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Vic Jefferson
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Posted - 2017.04.25 21:42:58 -
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Half the point of a good cyno ship is that they don't look like a good cyno ship. Cynos would lose value if you could always see them coming. Considering how broken local is, cynos are the only counter balance.
Limiting what ships can use it is a bad idea. However, the more serious question is, should it be harder to fit on some ships? They aren't really a fitting choice on capitals because the fitting requirements are so low for what it gives you. Everything in EvE should be a choice. Capital ships have capital everything else now, why not capital cynos?
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Vic Jefferson
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Posted - 2017.04.26 14:34:32 -
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Frostys Virpio wrote:Vic Jefferson wrote:Half the point of a good cyno ship is that they don't look like a good cyno ship. Cynos would lose value if you could always see them coming. Considering how broken local is, cynos are the only counter balance.
Limiting what ships can use it is a bad idea. However, the more serious question is, should it be harder to fit on some ships? They aren't really a fitting choice on capitals because the fitting requirements are so low for what it gives you. Everything in EvE should be a choice. Capital ships have capital everything else now, why not capital cynos? They cost you a slot. That in itself is a choice. If you were to implement a capital class cyno, you would have to justify it in game with something. While they can of course make up any reasons they want, it's still just a beacon you turn on so jump drives and portal generator to lock on.
Just like the old damage control wasn't a meaningful fitting choice, neither is a cyno on a capital.
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Vic Jefferson
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Posted - 2017.04.26 15:33:15 -
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Frostys Virpio wrote:What is your new cyno supposed to do differently to be a meaningful choice like the hull energizer?
Before the changes to hull base resists, every ship fit a damage control with very few exceptions. It was a required module to undock in basically almost every situation, thus was not really a choice to fit or not - it was almost never worth forgoing.
The same can be said for cynos on caps. It's not meant to have different functionality, it's meant to make fitting one a choice and a compromise with something, rather than something which is not a choice and doesn't actually present the player with real decision. 50tf and 20MW to basically be untouchable is not really a good game mechanic.
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