Im a null sec player, who is inevitably forced into flying ceptors as they are the final word in catching and killing anything outside of blue balls and gate camps.

I dont like it, they are OP for what they are.

If your going to make other role ships use slots for thier unique abilities then why not the interceptors?

Cov Ops have cloaks, ECM have thier various modules, T3s have thier sub systems.

Why not introduce a similar module for interceptors, reasonably heavy on thier resources that they do not have effective tanks AND dps therefore making them a fleet component (like the ballance of logi in a fleet) and NOT a every man in a ceptor.

While i love getting carrier kills, ratter kills etc.. i still think a whole fleet getting through a bubble at these expensive ships INSTANTLY is unfair to those who have bought the ships.

Balance these ships similar to cov ops or T3 please so you have to fit to warp through bubbles p[lease

If you are com plaining about inties always being the ships that get the tackle on ratter/targets then well THAT IS WHAT ITS DESIGNED TO DO

There are lots of counters to interceptors:

Warrior II's (hell even Acolyte II's murder them)
RLML's
Combat Inties
A Scram
Webs
AF's
Dessies
Dictors (yes these murder Inties)
EAF's
t1 frigs
Pirate Frigs
Navy Frigs
Smartbombs
neuts
Recons
And the Big one

BETTER PILOTING!!!!!

If you are com plaining about inties always being the ships that get the tackle on ratter/targets then well THAT IS WHAT ITS DESIGNED TO DO

There are lots of counters to interceptors:

Warrior II's (hell even Acolyte II's murder them)
RLML's
Combat Inties
A Scram
Webs
AF's
Dessies
Dictors (yes these murder Inties)
EAF's
t1 frigs
Pirate Frigs
Navy Frigs
Smartbombs
neuts
Recons
And the Big one

BETTER PILOTING!!!!!

If you are com plaining about inties always being the ships that get the tackle on ratter/targets then well THAT IS WHAT ITS DESIGNED TO DO

There are lots of counters to interceptors:

Warrior II's (hell even Acolyte II's murder them)
RLML's
Combat Inties
A Scram
Webs
AF's
Dessies
Dictors (yes these murder Inties)
EAF's
t1 frigs
Pirate Frigs
Navy Frigs
Smartbombs
neuts
Recons
And the Big one

BETTER PILOTING!!!!!

You're assuming that the Inty is long enough on grid to get a lock on it .... your argument is just wrong. I'm not whining about any AFK Kills but you're whining about your cheap-as-shirt-ship which can get you shiny killmails without getting into the danger of loosing it. If you land in a gatecamp, all you have to do is to hit the warp-to button, wave to the gatecamp and spam the local with "Ceeya Nerds".
Oh and writing with capslock does not intensify your argument. It just makes reading your Post harder. JFYI

That's only if you surprise them or they aggro you and you are fitted for it. Catching them on a gate or an undock with a good insta, when in a bubble, even with 6250 scan res in another ceptor, is still impossible. Even having mods activated before the lock doesn't help since they deactivate even if you fail to completely lock a few times.
I'm going to start frapsing the attempts and putting them on youtube.

Before you start spouting about how you think I'm a low skill noob with no experience.
Current Skills: 361 (Skill Points: 139,265,270.00)
I've been playing eve non-stop since 2006
I've been in nullsec since 2008
Most of the time spent in frig and cruiser sized ships Tackling and Ganking anywhere there was PvP.
So, I've had a lot of practice.

You're assuming that the Inty is long enough on grid to get a lock on it .... your argument is just wrong. I'm not whining about any AFK Kills but you're whining about your cheap-as-shirt-ship which can get you shiny killmails without getting into the danger of loosing it. If you land in a gatecamp, all you have to do is to hit the warp-to button, wave to the gatecamp and spam the local with "Ceeya Nerds".
Oh and writing with capslock does not intensify your argument. It just makes reading your Post harder. JFYI

You're assuming that the Inty is long enough on grid to get a lock on it .... your argument is just wrong.

