Admiral Pelleon
White Shadow Imperium
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Posted - 2011.12.28 02:10:00 -
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Sebastian N Cain wrote:Oh, working as intended? Why are the devs working on making them viable in fleet engagements?
Explain to me, using your extensive experience in NPC corp fleet battles, exactly how blasters could be balanced to do anything relevant at fleet ranges.
Sebastian N Cain wrote:Because they aren-¦t intended to be a weapon for a few niches.
All weapons have niches. Eve is rock-paper-scissors.
Sebastian N Cain wrote:The devs wanted -for variety- to have more tactics available than shooting from range.
Sure, that's why we have close range guns and long range runs. Your tradeoff is more damage and less range with blasters. Either learn how to position yourself in a fight or die like you deserve.
Sebastian N Cain wrote:So Liang hasn-¦t proving anything, instead he is evading again and again my question: what are the design features that optimize Gallente for close combat? I have pointed out that minmatar has multiple ones, and that at least one of them -capless weapons- are indispensable for close combat in fleet warfare.
You're insane if you think that capless weapons have any bearing on fleet composition. It's all about damage projection, and minmatar are fantastic at it. Amarr as as well. If you buff blasters to have similar range you've made all three turret systems identical (excepting blasters doing 20%+ more DPS), which is ********. Fleet engagements are about alpha, not sustained DPS. Blaster boats are bad in fleet because they require you to move to your target before doing any damage, and by the time you get there, your competent fleet mates have likely already murdered it. Blaster boats **** faces at close range, and require the pilot to have competent positioning.
Sebastian N Cain wrote:Also they are saying that they are working... well i never disputed that, just that other races-¦ ships working as good as well or just slightly worse and a few even better without being restricted so narrowly. So what-¦s the point? Working is fine if you aren-¦t operating under heavy restrictions, if heavy restrictions apply, you need to shine to make up for them.
Or you bring the right ship for the job and stop pandering to the incompetent. Without variety, we might as well all fly ravens and be faggots together.
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