Jaleera Kaisin
Amarr
Eve Defence Force
Praesidium Libertatis
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Posted - 2007.10.23 13:13:00 -
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 Originally by: Enkryption
Edited by: Enkryption on 23/10/2007 08:50:47
A lot of carrier pilots seem to think this change will be the absolutely worst change ever in Eve. I would like to know why you think this change will be so terrible after answering a few questions.
1. What do you use your carrier for? Name all the activities you use it for (ALL activities).
Hauling
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2. How much support do you feel you should need when you field your carrier for combat when going against a gang of 3? A gang of 5? A gang of 10? A gang of 50?
Depends on maakeup of gang, in a mmulti billion ISK carrier I should be able to tank a gang of cuisers/Small gang of BS, but I will not fly solo when an inty and a cruiser can cripple me. So I ALWAYS want support no matter the size of the gang I'm going up against.
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3. Do you think you should be able to go 1 vs 5 and win? How about 1 v 10? In other words, how many people do you believe you should be able to kill alone taking ship types into consideration. How many BS/BC's/Cruisers/Etc?
1 v 5 What? See 2 above. Inties are too fast to catch with drones, cruisers can kill my lock and I only have the damage output of a BS. Assuming a gang of ONLY BS with no support I should be able to take 4-5, even one damp and scram in the enemy makeup and I'm down a carrier.
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4. Do you believe that you should be able to kill a large amount of ships simply because you spent a lot of money and skill time for the ship, regardless of it's designed role (this does not just include carriers)?
Loaded question so I won't answer directly. Every ship has counters, For balance the counters should be more difficult the more time/energy and ISK is spent on getting the ship. To counter a Titan should be extremely hard, to counter a MS very difficult and carriers less difficult than a MS. Given skill and ISK cost of these ships they SHOULD be much more difficult to kill than a Battleship - they are often NOT.
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5. Do you believe carriers have too little (solo) firepower, too much, or just enough?
Too little solo.
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6. What do you believe a carriers role is?
Front line offensive support, then logistics (Carrying stuff) , Then POS Repping. I see zero use as front line logistics support (as currently set up or in proposed change.)
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7. Do you believe the carrier achieves this role through it's current abilities?
Almost.
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8. What would you change about the carrier if this drone change came into effect? Increased Repair Range? Increased Repair Amount? A Triage buff to allow control of the 5 fighters/drones you're able to deploy? The ability to control 5 additional fighters/drones if Triage Mode is activated? Less Cap needed for self rep/remote rep? (add what you believe would be a change worthy of the suggested drone change)
Again a loaded question. I do not approve of and do not want to see this change as it fundementally alters my perception of the way carriers work, it makes them more vulnerable, less flexible and less fun.
Instead I would (personally) take away the ability to remote rep (enforcing logistics support for your carriers and kills Spider tank carrier groups), take away the ability to assign drones (forces carriers to front lines where they can be killed) and either Make carriers unable to release drones/fighters in low-sec or prevent it on same grid as a low-sec gate (Prevents gate camping in low sec)
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