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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.20 14:22:00 -
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/signed that Ferox neeeds some post-Drake lovin'.
Although you've gootta be careful about buffing up the Ferox to "be equal to the Brutix" as a hybrid boat. Remember, Myrmidon is the Gall tank ship, and Brutix is the Gall gank ship. Ferox, being the Cal tank ship, shouldn't be out damaging the Brutix- the Brutix should be (roughly) the DPS of the "gank" tier 2 ships.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.20 21:34:00 -
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 Originally by: West Allis
Of course they won't change the ferox. Many of the thousands of people that own them will be like, WTF?
You can't drastically change existing ships.
They've done it plenty of times before. You'd be severely mistaken if you think that all the ships in the game right now are exactly like they were when they first hit TQ.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.20 23:51:00 -
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Originally by: Lucian Corvinus
So since you seem to think that caldari can choose their damage type, you have no problem having the dominix and the myrmidon only have damage to thermal drones, or would that make it to hard for your?
Thats already the case- Thermal drones do far more damage then the other 3. If you want good DPS you've gotta go thermal, if you want another damage type, you've got to take a DPS hit. Same, incidentally, as the Minmatar projectile ammo thing.
Missiles are the only system (and Caldari are the main users of it) that get to choose damage types purely based on what damage type they want to use. A boost to a single damage type (the joint top most useful damage type too) isn't a ship killer.
And yes the Domi does kick ass- but the Myrmidon is a lame duck. Easily the worst out of the stables of all 4 BCs, and it has problems out perfoming a Brutix. You think Drake has problems..........
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2006.11.21 16:09:00 -
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Originally by: Aequitas Veritas
Also, the drones with least damage modifier have a lot higher tracking than the thermal ones compensating and giving them a role different that ogres and hammerheads...
None the less, it does mean you can't pick your damage type arbitrarily, to suit your target. With drones (as with projectiles) there are more factors (and more important factors) at play in picking which drone you choose for the job. If I want high DPS for BS warfare- its gotta be ogres, or I'm picking the weaker "module".
Missiles don't have that- every missile is as good as each other. It wont hurt you to have a single high-damage ammo, due to bonuses. Its just one of the Caldari quirks, one of those things that arn't perfect, and arn't meant to be- no players can just demand the bonus that would work best, and get it. Kinetic is a solid damage type (joint best, with Thermal), so it certainly isn't a ship breaker.
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