1. A Dictor is useless against an Interceptor while the Destroyerclass always was the hard counter to most Frig hulls.

2. An Interceptor is not pointable right now if fitted correctly. It's not possible, even with a 4500mm scan res Hyena.

Oh and writing with capslock does not intensify your argument. It just makes reading your Post harder. JFYI

You're assuming that the Inty is long enough on grid to get a lock on it .... your argument is just wrong. I'm not whining about any AFK Kills but you're whining about your cheap-as-shirt-ship which can get you shiny killmails without getting into the danger of loosing it. If you land in a gatecamp, all you have to do is to hit the warp-to button, wave to the gatecamp and spam the local with "Ceeya Nerds".
Oh and writing with capslock does not intensify your argument. It just makes reading your Post harder. JFYI

Here's an example of a "waving"fit for a crow :

[Crow, "Ceeya Nerds" Edition]
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Inertia Stabilizers II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
Warp Disruptor II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

Light Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Mjolnir Fury Light Missile

Small Low Friction Nozzle Joints I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I



I've seen pilots multiboxing several Intys so you still have the problem that it can't be catched on a stargate so DPS ist just a matter of how many clients you can run. I am also assuming a scenario of a gatecamp. If the scenario moves from a gate to lets say a Planet and the Inty is out of Webrange, the Inty wins against sabre and an eris easily and might loose to a Heretic or Flycatcher and here comes the if, if he stays on grid without warping off as the Inty point outranges the dictor one's.

The "Shiny" kills you refer to are usually carriers as they dont have a disengage like BS's and smaller have (and even if its a BS thats killed sorry but thats just the BS pilot being Bad)

Carriers can kill interceptors with warriors and acolytes (hobs are too slow) ore even, in the case of a solo inty getting point, refit off a Depot for a warp stab (the inty cant kill the depot fast enough) But more importantly: Why are you in a Carrier Unsupported?

Again i do agree that the Inty warping from gates is a little too much however in an interceptor seconds count. the longer i am spending in warp or aligning is more time for the target (i still have to find) to get away.

Im sorry if this aint you view but there are too many nullbears who dont like the fact I can warp a frig to their site out of 20 others and tackle their carrier before they can align and warp off,

So recons are OP, T3's are OP, Bhargests/Orthrus/Garmur are OP, Cynabals, Vagabonds, Munnins, Condors, Cormorants, Slicers, Sentinels, Jag's, Wolf's, Coercers, Deimos's, Thorax's AND a whole other list of ships that can kite and disengage when needed to Because (this is the point) They are fitted to do so are now officially declared by you to be OP and therefore needing to be nerfed so they cant out pilot you

Wow. You would almost think that weren't some mid or high slot modules which completely ignore transversal that can totally shut down an inty. Or ships slightly larger than inties that could send super fast drones after them.

I like explosions myself, don't get me wrong! It's fine if you can get cheap kills like carriers or whatever capital is ratting/minging, but the way Null smallscale has changed is unacceptable. 90% of Smallscale pvp is done by under 1% of Ships avaiable in EVE. Just open your Intel and count how many maledictions and crows get reported during EU or US prime..... and you can't catch them. Smallscale isn't happening except for those real pvp'ers who are willing to loose stuff. Intys are just farming AFK-Ratters, nothing more while smallscale is not existing.

So your trying to say because you can kite me and stay out of my effective range (as I need to web you to shoot you) and disengage because you only pointed you are OP and therefore should not be able to do that........

So recons are OP, T3's are OP, Bhargests/Orthrus/Garmur are OP, Cynabals, Vagabonds, Munnins, Condors, Cormorants, Slicers, Sentinels, Jag's, Wolf's, Coercers, Deimos's, Thorax's AND a whole other list of ships that can kite and disengage when needed to Because (this is the point) They are fitted to do so are now officially declared by you to be OP and therefore needing to be nerfed so they cant out pilot you

EDIT: I will also add that the INTY is using a Long point not a scram, so therefore yopu can disengage as much as he can, its just a tad harder.

Interceptors are easily countered by anyone interested in countering them, they take advantage of complacency and laziness, but are vulnerable to awareness and defensiveness.

Interceptors are exactly where they need to be. If you split them into dps or nullified, then it's pointless to ever use the dps versions as opposed to an AF.

