Iddo Cohaagen
Calamitous-Intent
Feign Disorder
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Posted - 2015.04.29 08:35:42 -
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Kadesh Priestess wrote:
Out of these options, i would pick following:
- No logi modules on t3 cruisers
- t1/integrated (damage-dealing) drones only
- t1 damps only
- no bastion
I like all of these, and would add one more: all mindlink implants are not allowed
What I would not like to have:
-Damps restricted to bonused hulls only
-A minimum number of pilots required (either a full 12 or any arbitrary minimum)
-Cap transfers banned
With respect to drones: I think augmented drones & geckos should not be allowed. I'm not too opposed to T2 drones, and I think T2 repair drones should stay. Allowing Integrated drones seems like a reasonable compromise
Turtles: I liked the cap-transfer Rattlesnake/Golem setup that Ronin brought against Hydra last year, and I think setups like that have a legitimate place in the tournament. A "tinker" built around a T2 logi is still relatively strong (albeit not nearly as strong as a tinker Tengu or Loki), but could be nerfed somewhat more by banning mindlinks. Removing the bastion module and restricting drones to T1/integrated versions also nerfs the Ronin-style setup pretty significantly. Yes, I suppose there is a still a risk that you end up with a stalemate scenario where both teams bring "turtles" and neither team can kill anything, but I guess I'm less concerned about this (if you don't want to go into reverse TiDi, then your team shouldn't have brought a turtle setup).
Damps: The main reason I wanted to remove mindlinks is to nerf bonused damps even more. Restricting damps to the T1 variant and nerfing information links by banning mindlinks should help a lot. I don't understand the rationale for restricting damps to the bonused hulls only. Hiding e-war in mid-slots of your core & support ships should be legitimate strategy. Furthermore, unbonused damps were never the problem; it was the ridiculous damping power you could get from bonused hulls + links + heat that was the real issue.
Also, I appreciate that Kadesh and Bob are leading a discussion on this on a public forum. I realize you could have just as easily lobbied CCP for rule changes privately, and kept a lot of this information to yourself.
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