Originally by: Rod Blaine

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I'd assume that in that case the megathron would finally get the changes it needs to become a viable blasterboat.

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Originally by: delta2zero

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that 15ms is going to make a world of difference! now us gallenete can have the massive imbalanced speed minmatar bs pilots have grown used to

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Originally by: fkingfurious

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And another thing. Whats all this talk about versatility.

A Mega can snipe, blast, fight mid range with Dual 250's and an armour tank, people seem to think the fact that it cant use ECM means it ain't versitile. Which is rubbish.

It doesnt need to be faster. It takes me about 25 secs to cover 20 - 25 km to get in range, which isnt exactly a long time. If ur fighting at ranges greater than that u have to accept that you are IN THE WRONG SHIP.

To be a better blaster boat than the mega the Hype needs to have noticeably greater damage, and the only way i can think that i could improve my neutron fit wouold be fot it to have 8 lows.

With an 8/6/6 layout id be sticking to the megathron. It would still annihilate most things it finds and if ne silly sod in a Hype tries it on i'll just wait for him to do the MWDing before i shoot him to bits.

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Originally by: Laughlyn Vaughns

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Edited by: Laughlyn Vaughns on 31/07/2006 20:10:35
from lookign at the ine of things the tier 3 BS are bigger tier 1 battlecruisers with slightly changed bonii on sum of them but the other 3 races getting the Tanking bonii. i think the MWD bonus shud get scrapped and summat more usefull put in, and i aint even much of a gallente pilot but even when i am i dotn use MWD's on any ship, unelss travelling long distances.

if the mega is supposed to be the long range Railboat then give have it as a damage and range bonii, maybe +5% to both so as not to tread on the Rokh toes, reduce the mega's drone bay as its a sniper and give that to the hyperion.

that way give the Hyperion the tracking bonus or the repper bonus plus say 125m3 drone bay to turn it into a proper blaster boat. Summat that can fit 8 Neuts II's and 5 heavy drones so that it is the deadliest ship ever upclose and personal, drawback beign it takes a while to get upclose and it can be scrambled/webbed ect despite the fact it may kill u in seconds if it gets the chance

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Originally by: Sadist

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Levin, dear, you know how much I'd love that but alas, it seems it's not meant to be. Would you like me to buy you a ticket to iceland and set the record straight with Tux?

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Originally by: Adamantium Beams

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7500 capacitor, 500 sec regen, mwd and tank problems solved

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Originally by: Tuxford

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I wrote something about this bonus in my next blog which should come out soon, and basically I agree, the cap bonus isn't very sweet bonus and of the 4 tier 3 battleship Hyperion is probably the worst in its current form on the development server. Don't assume that we're blissfully ignorant about that though, in fact I've already changed the bonus to,... drumroll please,... mass addition reduction bonus. Was mostly a mad idea but I guess its worth a look at. Still I think when the other get a tanking bonus they will win over this one.

Anyway I'll be on and off vacation for about two weeks so if there comes fresh static on SISI don't be surprised if some of it is a bit funky

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Originally by: Jago X

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hmm well the reasons for not using a falloff bonus have more to do with not making the tempest completely obselete than they do with not bieng a useful bonus on a blaster bonus imo.

Neutron Blaster Cannon :
10km base falloff
+25% for lvl5 Trajectory Analysis
+25% null ammo

gives you about 15.6km falloff

with 10% per level BS bonus that goes to about 23.4km (correct me if im wrong here - my maths is terrible)

then also maybe consider putting a couple of tracking computers ontop of that

now add that to the optimal and suddenly you have a blasterboat that can hit out almost as far as a tempest for much greater damage and with much better tracking .

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