The Slayer
Caldari
The Black Rabbits
Fatal Persuasion
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Posted - 2007.04.08 03:56:00 -
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 Originally by: Tista
anyway by arguing my point people will turn this into petty personal insults because i will prove my point one way or another so im going to stop posting.
What you are saying is people are proving you wrong so you are bowing out :D
Ok : here goes. There is not one race in eve that is awesome at doing everything. No, there isnt. No, there REALLY isnt. Now caldari are, as you say, sucky at tackling and get lumbered with missiles, which can be a blessing and a curse all at once. But they are the experts in the game at Ewar (Scorpion or Rook can be deadly in small gang engagements, and multiples thereof can eliminate the shooting power of whole fleets), one of the best sniper boats around (range bonus on the Rokh anyone?), and like everyone else has said is the weapon of choice for mission running.
Eve is not a cookie cutter game, you shouldnt be able to take on BS against any other BS and have a stalemate. Sure a BlasterMega will beat a Raven. A BlasterMega will beat damn near anything 1vs1 tho, so its not a very fair comparison. Lets say Raven Vs Tempest. Well fit Raven could win that fight, or chase off the Tempest at the very least. Like you say you dont have much room for tackling, thats the downside of a shield tank. Upside is the INSANE amount of damage you can passive tank if setup correctly (fully T2 fit drake can passive tank more than a T2 Astarte can active tank).
Now missiles. Sure they take a long time to get to the target, which makes them sucky for fleet combat. So fly a Rokh. "Aww but then i'll have to train 2 weapon types". Gallente have to train THREE if you wanna fly all their ships effectively (Ok so railguns is just one, but still need Blaster/Rail spec and drones). Minmatar use dual weapon loadouts on the Phoon, so they need to train 2 as well to be decent. Amarr only need to train 1 type of weapon, but lets face it, they suck :P
All in all I see many holes in your arguments, and if you decide to be man enough to come back to the thread and continue the discussion, tell my why im wrong.
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