Redora
Gallente Universal Exports
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Posted - 2007.10.24 21:11:00 -
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Edited by: Redora on 24/10/2007 21:16:33 /signed Goumindong's idea. <3 it. And I fly Hyperions. Just means I'll have to land closer, and possibly feature a 20km webby and a 10km webby. Suddenly Tactics are more than "Land, Lock, Liquify."
Originally by: Valharu
I just do not believe small ships should be effected so weakly by the larger web. If anything I believe you should be able to lock down a smaller ship.
I haven't finished the thread, but I felt I HAD to comment on this. Size does not Equal Power over lesser ships. Otherwise we'd all be bowing to ASCN and their ubertitan of pwnage. Just because a ship is big doesn't mean it should be invulnerable to lesser vehicles of destruciton.
To return to your example of a Nimitz Class Aircraft carrier, turn back the clock to the pre-atomic era, WWII. There you had Battleships, Cruisers, BattleCruisers, Frigates, Submarines, Carriers.... An entire gamut of ship classes. Each had it's own role, else navies of the time would have been composed solely of Battleships, and would have pounded the crap out of eachother at 25 miles. While it's perfectly reasonable to assume that a BS can pound the everloving fear of God (or the Eve-Gate) out of an approaching frigate, a frigate that is under it's guns should have no fear of a larger vessel. We in Eve just happen to be lucky enough to have our own personal aerial strike teams (drones) to deal with smaller problems.
The beauty of Goum's suggestion is that you're not limited to fitting a 40km 40% web on your BS. If you're worried about frigates, and have the spare mids, fit a 10km 80% web. Or a 20km 60% web. The only reason modern day Aircraft Carriers are safe from smaller threats is A) Their escort fleet (This is an MMORPG, perhaps you shouldn't wander about in your expensive toys alone?), B) They mount point defense weaponry, or point defense weaponry is near at hand (AEGIS Cruisers, and the computer controlled, radar guided gatling cannons on the Nimitz.)
Merely equating increasing size to increasing capability does not a balanced game make. Else you end up with the current state of affairs, except now the "ZONE OF ZOMG DEATH" for frigates will be a 40km radius sphere, instead of a 10km one. :\ ---
Redora
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