Interceptors are countered by literally any ship with a scram. Non-combat ceptors can barely kill anything without multiple ceptors, or as is intended, assistance. And combat interceptors are easily countered by assault frigates.

The only way an interceptor can stay on grid risk-free is to be combat ineffective and unable to point. If you are within crow LML range of a target you are susceptible to other frigates coming after you.

MJDs have further balanced interceptors in that if you decide to stay safe and longpoint a battleship/battlecruiser you risk them MJDing away, assuming they are fully aligned when they do this they can instantly warp as soon as the MJD ends.

Catching ratting carriers in interceptors is extremely difficult and generally only achieved by the carrier making a mistake. For example a ratting carrier not having light drones, not having a neut, or a falcon buddy. If the carrier pilot has any of these things an interceptor pilot is rendered completely ineffective.

A single flight of light drones with 1 drone navigation computer makes warriors go 8.1km/s, faster than most skirmish linked interceptors. Even if you are faster than warriors, unless it is by a great deal (10km/s or so, not realistic for ceptors) you will be caught unless you are going in a straight line and hence, unable to maintain point. Light drones are so much more agile than an interceptor that even if their total velocity is lower, their orbit velocity is higher, so if the inty is orbiting he will most likely be caught.

The popular trend of afktars is even harder on ceptors as generally an ishtar will have a drone nav comp and light drones of some sort.

Any sort of neut immediately hurts interceptors because it requires above average skills to maintain cap stability with your propmod and point(s) on (even with the point cap usage decrease). As soon as your propmod shuts off any drones after you catch up and your transversal drops.

Inties are even more vulnerable in massive nullsec fights. You basically have to stay off grid because someone will always come after you or cheeky members of the enemy fleet will shoot at you, or logi will send light drones after you, or you'll get target painted scrammed and 50 ishtars decide you are the next prime.

And none of this even mentions RLML cerbs or caracals.

Interceptors are easily countered by anyone interested in countering them, they take advantage of complacency and laziness, but are vulnerable to awareness and defensiveness.

The role of an Interceptor is to intercept and to tackle. What do you expect of a 20 mil hull?? It's not killing ratters, it's not killing ratting caps. But that is what they are used for 95% of the time. I don't rat afk, I prefer the active ratting aspect of eve. But what I would like to see is a ship that is not broken by exploiting latency physics and server ACK/ARP times.

I've seen pilots multiboxing several Intys so you still have the problem that it can't be catched on a stargate so DPS ist just a matter of how many clients you can run. I am also assuming a scenario of a gatecamp. If the scenario moves from a gate to lets say a Planet and the Inty is out of Webrange, the Inty wins against sabre and an eris easily and might loose to a Heretic or Flycatcher and here comes the if, if he stays on grid without warping off as the Inty point outranges the dictor one's.

The role of an Interceptor is to intercept and to tackle. What do you expect of a 20 mil hull?? It's not killing ratters, it's not killing ratting caps.

Only a battleship or curse can carry these "high slot modules which completely ignore transversal that can totally shut down an inty", aka heavy neuts. Any inty pilot with a few brain cells is going to stay way outside of the 12.6km range medium neuts have.

And if you're in a longpoint interceptor and die one on one to a drone boat... you should be laughed at and hit with an oar. No drone boats in the game can keep up with the Crow or Malediction, meaning if you for some reason CAN'T outrun or outright kill their drones, you can leave.

Some Intys are broken right now and that has come to CCP's attention. I didn't say "Ceptors are a bad thing", I said that the synergy of their fast align time and bubble immunity made them an uncatchable one-trick-pony.

I like explosions myself, don't get me wrong! It's fine if you can get cheap kills like carriers or whatever capital is ratting/minging, but the way Null smallscale has changed is unacceptable.

90% of Smallscale pvp is done by under 1% of Ships avaiable in EVE.

Just open your Intel and count how many maledictions and crows get reported during EU or US prime..... and you can't catch them.

Smallscale isn't happening except for those real pvp'ers who are willing to loose stuff. Intys are just farming AFK-Ratters, nothing more while smallscale is not existing.