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Naughty Boy
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Posted - 2006.07.27 19:15:00 -
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 Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
I see Minmatar as a versatile race. Quick and nimble. Minmatars can shield tank but they are better armour tank.
Why the shield boost bonus if you don't shield tank? For the sake of a wasted bonus?
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Naughty Boy
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Posted - 2006.07.27 19:25:00 -
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Originally by: Jenny Spitfire
The same reason why people armour tank Raven or shield tank Scorpion or Domi with nosferatus/neutralisers and dont really use their bonuses. The bonus on the Maelstorm is like a hidden mid-slot and you do have 6 slots to fit your tank but you only need 5 slots minimum to tank nicely.
People armor tanking a raven don't waste a bonus. People shield tanking a scorp or using guns on a tanked ecm domi are using modules so overpowered than they are better than alternative mods even with bonuses.
What's the point of a shield booster bonus if you can armor tank better than you can shield tank, when fitting a versatile setup ?
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Naughty Boy
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Posted - 2006.07.27 20:12:00 -
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Edited by: Naughty Boy on 27/07/2006 20:15:31
Originally by: Yoshimako
Because of the shield boost bonus, at lvl 5 bs it is like having a gisti boost amp in permanently, couple that with a full shield tank and ure talking about a rediculous tanking beast.
In general, a 7.5% shield boosting amount/level bonus isn't as good as a 5% resist. So, at lvl 5 bs it is not even like having a regular t1 invulnerability field permanently. Puts it in another perspective 
A shield tank on 7 slots is scary, on the other hand an armor tank on 7 slots with a cap injector is just as scary. People won't fit an armor tank on 7 low slots except for very particular jobs (bait) and people won't tank an AC setup with 7 mids because they better spend some of their mids on a propulsion mod and a web, else they aren't that useful. And people won't fit it on an arty setup, because you don't really active tank an artillery setup anyway.
Edit: As for the crystal set, it's another balancing issue on its own.
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Naughty Boy
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Posted - 2006.07.27 20:34:00 -
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Edited by: Naughty Boy on 27/07/2006 20:40:08
Originally by: Azerrad
Assuming this is true, is the Rohk with 7 mid slots balanced?
Seriously, with damage mods and a full tank, there's no much point in not using a RCU or two to fit the big guns. Then we end up with more damage and more tank for the rokh than for the maelstorm (under 20km for the t1 ammo and 30km for t2 ammo). Sounds like a caldari whinging about a fully shield tanked gank maelstorm needs to check its own tier 3 bs for worse issues, even if they have the same amount of mids, and in particular if the maelstorm is a slow ship.
Linky.
Oh, and free whines for all \o/
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Naughty Boy
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Posted - 2006.07.28 01:55:00 -
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Originally by: Randay
Caldari pilots have been working around this problem since forever. Shield tanking uses mid slots. Adapt.
I'll work around a slot layout I don't like with a raven, I think.
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