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Hi Space Friends,
Coming with our release on Tuesday, weGÇÖre significantly reducing the damage output of Fighters.

Why:
We are making this change because Carriers & Supercarriers are too strong in PvE, specifically anomaly ratting in Nullsec. As you may have seen in the May Monthly Economy Report, there is a significant upward trend in the Money Supply. This is primarily due to NPC Bounties.

This trend is unsustainable. Having such a large ISK faucet is bad for the economy, and this ISK faucet is concentrated to a relatively small number of players.

We also think that Carriers and Supercarriers are a bit too effective in PvP now. This change will significantly change the PvP balance, but weGÇÖre confident that Carriers and Supercarriers will remain powerful options for PvP.

What:

• Light Fighters (Space Superiority): No Change
• Light Fighters (Attack): 20% reduction to Basic Attack and Heavy Rocket Salvo damage.
• Support Fighters: No Change
• Heavy Fighters (Heavy Attack): 10% reduction to Basic Attack and Torpedo Salvo damage.
• Heavy Fighters (Long Range Attack): 30% reduction to Basic Attack damage.
• Heavy Fighters (Shadow): No Change
• NPCs are 15% more likely to shoot at fighters than they are currently.

We will continue to observe the economy after these changes and will make adjustments as necessary to keep it healthy for all our players.

Hi Space Friends,
Coming with our release on Tuesday, weGÇÖre significantly reducing the damage output of Fighters.

Why:
We are making this change because Carriers & Supercarriers are too strong in PvE, specifically anomaly ratting in Nullsec. As you may have seen in the May Monthly Economy Report, there is a significant upward trend in the Money Supply. This is primarily due to NPC Bounties.

This trend is unsustainable. Having such a large ISK faucet is bad for the economy, and this ISK faucet is concentrated to a relatively small number of players.

We also think that Carriers and Supercarriers are a bit too effective in PvP now. This change will significantly change the PvP balance, but weGÇÖre confident that Carriers and Supercarriers will remain powerful options for PvP.

What:

• Light Fighters (Space Superiority): No Change
• Light Fighters (Attack): 20% reduction to Basic Attack and Heavy Rocket Salvo damage.
• Support Fighters: No Change
• Heavy Fighters (Heavy Attack): 10% reduction to Basic Attack and Torpedo Salvo damage.
• Heavy Fighters (Long Range Attack): 30% reduction to Basic Attack damage.
• Heavy Fighters (Shadow): No Change
• NPCs are 15% more likely to shoot at fighters than they are currently.

We will continue to observe the economy after these changes and will make adjustments as necessary to keep it healthy for all our players.

You guys think CCP will address us pleibs before having their censorship brigade lock the thread again? Hmmmmmmm

Ok so I see the nerf is going live in the patch notes. but i figured I would post anyway just incase CCP wakes up and sees there is a far simpler solution.

The most logical solution I have found is pretty simple and does not need to nerf the carriers, thus wasting a lot of SP and ISK on skill books. Especially for those who did it without injectors. those who used injectors can just as easily do it for the next 'Big Shiny' that becomes the top dog of anomalies.

So to my point-

Same as jump fatigue. The longer you rat the more of a penalty you incur and then start to suffer a negative penalty to fighter damage and also possibly to resists. get over a certain limit and your carrier becomes useless in combat as you have worm yourself out. and have to rest until you can effectively use your carrier again.

This does 2 things.

Allows casual players to still enjoy their toy.

Clamps down heavily on those utilising carriers to "Milk ISK" thus limiting the increase in money supply "from carriers" we are seeing.


My last 0.2 isk worth on the subject.

Ohh, I forgot: Thanks CCP for all the replies you gave. Shows your interest in your customers.

'Why not just reduce the bounties?'. The focus of this change is Supercarriers and Carriers. We don't want to effect the income of ships besides those with this change.

260m tick would mean that some1 is killing 1 haven in 2-2half minutes. Is it even possible ?

True Sansha Dreads (the seldom faction kind) give 120mil bounties.

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You have the same in your region. They are just very rare and called "Dark Blood Dreadnought":
https://zkillboard.com/ship/41397/

You are talking about the "Blood Dreadnought" which is 60mil and not the "Dark Blood Dreadnought", which is 120mil.
Here is the regular "Blood Dreadnought":
https://zkillboard.com/ship/37463/

You guys still whining about this?

Literally the only nerf that is left is a 10% light fighter basic damage nerf and a 20% heavy fighter basic damage nerf.


Even the proposed rat aggro was scrapped.


Wasn't this what you wanted?

did you forget the 50% fighter drone aggro effect? that means the rats can randomly all aggro one drone and kill it in half a second, or web it to ****