konkord
eXceed Inc.
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Posted - 2006.12.05 23:40:00 -
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This "Rokh can lock and aggress 70km+ further than the nearest BS" is a crap argument. Why? because without tactical insta's that BS cant get at that range from its target!!! And even when its 220 - 250km away from you, it throws bits of lead at you as if it were throwing bits of paper. lightweight paper, designed to inflict very little damage. I tanked a Rokh shooting me, in a deimos, i approached it from approx 210km away and got within range to give it some terminal hurt (SiSi). Battleship for Battleship? so what...??
Ok so the current battleships are positioned in such a way that distance = less damage and more damage = ROF and other damage/distance/ROF matrices... but have a look at the DPS of a Rokh again, and you'll realise that while it can snipe something small, alot easier (ceptors, haulers, T1 cruisers) It means little else.
Fleet battles. Well, yea, if the gang you leading is purely Rokh's then they're gunna have some fun, but they're gunna need a cov ops pilot to give them ranged insta's. And if that gang is mixed, the Rokh loses the use of its bonus, its optimal is selectable and yes it can change ammo/damage accordingly but that said, at 150km it still cant change to high dmg tech II ammo, and regardless of the tech I ammo it selects, regardless of its optimal it still looses out on a DPS basis due to the lack of BS based dmg bonus.
So what are you left with, when you pilot a Rokh...
Something that used tactically can give a range bonus.
Something that cant actually give an advantage to a fleet battle unless it warps in at its own range or is in a Rokh only fleet.
Something that punches like a girl. An infant girl. An infant girl with socks on her hands. 10 pairs of socks.
The rokh. Its a good ship, granted, its going to be the <0.4 gate sniping ship to pwn. And yea, in certain situations its gunna give a true and clear advantage.... but hey, so do all the tier 3 bs's.
Simply, if you cant see what the downfalls are of the Rokh, then you need to open your eyes. and those of you whom complain of its advantage, need to skill up and fly one, because throwing bits of paper at your enemy excellently, wrecking for (no more than) 300 HP is complete arse. Yea, i can hit you at 220km, but so can wind, and it does about the same damage.
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