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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
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Posted - 2017.03.30 15:45:43 -
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I propose i slight adjustment for them to be able to field small drone bay same as Talos is.
I consider this a basic change to increase usability to some extent and don't see any imbalance / downfall of this idea.
Please comment pros and cons if you see any.
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Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University
Ivy League
432
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Posted - 2017.03.30 16:29:04 -
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they trade drone bay for being able to fit large guns.
the tier 3 battlecruisers where designed with a very specific philosophy and use in mind, that being they can "punch up" by fitting battleship sized guns.
that makes them better than standard battlecruisers at applying damage to large targets (while keeping the smaller size, and speed) the trade off is loosing the ability to apply damage to smaller targets.
by giving them a drone bay, even for light drones, that mitigates that trade off. the imbalance is that you now have a smaller, faster ship, that can use battleship sized guns, AND can apply damage to smaller targets with drones |
Cade Windstalker
1188
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Posted - 2017.03.30 17:17:40 -
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Bjorn Tyrson wrote:they trade drone bay for being able to fit large guns.
the tier 3 battlecruisers where designed with a very specific philosophy and use in mind, that being they can "punch up" by fitting battleship sized guns.
that makes them better than standard battlecruisers at applying damage to large targets (while keeping the smaller size, and speed) the trade off is loosing the ability to apply damage to smaller targets.
by giving them a drone bay, even for light drones, that mitigates that trade off. the imbalance is that you now have a smaller, faster ship, that can use battleship sized guns, AND can apply damage to smaller targets with drones
This.
I played around with some fits to catch perched ABCs in Low and Null back when blap-and-warp-off ABCs were the flavor of the month and all of them but the Talos are hugely vulnerable to Frigates at close range, to the point that a Bomber can theoretically solo one. The exception is the Talos because those drones give it a decent defense against a frigate or two. The trade off there is it has to fit Hybrids which have a very swing-y trade off between range vs DPS and tracking in the form of Blasters vs Rails. |
elitatwo
Dicker Quick and Hyde Defense Attorneys
O.U.Z.O. Alliance
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Posted - 2017.03.30 17:24:13 -
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Bjorn Tyrson wrote:they trade drone bay for being able to fit large guns...
Don't they teach reading at the university anymore?
The Talos has a dronebay already, all she is asking is if we would the END of the economy and the downfall of the third rei- ermm goofswarm.
I for one don't see one.
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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1165
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Posted - 2017.03.30 18:07:12 -
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elitatwo wrote:Bjorn Tyrson wrote:they trade drone bay for being able to fit large guns... Don't they teach reading at the university anymore? The Talos has a dronebay already, all she is asking is if we would the END of the economy and the downfall of the third rei- ermm goofswarm. I for one don't see one.
Yes I don't think it will make huge difference it will just improve their usability a bit I often find my self in taos just because it have drone bay it isn't locked to specific role hard as others.
Just to be clear I am 101% for the option to nerf talos to level of other t3 bc's it lacks nothing and in any way compared to it counterparts it just have drone bay and best reason i can think of for that is "just because".
But in interest of more game play not less where meta atm is and introduction of t3d t2d and changes to all types of frigates I think introducing small drone bay to rest of the lineup is minor but healthy addon to bc3 hulls.
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Kenrailae
The Scope
Gallente Federation
759
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Posted - 2017.03.30 18:18:33 -
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Here at eve *cou....CCP.... gh*, just because is a good enough reason for anything.
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Matthias Ancaladron
Wrath of Angels
Solitaire.
227
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Posted - 2017.03.30 20:35:45 -
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Have talos keep bay, minmatar gets more speed, amarr gets more armor, and naga gets better shield.
Or just more speed across the board so you can stay away from frigates easier.
Something thats squishy shouldnt also be slow. |
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1165
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Posted - 2017.03.30 22:24:07 -
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Matthias Ancaladron wrote:Have talos keep bay, minmatar gets more speed, amarr gets more armor, and naga gets better shield.
Or just more speed across the board so you can stay away from frigates easier.
