Captain Megadeath
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2011.12.07 21:18:00 -
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Kylar Tzu wrote:
Also I like how this chronicle shows how under powered and useless the Naga was made by taking the launchers off. I tried it out when it was on SISI at the time it was my favorite due to the many roles it could fill. Another display of how CCP hates missiles and wants us all to use turrets. But in regards to the chronicle it's self, very well done. We need more back story in EVE keep them coming.
Quite the opposite, they show how the Nagas fragile design and operation uses were not compatible with torpedoes, how attacking was suicide and how, even with rails and its tremendous power, how fragile it (and all Tr3 BC) are.
(also, if CCP hated missiles, they wouldn't have given missile users the Tengu with 600dps @ 100kms and the capability of targeting (& destroying) close frigates. It was simply time that Caldari railgun users got some lovin')
Quote:As he adjusted to the virtuality, he realized that the base specs of the Naga-class had changed since his last session in the tank. OK, theyGÇÖd fitted rails to it in this scenario but that wasnGÇÖt exactly a change. Ah, he chuckled, so theyGÇÖd given up on that idea. Yeah, heGÇÖd not been entirely impressed by the suicidal nature of the Naga as giant torpedo bomber himself. He called up the daily brief. GÇ£Unacceptable ratio of losses to tonnage enemy mat+¬riel destroyed.GÇ¥ Well that was one way of putting it. Megacorp technocrat-speak could make fedo crap sound like a mildly annoying stain on the deckplate.
The part where it is targeted and its shields removed is just story stuff where the FC wasn't used to the rail change yet and that his target list was poop. He also took some satisfaction that even though he's losing his ship, they targeted the FC as secondary and he will be following.
Quote:The squadron lined up at distance and a primary was called, nice fat Dominix. He wondered why they bothered with using capsuleers for this calibration stuff. Eliminating variables probably. Oh, look at that, Dominix down. The Opforce were trying to make transversal but the bigger stuff wouldnGÇÖt be able to do much. Some of that stuff could be dangerous if they got it together though. Apoc, Rokh, Tempest, Mega, even the Raven. Squad commander must have taken longer adjusting than he had. This target list was terrible. He thought about saying something, then noticed the long-range stuff was yellow-boxing him. Check that, they were red-boxing and his shields were gone. Mentally he grappled with his systems, even as he hoped theyGÇÖd picked the squad commander as secondary.
Seems also they were looking to see which way a capsuleer would handle a certain senarios as;
Quote:So, today was a basic gunnery run. Test out the new specs with railguns. Opforce was a bunch of different targets. As much variety as a possible. He grinned, yeah well, heGÇÖd seen plenty of FDU fleets as ragtag as this in his time. The variety was a bit artificial, a bit too much in the one-of-everything vein but it wasnGÇÖt entirely unrealistic. Squadron strength for the Nagas and decent range with the provided setup. This sort of thing heGÇÖd do GÇ£drive byGÇ¥ strikes usually, but this scenario was staying basic. No warping. Control test. Free initiative scenarios when this was over. According to the brief. |