Mathias Orsen
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Posted - 2007.08.12 12:24:00 -
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Edited by: Mathias Orsen on 12/08/2007 12:27:03
multiple HP buffs have changed this... not just one buff. Anouther HUGE contributor is rigging.
I have always been one to specialize my ships for tank over anything else. Looking back to the day that a BS only fielded one LAR II and no rigs, that once great tank could only actually tank about 400 DPS.
This would fit well in describing the dominix. It once had a tank of 400 DPS. Now after multiple HP buffs, riggs, and the standard usage of cap injectors and dual reppers... that tank has gone from 400 DPS tank to a 1000 DPS tank.
A BS does deserve to be able to tank massive ammounts of damage if a BS is able to hand out massive amounts of damage.
Arguements can always be made though. Remove nosf and take two megathrons at full potential. One can do 1200 DPS with the ability to tank 200 DPS. The other can tank 1000 DPS while being able to do 800 DPS.
You also got things such as faction implants that go on top of that. Speed implants and speed rigs combined with speed mods have proven thier use.
Not to sum it all up... the things that have changed would be the addition two HP buffs. Removal of WCS on PVP ships. As great as this is, it has put those stab pilots from solo flight to gang flight. Rigs were added that have nearly doubled a ships ability to tank.
Cap injectors have become a needed module wich in turn have given ships the abiltiy to run dual armor repairers. And warp to zero has given us all the ability ro run from most situations.
The result is that gank ships can no longer beat a good tank ship without help. Smaller ships do not do enough damage to make a big impact against the tank of a larger ship.
Most of these changed only apply to the large class of ships, making the smaller frigate and cruiser class ships much less effective. BS tanks twice as much while frigate does the same amount of damage.
Frigates and cruisers got the same HP buff but since the HP are much smaller on a smaller ship, the buff is less effective. Frigates and cruisers are not something that can be reasonably fit with rigs where a BS is, giving the BS a much greater advantage.
Anouther change or two that comes up would be the release of tier 2 BCs and ISk being much easier to come by. The new BCs are much better than the tier 1 BC. The ease of getting isk makes it easier for people to buy, loose, and replace these great ships.
As before, isk was a bit harder to come by and tier 1 BC was not nearly the substitute for a BS that the tier 2 is, people often went with cruisers and frigates for PVP where now they fly the great BC.
Bigger ships begat bigger ships, if you must. Pilots fly tier 2 BCs instead of cruisers. Those BC pilots, due to other reasons, fly in groups instead of solo.
To have a chance against this gang, old BC and HAC pilots move to bigger and stronger Battleships. Due to rigs and dual reppers, the Battlecruiser gang needs to be even bigger to bring him down. The also have to do it before his aggro time falls and he docks or jumps out of the system.
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