Reaper Grim
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Posted - 2003.10.18 05:14:00 -
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i think that the main problem with the diversity of ships is there prices have dropped to f**king stupid levels,
i got eve in the forst week of release and i paid 500k - 600k for my first incursus and the same for a rifter after that, i payed 9 mill for my celestis (a bargin at the time when it was 11 mill) .
now - u can get an incursus/rifter/vigil etc for 150k-250k theres no point in the smaller frigates (most were in probes or basic indys to begin with and i made cash running escort duties in my combat frigate)
and cruisers are now as cheap as 2 million for an entry cruiser and only 5 million for a toip of the line - thorax/rupture/moa when they were like 6-8 mill for an entry level cruiser and around 15 million for a top of the lione if memory serves me corrrect
battle ships original price tags from npc's were around 100million for your basic ones (dom/scorp/arm etc) and the top of the line were a massive 200 million!!!!!!
but now they are 50 million and 90 million respectively.
im sure that if ships were sold at what they were originally sold at, then there would be an instant need to use all classes of ships, as u would use frigs to fight cruisers, cruisers for battle ships etc, cos any other way would be too costly or not worth the time.
this way you would get battles involving frigs to fight frigs and cruisers or just bug the battle ships, cruisers to act as fly swatters for battle ships and to open fire on everyone, and the battle ships to just obliterate frigs with a lucky shot (as the tracking does stink - like it should) take out cruisers fairly easily, and to mainly fight the other sides battle ship.
the battles would need tactics (frigs up front onhit and run attacks, cruisers doing the general duties of war, and battle ships as long range support nuking anything that is causing trouble for the rest of the fleet while sitting 80km + away for example)
frigates would be useful to try and do 'death star' type runs on the battle ships, and diverting cruisers and frigs to defend it.
but as it is now, they are all to cheap, and there is no real loss involved in frigates or cruisers now, only battleships pose a large loss, but a corp can buy a new one in a few days now, a week at worst.
and if it cant, then they should stick with the lower class' of ships, which would nhave a purpose again.
just my opinion, i have battle ships cruisers and frigates, until i lost my celestis a week ago i used to use that mainly and my rifter as the battle ship made everything too easy, and i keep the battle ship for when im out in the middle of no-where alone purely for its surviveability factor over the other class'.
any how, ill end this lot here.
sorry if its a bit long, and i hope it gives you all somthing to think on.
thanks
Reaper Grim
"busy floating aimlessly around the middle of nowhere, exploring what isnt there"
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