Tex Raynor
The High and Mighty
Carebear Abortion Clinic
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Posted - 2015.11.23 20:03:10 -
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CCP Larrikin wrote:Suitonia wrote:A separate script that has reduced range (Maybe 40% of normal) would probably make this a bit more balanced. 37.5km Scrams on T2 HIC is incredibly powerful, and actually stronger than best faction linked heating Lachesis, obviously HICs can't get reps like a Lach can but they still have huge buffers and they will be incredibly problematic for small gangs, especially those without links. Yeah we've got this in our back pocket. We want to see how this works out, and if its too OP we'll introduce a new scrambling script with a shorter range.
As a member of a corp who lives in a wh with a static null connection, I would like to share my opinion and observations on the matter.
We are no strangers to fighting outnumbered and the ships we use try to keep a flexibility for adapting to a quickly changing battlefield. Bonuses which we tend to favor include bubble immunity, nanos, neuts, mjds and sustained local tanks. Nevertheless, the risk assessement to decide if we let our heavier assets get tackled depend on an estimate wether we can kill off the hero tacklers before their friends get a chance to overwhelm us.
This tactic means our ships must also try to look as enticing as possible which means we are best to avoid bringing ecm or logi since they tend to force either of two extremes.. massive blob or deagression.
The best fights are when the enemy bring ships which, depending on their fits, can mean total loss but the risk is worth taking.
So with this in mind, there are obviously a couple tactics used by the enemy which severly reduce the likelihood we decide to engage, such as massive ecm, logi or a capital fleet hotdrop. 37.5 km scrams on battleship tanks are difficult to asses since for our way of fighting, they can sometimes be more of a deterrent than an enemy carrier hotdropping... they basically act almost as a lachesis and huggin combined but with more tank than both added up.
That being said, we can fight them off using the universal ecm, damps, extreme neut pressure or logi, but this may have the adverse effect of causing the enemy to run away.
On the flipside though, those long range scrams will helps us deal with the cancerous orthus meta so I guess there is a silver lining. |