Capqu wrote:Zverofaust wrote:Incredibly disappointed. More experienced and skilled wordsmiths have explained why better than I ever could, but I feel this change was needed. I love wheniammzi as much as anyone but erasing entire fleets of enemy shis is simply too easy at the moment and the pressure of that fact has had a huge effect on the meta. That fight a couple of weeks ago in which almost 800 tengus faced off from a half dozen different fleets should have been a wakeup call that **** is getting ridiculous.
I don't know the best way to do it but the announced changes seemed to be on the right track -- not so much a nerf as simply requiring mote effort, organization and planning to wield the horrific power that bombers undeniably hold.
I'd hoped like many that ccp was serious about revolutionizing the game with huge changes but this really hits me in the feels.
wheniaminspace and ammzi have both posted in this thread telling you why this change didn't really change their ability to bomb effectively with isboxer
in fact both of the previous people have argued in favour of banning the use of isboxer with bombing instead
everyone agrees isboxing bombing is completely out of control but that nerf wasn't going to effect to even nearly the same extent it would have classic bombing
Despite all this, the PL talking heads still say the same thing "nerf bombers", like it will put them into BS fleets.
So what would they be saying if bomb launchers could be fit on something like a battleship? Align, MJD, launch.
10 12 seconds later, no more enemy fleet.
NERF BATTLESHIPS! BATTLESHIPS OP!
Never mind that it was the bombs that did the damage. Applied damage from bombs has almost nothing to do with the ship that launches it. Yet they still cry to nerf the ship, leaving the weapon system untouched.
In reality, they're going to be rolling around in OP T3s that can be blops bridged with 50% reduced fatigue and cooldowns, refit on the fly with mobile depots or at a POS, and be completely combat ready in 2 minutes with a fleet that is stronger than any BS fleet for the exact same reasons they always have: reduced sigRad and massive tank.
1337 pvpers: "These aren't the nerfs you're looking for."