Master Sergeant MacRobert
Pyre Falcon Defence and Security
Multicultural F1 Brigade
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Posted - 2015.08.03 13:12:00 -
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Demerius Xenocratus wrote:
Very accurate. Many players have a distaste for pre-arranged e-honor contests. At the same time, ability to escalate is a great factor in deciding whether or not to engage.
You might have the capacity to engage a 25 man fleet in T3D's and logi, but choose to remain docked because they have on batphone an entity that regularly escalates cruiser fights all the way up to supers.
Yep the HP buff was required when it happened as it was too easy to alpha targets with small numbers. The big factor was the instant (no challenge) ability to hot drop escalation that arrived with jump drives.
Once this coincides with boredom for pilots of Capitals/Supers because they naturally stimulate risk averse engagement, you have situations where combat is so oft "lop-sided".
However, the ability to escalate smartly does also create content where there might be none. Baiting done well is a very good combat driver.
I think it is a good idea to start with something for the CBC's and BS's. Since their build costs increased they lost their cost effectiveness and the warp speed changes put the nail in the coffin a bit.
Perhaps
- CBC's should have something along the lines of: higher speed, tough nut tanks with low damage projection but good application at <10km.
- Tier 1 and 2 BS's should have something like: low speed, slightly increased base resists, with improved local reps (tough nuts) with average damage projection and an application sweet spot around 15k - 30km (on average) - would be appropriate tracking and good falloff? Being able to trade dps for lower class weapons to apply to cruisers.
- Tier 3 BS's should perhaps differ along the lines of having huge amounts of damage and tank but, at poor application below it's own class (BS's to take out BS's).
It is surely possible to find these classes of hull the right roles in the field?
"Remedy this situation or you shall live out the rest of your life in a pain amplifier"
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