JoCool
Caldari
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Posted - 2006.10.05 13:09:00 -
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I just hope the Tier 3 battleships will not outperform our lovely old ones.
That means I'd like the Hyperion different and not take the Blasterthron's role. If it has 6 medium slots or whatever is intended, it should maybe feature 5 low slots at a maximum. Then you might want to give it a shield resistance bonus of 5% per level, so you can really have a new style of ship. A Blasterion with the medium slots for a MWD, Web, Scrambler, Cap Booster, XL SB and an Invul Field/EM Ward as defense. This is like a 3 slot light shield tank. Now due to the lowslots you'd want to fit Power Diagnostic Units if you want Neutrons, Mag stabs if you use Electrons or Ions, ECCMs, Nanos to get RLY fast (ever flown a ship with 5 Nanos? Jesus Christ, it's a rocket with blasters), WCS, Cap Relays or whatever you wish. It's always a surprise to encounter one! Keep the locking range like it is so it does not become a Sniperboat with super tank like the Caldari Tier 3.
My concerns about too strong and "same" boring ships also relates to the Caldari Railboat.
Although I am a Caldari myself and fly nothing else, I fear the Rohk as being too strong with 8 turrets, the range bonus, the shield resistance bonus AND one more slot. It will be the best sniper, but I like it as an alternative to the Megathron, Tempest and Abbadon - not something better. You might want to cut a medium slot so it has the same medium/lowslot configuration like the Raven and change the shield resistance bonus to something else, for example the tracking bonus like the Megathron has so it can also hit at ranges of less than 30km. With 6 (7!) medium slots, the resistances and the not needed tracking enhancers, this ship really might become a too strong sniper tank WITH ecm ability.
The Abbadon is fine, it should be the only can-be-sniper with resistances because its defense is hard to keep up when you're shooting. Therefore it also is not perfect and seems balanced - probably even with the possible one more slot.
The Maelstron looks fine, now that the other ships don't seem uber anymore, it really looks nice. It can boost the most hitpoints per second of all battleships and looks like a good gunboat to me. It cannot hold its target, but then again it's not an AC boat and relies on others as tacklers - like the Rohk and Abbadon will do too.
I hope some of you would feel warm and fuzzy with my ideas about the Tier 3 battleships. Please don't make them too strong - you might want to make then as innovative and "new feel" as possible - for all your good veteran customers out there.
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