Mar vel
Caldari
H.Y.D.R.A.
GoonSwarm
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Posted - 2007.01.22 18:43:00 -
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orly?
We've seen the LV Titan / Mothership combo on several occasions now, conveniently jumping into the heart of our Region - finger on the DD trigger and all that.
In order to defend against a Titan, one would have to be prepared AND ready to assault it, b/c it would take 2 waves of a significant number of pilots to even consider engaging it - given that the first wave would be toasted by the DD weapon.....and that's not even considering the Mothership and the support vessels (read: fleet).
And at the end of the day, while we're throwing billions of isk in ships, kit and clones at the Titan (and losing, I might add) - he can conveniently Jump pretty much anywhere provided he has the cap. A full rack of Chelms and some injectors + Capital Energy Xfer from the MS means VERY little risk provided the two ships support each other.
And that's not even taking into account the Titan's other weapons arrays.
As soon as pilots start experimenting and understand the total pwnage power involved in this ship, you're going to see a lot of unhappy people who have been doomsdayed / fighter'd into utter submission.
As things stood we just let them quietly sit there and purposefully did not engage - i mean, really, what's the point?
The same equation that makes using long-range conbat (Caldari) ships useless in PvP applies to the general combat effectiveness of Capital ships - if you cannot make them *stay* then there is no possibility of killing them. As long as the Titan can keep his Cap above 70%, the pilot can afford to take some serious risks.
 Originally by: Auman
It's not impossible to kill just incredibly difficult. The DD is a one shot weapon that is very easy to avoid. The real problem is when they stay at a POS and just pop out to fire through a cyno.
The titans greatest strengths isn't in it's DD but the other abilities it has. So as an offensive weapon it's nice but not on a 100bil scale - certainly not in a single fight.
At the end of the day the community has been asking for Titans since Eve went live. They are a massive epeen and the ultimate status symbol.
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