Well CCP has tried to fix something again, and again it screws me over..... looks like i have to train another racial frig to 5. Making the raptor slower really irks me. Now caldari interceptors are kind of useless in 0.0.
THANKS CCP

I thought the whole point of doing smaller updates at a higher frequency was to avoid crap changes like nerfing a whole weapon system as it applies to one type of ship, with blatant disregard to how it effectively breaks other ships that use the same?

The feedback has been overwhelmingly negative. I suppose the changes could have been modified before the release, had the notes on this been published more than a week and change before the release date. But, I suppose that's not your fault, either. That's assuming, of course, that you read or care what's in these forums in the first place.

Try fitting that fourth hardpoint with a LML without an increase in grid. These changes will kill LML crows because they will need a fitting mod just to fit a full rack of launchers, an MWD, and a point. Basically, they're turning the Crow into a rocket 'ceptor without being obvious about it.

Push back implementation until Phoebe.

Yes, and with that MAPC eating up half of your two available low slots just to mount a full rack of launchers, good luck achieving enough mobility to be remotely effective as a fast tackler. And with that full rack of launchers now having no damage bonus (-50% damage), and a 6% reduced RoF, good luck getting anything close to the kind of damage output you had before even with an extra launcher.

If only you had enough low slots to fit an MAPC, a speed mod, and a damage mod....

Or, you could suck it up, fit rockets, and take advantage of the application bonus to murder drones that get sent after you while you tackle something from 28-30km while going fast enough to actually function. But hey, your call.

You already have to do that to get 3 launchers and an MSE on there....

Do you actually fly the Crow, or just needlessly attack those with valid points?

Educate yourself, woman.

i think the only person who doesn't agree the ishtar needs some heavier nerfing asap is rise

You fit inertia stabilizers and an em ward field.....

Credibility lost.

Haha okay man, you go ahead and bloom your sig without increasing your speed.

I'm sure the 30% em resist on your shield is equally vital.

Yep. Just tried it. Nothing happened. Got bored orbiting a friend of mine after five minutes without a single shot at me.

If your only concern is getting locked on a gate, then yes, iStabs are great. This is why they're commonly used in travel fits. If you're concerned about actually speed-tanking damage once you have engaged, they usually end up hurting you because even 1-2m of sig can make a huge difference with applied damage. This is why I prefer Maledictions to Crows: lower sig offsets the lack of the EHP from a MSE.

First up the crows "damage" was pathetic to begin with. Second Having to chose between weapons and a tank Is bad. Dont believe me then Lets bring back the Old Omen. Thirdly, you had to gimp your fit anyway to get 2 second align times. to the point that you cant really tackle and survive enemy drones with a fast aligning fit.

I feel the crow changes and the mal changes are too heavy handed. and are more likely to send them to the dustbin than actually used.

Nullsec was never meant to be safe (just like wh's), and easymode gank protection (dropping a ton of bubbles on the in-gate) is a thing of the past. Deal with it.

link the fit that does all of this

did you lost your ratting ishtar to malediction ? looks like lot of goons did , that's why they whine.

flag to you in hands crow go live in the hangar now!

Goons Cry CCP Awnsers

are you going to completely ignore everything people have said about the rocket restriction or what

some kind of justification would be nice, and some reasonable use case for rockets on a malediction

i think you missed the part where he said
-0.55 Inertia
addressing that issue

also the fact that it has exactly the same damage as the crow now means that a lml malediction would just be a crow with -1 mid +2 lows, and no range bonus, no application bonus and a useless armor bonus topped off by 6% reduced rof

3 launchers with 25% rof is exactly the same as 4 launchers dps,