Trinkets friend
Obstergo
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Posted - 2012.01.19 01:37:00 -
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I fly a Cyclone. I love them, i'm a Cyclone tragic. But, it is always a hassle trying to solo a Drake. If you find one, eg, in full PVE fit with purgers, massive buffer and SPRs, the tank literally cannot be got through without neuting his hardeners off. if you find one PVP fit, with BCU's and a point, you often can DPS him down given enough time, and if it goes badly you just fly away.
Of course, if you know you are going up against a Drake and can refit, the triple-neut capnapper fit Cyclone is the way to go. Their hardeners fold within 20s and you hardly get below 30% shield. Job done.
If CCP does nerf the Drake, as intended, it will make a Drake a soloable target for the tier-1 battlecruisers. Half the issues with the tier system in the BC hulls is the Drake which can just sit there and tank the Brutix, Cyclone and Prophecy with impunity until its own spaghetti limp DPS does the job or its opponent gives up. The way to look at it is, if you remove a chunk of the tank of the Drake it is buffing the other hulls.
Removing the kinetic bonus will be a buff. Make no mistake, these days, if you know you are going up against a Drake you can fit kinetic hardeners and you'll be better off 90% of the time. Without that straitjacket, the Drake will be much more unpredictable and versatile.
As for the discussion of the Cerb, yes this will by default nerf the Cerb because you'll get most of the Cerb's utility in a hull 1/3rd the cost. The Sacrelige will become even more useless.
People are arguing about the Raven. I almost never see Ravens in PVP aside from POS bashes. The Drake, without an OMG BS tank, will definitely see a significant drop in popularity - but that's a good thing. As said, as long as the Ferox gets a bit of a buff to rails and versatility, people will begin using Railroxes.
Another way to look at this is that a velocity bonus on the Drake is a buff to the nanodrake, and the nano-range doctrines for small gangs. You will be able to use the Drake in concert with Nagas, Tornados and artycanes, kiting at 80km and have your missiles hit sometime before the fighting is over. This isn't a bad thing - people will begin flying the Drake, as opposed to just parking it in space and hoping to survive.
This might in the end be the best thing to do for the Drake, turning it from the space brick into a hate-spewing DPS boat.
I'd just like to see further details about some of the other tweaks to the tier-1 hulls. I'd love a 5/5 turret and missile slot versatility in the Cyclone so you could field a full-blown HAMclone with 5 HAMs and 3 neuts. That would be a scary, scary thing.
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