Bartholomeus Crane
Gallente Center for Advanced Studies
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Posted - 2006.11.22 01:18:00 -
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The drone bay increase is a welcome change for a Myrmidon that was gimped from the beginning.
For those claiming the Myrmidon is now overpowered against the other BCs, I can say that this is not true. I've done the math in the BC thread (around page 25 I believe) and the damage increase for a player with maxed drone skills against average resist using 5 Ogre IIs (which do max DPS of all drones) instead of the previous 4 is 68.91 DPS, that is, 5 Ogre IIs will now do 344.53 DPS against the 275.62 DPS of 4 Ogre IIs.
That's it! A measly increase of less than 70 DPS at (un)godly skills. The total drone DPS under these conditions will be less than 350 DPS. If one compares this with T2 launchers, one can not but abmit: its pathetic.
The only way, the Myrmidon can increase its DPS is by fitting guns. For this, it has no bonus. Repeat: no bonus.
The highest DPS the Myrmidon can add is by using blasters. There are a number of problems with trying to make a blaster/drone boat out of the Myrmidon: 1. Blasters have high fitting needs while the Myrmidon has low fitting capabilities 2. Blasters are close range weapons while the Myrmidon has low velocity, has low agility, and a huge sig radius
Let's face it, fitting the Myrmidon as a blaster boat is PvP suicide. It is simply not viable (I'm not even going into the nerfed T2 ammo).
Add to this the following remarks: 1. Drones are still broken (see the drone whinage thread) 2. Drones will become more vulnerable with the HP increase 3. The Myrmidon has one less slot to fit than the other BCs 4. When using 5 heavies, the Myrmidon has no backups (and a drone boat without drones is a dead drone boat)
From the above one can conclude only one thing: the Myrmidon's DPS in a non-suicidal fit will be average at best compared with the other BCs, both T1 and T2. To be entirely honest, I still think that the Myrmidon will lack staying power in a fight, and I do mean PvP. But then again, I do not know exactly because I can't seem to log onto Sisi right now to test it (hangs in station?).
I'm sorry your Drake got nerfed. Maybe it got nerfed too much. I honestly can't tell. I can tell you what I think helped convince the devs to ungimp the Myrmidon though: reasonable arguments, backed up with numbers. Call me strange, but I don't think, hissy fits, creaming 'I quit!', and being abusive or negative is going to work.
So I'll dare you, show me two reasonable fits (spare me the *******s please), one for the Myrmidon and one for the tier 2 BC of your choice. Then show me where the Myrmidon WTFPWNBBQs the other. I don't think you'll find one. -- Drone users unite! Support drone whinage |