Ashareth
Caldari
Disturbed Hoggs
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Posted - 2007.04.05 12:04:00 -
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I agree with some of the posts there, not all.
First, Amaar are more tankers than damage dealers from my point of view, so that they can be either
one of the other(and still doing decent damage in tank mode) is not a problem for me.
But(yes, there is always a but), i think the devs has lost the sight on some important things :
- no mmo should ever see one(or more) of his race/classe gimped or not really useful for so long that nearly nobody play it or advise it to new player.
Amaar and Minmatar ships are in this state now, knowing that Amaar were once the fotm in all aspects(pve AND pvp) for months, and minmatar were king of gang/fleet engagements for the same time, there is a problem.
Even if now some races are the easy way to pve(Caldari) or pvp(Gallente) or both(Gallente), there should not be such an unbalance.
- Adding some new stuff all the time, giving new things to discover/play with is great, it's adding content to the game and make it leave longer, BUT bug fixing AND coherence should be looked at regularily too. :(
Devs made some major changes in the last 1.5year(Racial EW, 25% bonus hp in RMR and in Revelations, damage mod and other modules stacking penalty, modification of ships fittings, etc) and they didn't stick with those features.
It was blatantly obvious that those changes would impede most of the race people, some in a good way(8 damage mods beast were too much and some race were too gimped in pvp, fights were too short, ...) other not so good or bad(Minmatar so gimped that nearly nobody flies them anymore, only the old veterans, amaar that now have a TERRIBLE cap problem beacause the fight are 2 or 3 times longer than before and omni armor tanks more easier to fit with good damage, ...).
It's time that all the players(and not only one race at a time) ask for this things to be overlooked again.
Gallente are fotm since last year, Caldari are still PVE kings(and now they have a role in fleet and small gang too with certain ships if they trained rails:D), Amaar and Minmatar needs love.
We should all ask for this modifications, cause it's not fun AT ALL to see everybody in the same ships, having one/two ships max for one situation.
Eve always was about complexity, choices being made, adaptibility and being fitted to take out whatever the others brought to you(adapt or die! like a lot of people like to repeat), we should want to have it again.
Myself, i fly mostly Caldari(missiles AND rails), but Gallente and Amaar too(no i can't indulge in Matar, i don't like the concept, i find their ships ugly, and, most of all, i really haven't the time to train them right now:D), and i find awfully sad that every people say the same :
- you want to pve? Raven/Drake. Or train Gallente and use a Brutix/Megathron/Dominix. You'll have a little less efficacity but you'll rule pvp
- you want to pvp? Go Gallente. Or Caldari if you really want to do ew, or Minmatar if you have the skills and money for a Vagabond.
Not much choice.
I want to see again the threads where people were arguing page after page about what ship was the best in pvp, what was the best in pve, with people saying that with ship x they could tear apart any ship y and y's pilots saying the same about ship x.
Right now it's nearly always :
ships X(gallente mostyl) ownz all. At most you have some really old pilots, with lots of skills, really specialized in another race that say they can do quite well with their ships, using not so standrad fittings.
It's sad because the game become more simple, less complicated, with less diversity.
On the amaar note, i really think they should have ships with more cap(a straight increas on all ship), with a longer regen, and other bonus on their ships, not cap usage ones.
That would make the longer fights easier, and still force them to choose what to fit(monster tank or monster damages, or good tank and damage...).
Add to that a small reduction in fitting needs(grid mainly) would be good and make them good again.
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