Something thats squishy shouldnt also be slow.
Talos have strongest structure tank of them all but these ships wont win any tanking contest and i don't see a point mention it talos have best gun dps of them all by far and have tracking bonus and is 2nd best speed with best alight times.
And on top of that it have drones i proposed rest of them have them too removal of bay on talos is not what i proposed.
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Lyra Gerie
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
102
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Posted - 2017.03.30 23:35:47 -
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Honestly they should be able to field some. T3 or attack BCs can of course punch above their weight using larger guns, but that doesn't mean we have to leave them entirely vulnerable to smaller ships. They won't break the game if they can field some and it will help their surviveability in some situations but a single flight of light drones isn't likely to turn the tide of most situations. |
Bjorn Tyrson
EVE University
Ivy League
440
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Posted - 2017.03.31 00:41:51 -
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Mina Sebiestar wrote:Matthias Ancaladron wrote:Have talos keep bay, minmatar gets more speed, amarr gets more armor, and naga gets better shield.
Or just more speed across the board so you can stay away from frigates easier.
Something thats squishy shouldnt also be slow. Talos have strongest structure tank of them all but these ships wont win any tanking contest and i don't see a point mention it talos have best gun dps of them all by far and have tracking bonus and is 2nd best speed with best align times. What exactly warrant drones on this hull compared to others? I proposed rest of them have them too removal of bay on talos is not what i proposed.
Because last time tier 3 battle cruisers got rebalanced hybrids and drone where both severely underpowered.
They are in need of a balance pass |
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Daichi Yamato
Jabbersnarks and Wonderglass
3855
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Posted - 2017.03.31 01:27:24 -
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They are meant to be glass cannons very vulnerable to small ships.
Get rid of the talos drone bay. Give it a rof bonus.
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elitatwo
Dicker Quick and Hyde Defense Attorneys
O.U.Z.O. Alliance
1690
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Posted - 2017.03.31 08:19:49 -
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Just hypothetical, if you gave the Naga and the Oracle a 15m-¦ dronebay, will it break EVE?
Both will still explode if you look at them funny.
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Kenrailae
The Scope
Gallente Federation
761
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Posted - 2017.03.31 13:45:31 -
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elitatwo wrote:Just hypothetical, if you gave the Naga and the Oracle a 15m-¦ dronebay, will it break EVE?
Both will still explode if you look at them funny.
I personally wouldn't be bothered if the Naga and Nado got 10/15 and the oracle 15/20. Seemed vastly silly to me to start to not give them ANY drone bay.
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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1165
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Posted - 2017.03.31 15:26:14 -
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Quote:They are in need of a balance pass
Agreed
And think small drone for rest of them should be implemented as something that can be done fast without complication and marginal effect to balance Talos is a prof of that.
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Cade Windstalker
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Posted - 2017.03.31 16:27:48 -
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Mina Sebiestar wrote:Talos have strongest structure tank of them all but these ships wont win any tanking contest and i don't see a point mention it talos have best gun dps of them all by far and have tracking bonus and is 2nd best speed with best align times.
What exactly warrant drones on this hull compared to others?
I proposed rest of them have them too removal of bay on talos is not what i proposed.
Mina Sebiestar wrote:Agreed
And think small drone for rest of them should be implemented as something that can be done fast without complication and marginal effect to balance Talos is a prof of that.
The Talos only has the best DPS with Blasters, which require it to get very close to its target. Rails have better range, but atrocious tracking, which means the ship needs to keep an enemy at range to be successful. In either the Blasters case or the Rails case the drones give the Talos a little bit of help at covering its weaknesses, with blasters they give damage projection, with rails they give help against small and fast ships.
The other three don't really have the same problems to the same degree.
On the Oracle Pulse Lasers have better range bands than Blasters so they can engage further out, at or past Drone Control range with Scorch. Beam Lasers have instant ammo swapping for range changes and better tracking than Rails.
