James Zimmer
Furtherance.
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Posted - 2015.06.28 01:31:48 -
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I, like many others, want to see these ships exploding in future AT touraments, so I would like them to be very good and viable, but not too oppressively strong.
The Imp: To me, it doesn't feel Sansha enough. It feels like a buffed Sucubus with some standard interceptor bonusss slapped on, like half-Sansha. Here are some ideas to make it a little cooler and more Sansha:
- The MWD bonus seems out of place for a Sansha ship, and if anyone is going to build an AB interceptor, it's Sansha. Maybe you could go with a slightly higher AB bonus instead, in the 25-30% range. I wouldn't want to push this too far, or it's ability to mitigate damage could get oppressive, even for the alliance tournament, as it already has a high base speed and no sig bloom.
- Maybe improve the tracking bonus to 10-12.5% per level and add a 5% optimal range bonus per level to compensate for the higher speeds. 7.5% feels good, but rather common.
The Fiend: I, for one, am excited about the cruiser being a HIC, if only because it's different. However, even at the best of times, HICs are pretty bland. They bubble or point, and then try not to die. I think throwing that idea on its head would be kind of fun, and would give us a better chance of watching these explode next year.
- Sansha uses afterburners and lasers. A good counter to this is get under their guns with an MWD and hit them with blasters. What if the Fiend was an experimental ship specificly designed to counter the MWD/blaster combo? Bubbles and focused disruption prevent the use of MWD/MJDs, at the cost of 60% reduced range of these modules. This would put the bubble right at T2 scram/web range with no ability to heat for range, and the focused disruption just a hair less than Mordu scram with a T2 scram, again, with no ability to beat for range.
- Reduce the mass/prop mod penalty to 45%, rather than removing it entirely, in order to balance the ship a bit.
Well there are my two cents. Have fun working on these ships, and thanks for putting up with the loud, obnoxious Eve community. You guys are awesome! |