does this still mean that Incursion fleets will not want Rattlesnakes? And honestly, why choose a Rattlesnake over a Domi? Wouldn't a Domi's application bonuses be superior for putting the dps down?

Well this is extremely interesting on the RS front. The missile DPS increase is nice, though prior the drone side was where the DPS was most concentrated making the choice of which damage increasing mods to fit obvious. Need to play around with this to see what kind of real increase in damage potential including fitting is there.

I can hear my hopes of an actual missile faction sinking beneath the waves even as I type this. Why do I bother hoping that missiles will ever be more than a parlor trick in Eve?

not awesome at all

any comment on the shield recharge rates?

No not spruce goose, great white whale. Moby ****.

I have yet to see a PVE rattlesnake survive any attack in null. Or kill a single attacker. We kill quite a lot of them so even if what you say is true it changes nothing. (even the guy that used ecm drones to escape the 1st grid died after he landed from warp.

Has any thought been given to the nerf to Rattlesnake (and it's smaller companions) when considering utility drones. Can we perhaps get the same percentage buff given across all drone classes?

Example:
2 x EC-900 == weak
5 x EC-900 == Fighting Chance
2 x EC-900 * 275% == Fighting Chance

The same holds true for logi drones, web drones, target painter drones, etc. In fact, with the increased missile damage, target painter drones may be useful to the Rattlesnake if they get the same boost.

Still a little concerned that the bonuses for lesser drones (small, med for rattlesnake, and small for gila) have not been implemented or carried over.

The rattlesnake can at least fit full flights of them so not such a problem, but still a loss. Really on the Rattlesnake it is more OcD than anything.

The Gila however will only be able to field 4 lights, plus it has lost the bonus to light drones. The new drone stats will help some, but This does make it significantly more vulnerable to small fast ships in both Pve and Pvp.

Please CCP rise, take this into account and give a bonus to lights on the Gila and lights and mediums on the Rattlesnake.
Possibly you intend to do this but are waiting for feedback?
There is now feedback.

The general opinion is positive (theres always exceptions who hate change) but the issue mentioned above is concerning and fixing it will take nothing away from your otherwise excellent changes or make them more powerful than you have made them.

Tl;dr give appropriate bonus back to balance light drones on Gila..
(and if you are feeling generous on the Rattlesnake too.)

Yes, we'd all like another second role bonus for our Pirate battleshipsGǪ