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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
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Posted - 2014.07.29 14:19:00 -
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Greygal wrote:Is there a timetable for the Ishtar and other HAC changes to go live? I.e., will these changes be going live before, during, or after the Alliance Tournament?
Thanks!
GG
Hyperion's release date is September 23, 2014, so after the AT.
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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
4049
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Posted - 2014.07.29 14:28:00 -
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The Ishtar currently has
Quote:Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level): 7.5% bonus to Heavy Drone max velocity and tracking speed 10% bonus to Drone hitpoints and damage
Heavy Assault Cruisers bonuses (per skill level): 5000m bonus to Drone operation range 7.5% bonus to Sentry Drone optimal range and tracking speed
Role Bonus: 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty
Would the 7.5% bonus to Heavy drone max velocity and tracking also be nerfed to 5%? or Are we ONLY changing the Sentry Drone Optimal Range and Tracking Speed HAC bonus?
I think this is a good start, but it will still be extremely powerful. |
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
4049
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Posted - 2014.07.29 15:24:00 -
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Gizznitt Malikite wrote:Greygal wrote:Is there a timetable for the Ishtar and other HAC changes to go live? I.e., will these changes be going live before, during, or after the Alliance Tournament?
Thanks!
GG Hyperion's release date is September 23, 2014, so after the AT.
According to the thread title, it says Hyperion. According to this and this, Hyperion's Release date is September 23rd. (which may be incorrect).
Accoding to CCP Fozzie's recent tweet, it will go live on Aug 26th, in the middle of the Tourney.
Is hyperion being moved up, is CCP Fozzie wrong, or can we please remove the "Hyperion" tag on this F&I post since it will be released PRIOR to Hyperion?
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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
4050
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Posted - 2014.07.29 17:19:00 -
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Mizhir wrote:CCP Rise wrote:Sentry drones have enormous downsides. They can be killed like other drones AND they don't return to your ship. There's a reason they were never used at all until assist + these tracking/optimal bonuses came along. But with the possibility for 3 full sets of sentries it outweights this downside.
Perhaps the solution is to increase the size (but not bandwidth) of sentry drones. Sentries taking up 50 m3 of space would severely limit the number of sentries a drone ship may utilize. Suddenly Ishtars are 1 set of Sentries, 1 Set of heavies.
Food for thought, not necessarily a good idea (and may require balancing the drone bay of other drone boats).
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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
4050
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Posted - 2014.07.29 17:25:00 -
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Altirius Saldiaro wrote:Make drone ship also lose connection to its drones/sentries if jammed by ECM and/or Sensor Damps. That on top of a max range to maintain active connection to drones/sentries would balance sentries and drone boats all around.
One thing I was really annoyed with: ECM Bursts seems to not effect drones effectively. This should be changed so an ECM burst causes a drone to lose all locks and then aggro based on CCP's wonky drone aggro AI.
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Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed Agony Empire
4051
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Posted - 2014.07.29 19:58:00 -
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Gorski Car wrote:Mizhir wrote:Gizznitt Malikite wrote:Mizhir wrote:CCP Rise wrote:Sentry drones have enormous downsides. They can be killed like other drones AND they don't return to your ship. There's a reason they were never used at all until assist + these tracking/optimal bonuses came along. But with the possibility for 3 full sets of sentries it outweights this downside. Perhaps the solution is to increase the size (but not bandwidth) of sentry drones. Sentries taking up 50 m3 of space would severely limit the number of sentries a drone ship may utilize. Suddenly Ishtars are 1 set of Sentries, 1 Set of heavies. Food for thought, not necessarily a good idea (and may require balancing the drone bay of other drone boats). Interesting concept. 50m3 would probably be too much. Even 30m3 may be sufficient. That would leave an ishtar with 75m3 after 2 sets of sentries. Otherwise 35m3 sentries would give you 25m3 remaining. People can still just depot in new drone sets.
I chose 50 specifically so the ishtar can't fit 2 sets of sentries.
You are right they could use a depot to refit more drones, but since depots are not shared with fleetmates/corpmates, it would compete with the "spare drones" space. It would also be difficult and time consuming to anchor a depot and refit in the middle of a fight.
I'm thinking simply increasing the size of sentries to 50 m3 would really solve this issue without making the ishtar obsolete.
I think an additional feature that would provide a nice ewar counter to drone ships (and improve the use of a not-very-used module) is to have ECM bursts disrupt drones. If the jam succeeds, have the drone return to its owner's control, and then have it aggress based on drone settings and the drone target prioritization AI.
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