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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.10.27 15:33:00 -
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I keep seeing people complaining about how the Myr being able to field 5 heavies will "give it the dps of a battleship". Bullocks!
The DPS of a Domi with only 5 tech2 heavies is actually quite low. The only reason this works is because of the nos/ecm combo, which isn't going to work nearly as well on the Myrmidon due to the lack of heavy nos and ecm nerf.
A full-gank Brutix can do 980dps. A dual-rep tank Brutix does over 500dps. Gallente are close range. But it looks to me like the Myrmidon will get pwned at all ranges. Hell, I'd take a Vexor up against a Myrmidon. All you gotta do is pop it's drones and tank the light guns because it won't be able to fit any mediums if it takes advantage of it's tank bonus.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.10.30 03:57:00 -
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I've said it before and I'll say it again...
Just up the Myrm drone space to 200 or so and give the drones a 7.5% bonus instead of a 10%. Simple.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.10.30 19:06:00 -
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 Originally by: Packtu'sa
The Myrmidon is not a ganking ship; it's a tanking ship.
All the more reason it needs a larger drone bay. If it's built to tank, then that means it needs to LAST on the battlefield. Without spare drones all it can do is tank until it dies.
Basically if your in a Myrm and you lose your drones, just hit the self-destruct button and be done with it.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.06 23:08:00 -
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5 Heavy drones are hardly "battleship weapons". They're only a supplement to aid the big guns. The DPS of a Dominix with only 5 heavies is actually ****-poor. The only reason it works is because with the other person nossed&ecm'd, they can't do anything but sit there and wait for their inevitable death.
Besides, just give the Myrmidon a 7.5% bonus to drones instead of 10%, let it carry 5 heavies and it'll be about balanced with the other BCs. If it was able to carry 5 heavies with no bonus it would be severely underpowered without a hybrid gun bonus as well and that wouldn't be much of a drone boat.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.07 18:05:00 -
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Give it less pg, 4 turret slots, and 250m3. If it was supposed to use turrets and be like a Vexor or Domi, it should have a hybrid bonus as those ships do. The tanking/drone bonus tells me it's supposed to do damage with drones while outlasting opponents.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.14 18:18:00 -
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Originally by: Tuxford
Of course there is a way like giving it a big drone bay and then a 5% bonus instead of 10% bonus.
How bout a 7.5% bonus instead? 
Or here's an idea... release a high slot drone dmg module and then the 5% bonus would be fine. Then the Myr would really be a drone boat.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.14 23:26:00 -
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Originally by: Rorix Whitecloud
Completely random, but...
What if you give the myr a bonus to light drones? like the Moros bonus (ok maybe not 50% per level), but applies only to lights... this way, it has the drone bay to hold hords of the light drones, and it can deal some good damage.
Thoughts?
Lol, that'd be a tad overpowered me thinks.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.15 16:26:00 -
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Something that often isn't taken into account is that even IF the Myr were to do more raw DPS on paper than the other BCs, in a realistic situation it wouldn't. Every time a drone is shot, the Myr pilot would have to call the drone back. DPS goes down. The further the drone has to travel will effect the overall drone DPS even more.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.16 16:22:00 -
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It takes a bit longer to recall/redeploy a drone than the time it takes to fire one missile. At a range of 10k you're looking at 15-20 seconds for recalling/redeploying a single drone.
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Kruel
Blunt Force Syndicate
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Posted - 2006.11.16 16:32:00 -
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Originally by: Kruel
It takes a bit longer to recall/redeploy a drone than the time it takes to fire one missile. At a range of 10k you're looking at 15-20 seconds for recalling/redeploying a single drone.
I should've clarified, I was talking about a slowboating OgreII. Also, remote reps are crap. If they had a lot more range, they might be useful for drone ships.
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