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Solaris Vex
Brave Newbies Inc.
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Posted - 2014.12.20 08:30:47 -
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The Rook desperately needs an ECM optimal range bonus to be useful in a fleet fight. Right now its far more expensive then a blackbird and must get suicidally close to an enemy fleet to apply jams.
The Lachesis has a similar problem. The Remote Sensor Dampener effectiveness is basically useless, no one will fit damps on a Lachesis when the Celestis does the job better at a fraction of the cost.
The same goes for the Amarr recons tracking disrupter bonus and to a lesser degree the Minmatars target painting. The combat recons are supposed to be force multipliers for their fleet but most simply do not have the range to apply their ewar. |
Solaris Vex
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
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Posted - 2014.12.20 08:59:01 -
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Furthermore the split turret/launcher hardpoints adds extra buttons and micromanagement, this is not the kind of complexity that a busy recon pilot needs.
Removing the neut strength from the curse is effectively a nerf to its role as a hunter for blops fleet. A hunters role involve sneaking up on a ratter, usually a battleship or t3, decloaking at point blank range, then scramming the target and lighting a covert cyno. In this situation a range bonus is nearly useless and the strength bonus is important for increasing the change the victim will be capped out in one cycle. So removing the neut strength is really a huge nerf to the curse.
Whoever wrote the changes in the op doesn't seem to understand why most recons are broken. |
Solaris Vex
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
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Posted - 2014.12.24 01:08:44 -
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Most combat recons are still inferior to their t1 counterparts, the rook for example can only get ecm optimal range out to ~65km compared to the blackbirds more then 100km optimal. The descan immunity is only useful in very niche situations, like being a hard to find fighter bunny in anons and running relic/data wormhole sites with less risk. |
Solaris Vex
Brave Newbies Inc.
Brave Collective
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Posted - 2015.01.04 22:27:00 -
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As it stands only the huginn and lachesis are viable in nullsec fleets and this patch will not change that, or the fact that T3s do the job better then recons themselves.
Please bring fozzie back. |
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