The Naga and the Tornado both have range bonuses, helping them keep standoff ranges even in a "close range" fight, and the Tornado has the best speed helping it pull range. The Naga also has the same gun DPS as the Talos while having better range, which helps it significantly in terms of viability in the sort of fleets ABCs tend to show up in.
Really I'm not seeing the case for adding drones to these ships. I could maybe see the case for removing them from the Talos though. The ship's almost as fast as the Tornado, and has a good slot layout for webs and other tackle to deal with short range threats, or TCs to extent range on its rails.
Basically I think what this comes down to is why do these ships need drones? What does it add?
Solo it plugs a significant weakness, but these ships are intended to have that weakness, they're glass cannons using oversized guns. If a Frigate gets on top of you he should be able to eat your lunch unless you've fit to deal with him. As things stand though a single flight of Light Drones, managed correctly, is perfectly capable of driving off or killing most Frigates.
In a Fleet it gives you the option of a pretty good sized ball of Light Drones for anti-frig and anti-Fighter work. Since, again, we're talking about cheaper hulls with BS levels of DPS I'm not really seeing that as justified or needed either.
Clearly OP you have some use-case in mind or you wouldn't be requesting this change, so what do you feel you need drones for and why do these intentionally glass-cannon and niche ships need that buff? |
Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1165
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Posted - 2017.03.31 22:11:20 -
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Talos is fast and agile ship that helps with either closing up range or keeping one up with application bonus that help the most with engaging smaller/moving targets.
And is only one being able to shake off frig(or two piloted by idiots) without commitment for that kind of fitting and I see 0 valid reasoning in you explanation why it is reasonable for it ti have it over rest of them orbiting frig that is under Web and scram can't be hit using medium 220mm autocanos let alone large guns one need to go full potato with fitting using t3bc or you know use Talos.
And since Talos is not here since yesterday it clearly does not break new eden in half emitting unbalance waves out ship center!
So clearly Cade my hidden agenda that is outlined in my opening post is to have rest of them same ability as Talos for more usability and to repeat my self nerfing talos is fine as well for in class balance sake and we can all forget that ships had drone bay for years without anyone complain how OP it is
I get on nerf train for things that need to be nerfed and buff ones that will not get to a point that they need to be nerfed like I believe is this case we have here.
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Cade Windstalker
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Posted - 2017.04.01 03:21:20 -
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You've made basically no case for why this is a good change though, it's just "why not", and changes need a "why" for what they improve.
As I outlined above the Talos is in a pretty weak position out of the four. Arguably the Naga is even weaker but the combination of a range and damage bonus at least gives it a niche that it can fill.
Also is you look at the stats for the four ships on zKill the Talos is the second lowest performing of the four ships, only beating the Naga in use, so the Tornado and Oracle probably don't need the help a drone bay would give them. The Naga might, but Drones aren't really a Caldari thing and like I said the ship at least has a niche. Unless there's a distinct reason they need the buff better to leave them as-is rather than risk someone finding some abuseable use-case for these things plus drones.
Overall I'm just not seeing, nor have you presented, a case for why these ships should be changed this way beyond "well we need consistency" which isn't the case. There are plenty of ship classes across the game where not every ship has a drone bay or the same size drone bay or... see what I mean? |
Kenrailae
The Scope
Gallente Federation
762
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Posted - 2017.04.01 03:29:22 -
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Cade Windstalker wrote:Unless there's a distinct reason they need the buff better to leave them as-is rather than risk someone finding some abuseable use-case for these things plus drones.
This isn't already a thing???
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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
1165
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Posted - 2017.04.01 03:31:06 -
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Quote:risk someone finding some abuseable use-case for these things plus drones.
No one did so far because adding basic anti frig bay/ability doesn't do much look at Talos i don't know what else to say to you.
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Reaver Glitterstim
Dromedaworks inc
Test Alliance Please Ignore
3052
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Posted - 2017.04.01 06:02:16 -
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I have a better idea: remove a turret hardpoint from the Talos.
Of course CCP's design philosophy would be to remove a turret hardpoint from the Naga, while letting the Talos have all 8 plus the drones.
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