bldyannoyed
Un4seen Development
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Posted - 2007.10.22 01:43:00 -
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 Originally by: J Valkor
Edited by: J Valkor on 22/10/2007 01:38:50
Originally by: Tar Manis
Originally by: bldyannoyed
Look at the numbers after this. On its own a carrier can out out a staggering 500 DPS using 5 max skilled fighters. Assuming its targetting a BS.
Anything smaller and fighters wont track and it'll will have to use 5 heavies. For a massive 300 DPS.
So basically what CCP plan to do is render these ships utterly defenseless.
You will now ONLY be able to use them in blobs, because taking them into a fight where you have only a small supoprt gang will be suicidal. If the support ships die you may as well self destruct because you're probably not even going to be able to fight off a single HAC.
******* garbage.
People won't even use them anymore because Dominixes do it better. 500dps can easily be achieved.
Unless you are flying with a gang, in which case the carrier becomes instantly better. Which I think was the point of the 'fix'. The bigger concern I would have is just managing assigning fighters in large engagements. I would not have much problem with this change, but the idea of defenders have it all pre-assigned and the attacking fleet needing to manage it... it does not sound like a good idea unless they make other fixes first.
There should not be solo-carrier pilots. Period. I am not sure how they exist now, given that a solo carrier is essentially free candy to the first good pvp corp that finds.
As the game stands now in a small gang a carrier can be used as an offensive frontline weapon. With skills and a drone control mod you can run 10 drones, for a respectable 600 DPS with heavys, 750- 1000 with fighters. That leaves top slots free for a couple of remote arrays, and possibly a neut or 2.
Now bear in mind that even pushing 1000 dps,.which, incidentally, requires a thanatos with carrier 5 and fighters 5, you still arent out dpsing a well setup BS.
You can at least defend yourself while giving aid to your gang mates.
Take away that self defense ability and you'd be mad to do anything other than fit as mony drone control units as you have skill for and remotely assign as many fighters as possible while hiding somehwere safe.
I can see that enriching everyones gaming experience.
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