Vesan Terakol
The Vo'Shun
Bad Intention
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Posted - 2014.10.09 12:38:00 -
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Ok, ok. You say that you can make a capital warp faster. But what do you sacrifice for that mobility?
Lets take the ever so popular Archon and look through all the components that allow its faster move speed.
Warp accelerators - yeah, you can refit those. You should refit those as soon as you approach your destination.
Ascendancy set - You get that to fly your carrier and you don't have your Slave set, which is a good portion of your buffer. Les so important for shield carriers, but who uses those anyway.
Warp speed rigs - again, you are sacrificing your tank for warp seed. And this time, there isn't an option to refit without spending a good amount of ISK every time you do that (good enough to fatigue even the richest if they do what you suggest).
On the topic of bubbles - OK, i didn't knew how those work precisely until a week ago. The thing you see on the screenshot is called a drag bubble. As long as a bubble intersects your warp trajectory and is on the grid your landing, it will suck you out form your expected landing spot. Leaving several drag bubbles like this one, means you'll have to burn 50-60 km to the gate. In a carrier. Or your opponent might be smart enough to catch your travel-fit fleet in transit and trash them.
What i see actually happening is capital ships being built up in strategical locations and cap pilots either jumping clones or flying in interceptors to them. Think of it - a carrier isn't all that expensive. Not in the eyes of large empires. Even supers are affordable.
The cited calculation uses a hypothetical "clean" situation with no obstructions of any sort and full dedication towards a certain goal... Yes, i guess you can drag race in a truck. And people do it. But is that ruck still able to perform its main purpose? I wouldn't worry about the potentials of freight trucks speeding on the highway, when their drivers can just take the plane all the way over the country and drive their second truck stationed over there.
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