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Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.22 20:48:21 -
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Very impressive, you just hit the ball out of the park with this one Rise. The current drone meta is oppressive and is cutting the number of alternative viable compositions to a point where you'd be crazy not to use drones.
These changes seem to strike a good balance of hitting the most prolific offender the hardest while toning down drones in general by a small degree.
Also good to see some love for the Tempest, although it was a good ship before in my eyes, I guess the metrics were showing that it wasn't getting much use. With this change it should make a nano fit PvP Tempest more than viable. Please extend this change to the TFI also though. |
Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.22 21:04:21 -
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Gremk wrote:The only thing I find frustrating about drone boats is how easy it is to wipe their DPS when using heavies/medium/lights. Lowering the DPS is understandable but don't forget the HUGE drawbacks of having a DPS platform that is 100% destructible.
And this is part of the problem with the Ishtar, going for its drones is suicidal and is not ever going to be a viable tactic while it has a 375m3 drone bay. If you think you can chew through 3 full flights of heavy drones or countless amounts of medium or lights and then still destroy the Ishtar itself before being vaporised; try it and see how it ends.
Only on ships like the standard vexor and the others with 250m3 and below, then to some degree the prospect of destroying the drones starts to become more viable. |
Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.22 21:26:28 -
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Terra Chrall wrote:In tight contests where ships are not alpha'd off the field, targeting drones is a smart tactic to ease enemy dps. Sentries don't call for logi support, so they go down easily when targeted. Yes the Ishtar's can redeploy many more but they have to move into drone optimal range to do it, giving more opportunities to catch the Ishtar with more of your own dps.
It is not the best tactic, but it does have a place. Much like firewalls, they are effective under the right circumstances, but useless other times.
That is very true, where two fleets are able to maintain logi reps then going for the drones would become quite effective. I need to do more large gang PvP. *chuckles* |
Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.22 23:06:18 -
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Galphii wrote:Back during the first BS balance pass I suggested the Tempest get a falloff bonus, and I reiterate that now.
Remove the damage bonus but give it an extra turret slot, it's not exactly short on spare highs.
Keep the rof at 5% & give it the 10% falloff bonus autocannon hulls enjoy.
Give the fleet issue the 7.5% rof bonus, along with 7 turrets. Spicy!
I'd rather keep two heavy neuts. |
Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.22 23:42:37 -
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Fanny'Bandit wrote:a broad nerf which already hurts bleeding ships like domis/myrmidon are hardly seen and now its gonna be worse......
.... and the domi which is slowly becomeing the worst battleship in the game
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Moac Tor
Cy-Core Industries
Stain Confederation
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Posted - 2015.06.23 20:47:31 -
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Neok1337 wrote:Someone posted on the first page and said about the ability to detach dps when you drop dentrys.
But how about if insted of dropping them they just set up a fixed orbit around the ship.
^ That would actually be a pretty good idea, it probably wouldn't completely fix the problem but it would make drones a lot easier to balance. |
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