Ergo Morte
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Posted - 2006.11.06 23:49:00 -
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 Originally by: Wilhelm Beck
I would like to state before i begin this that I got to page 12 of this thread, then i bogged down, right after the dps graphs.
Thus, I am sure that some wild eyed young man or woman has come to his/her senses, about the idea of allowing a battle cruiser to carry a full compliment of battleship size weapons. The idea that one needs 5 heavy drones with backups in order to successfully fight in a battlecruiser scares me.
If Some GM came to me and was like, "I will grant you a ferrox that can fit 5 torps but has no cargo capacity." I would instantly go for it even without reloads, without bonuses, and without a thought. Even if he/she said the same thing about cruise.
Why then is it a travesty that my gallente comrades can only fit 4 battleship classes weapons on their battlecruiser? even then with out reloads? Let alone the equivalent of the primary weapon of their most scary battleship...
While I will readily admit that Drones are shootable, I do not believe that this fact some how entitles you to the ability to use heavy drones at will.
I would also like to ask about the fact that somehow doing cruiser classed damage became a horrible failure in battle cruiser design. Frankly, as one of those "Caldari cheaters" who chooses to use missiles on my Ferox, I can tell you that I in fact do LESS DPS than a Caracal. Thus, doing slightly more damage than a Vexor is vexing.(ooh... pun-tastic) this should be made up by having more drones and having a fabulous tank.
In closing, I am sure that this will be easily rebutted by commenting on my obvious dis regard for grammar and or spelling. However, if you can explain to me the logic of fitting battleship class weapons to a single BC and calling that balanced because in an artificial environment the numbers are slightly less than what you wanted. Or if you are GM who wants to let me slap 5 torpedos on a Ferox and go tooling around low sec, please let me know. Other than that, have a nice day.
Its a good thing a drone expert like yourself has come to straighten everyone out on exactly what is needed for a Drone boat to effectively fight.
If you got as far as the DPS graphs you would have noted that the Myr is far from overpowered with 5 heavys alone. The main arguement from the Gallente quarter is that we would like a pure drone boat. That means start with a full flight of heavys and balance from that point. If it means that we only end up with 3 or 4 turrets with no bonus in order to maintain balance, so be it. Spares are a neccessity to maintain DPS, think of them as the most expensive spare ammo in the game. CCP has already taken a slot from the Myr this is normal with drone boats however they have yet to actualy give it an appropiate sized drone bay.
The Ishtar (T2 cruiser) and Eos ( command ship ) both can use large drones so withholding that ability from the Myr seems odd. A 250m3 to 300m3 drone bay will grant a nice bit of sustainability and flexibilty without overpowering the Myr. with alarge enough dronebay the Myr may be able to actally be the mid damage, high tank that the description depicts.
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