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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.10.25 22:52:00 -
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Since missiles and drones are the primary tools for PvE for many reasons, and since the Golem is the only ship in the supposed "mission runner" class to use a mission runner weapons system this simply pushes Caldari ships further to the top.
Or it would if the ship is fixed to have bonuses that make it useful in PvE rather than over-powered (imo) in PvP.
I've already trained Caldari BS V for my CNR, but I was really, really hoping to see a selection of ships that equaled the the CNR's mission running ability.
More sensible would have been Gallente and Amarr drone boats with Minmatar and Caldari missile boats.
Instead we have one ship that is possibly marginally better than it's forebears at mission running, and three that will remain relatively useless to those of us who enjoy the advantage of damage selection, non-tracking/range influenced weapons, and generally being able to run missions efficiently and with minimal effort (because NPCing with these systems is like mining rocks that shoot back).
I'm guessing for the most part the Gallente will stick with their Dominix and everyone else will stick with their CNR.
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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.10.29 03:00:00 -
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Edited by: Daelin Blackleaf on 29/10/2007 03:05:34
Originally by: Akita T So, basically, it's only Kronos that's any good at all, right ?
It's a Mega with an extra turret and a web and tanking bonus...
The web bonus isn't going to help because few NPC's hang around in web range, the tanking bonus is pointless because a twin LARII rep is already better than a Gisti C rep.
It might be better than the Megathron for mission running but it's certainly not better than the Dominix and it won't be anywhere near as good as a CNR.
If the Kronos was good for mission running we'd all already be running missions in Megathrons because really the only difference is a single turrets worth of DPS.
Nice for ratting, good for PvP, but it certainly doesn't fill the mission runner role.
Also, people keep comparing the Marauders to their racial counterparts in terms of mission efficiency. Wouldn't it be nice if they were actually all better at mission running than any of the current t1 BS? Though if folks really insist on comparing them racially at least use the Typhoon for Minmatar and the Domi for Gallente.
Personally I think CCP messed up big time and should have given Amarr a drone boat Apoc (possibly Khanid with launchers), Gallente a souped up Dominix, Caldari.. well they got the base ship right there if not the bonuses, and Minmatar a full-missile-rack totting Typhoon.
2 Drone boats, 2 Missile boats, the weapons that mission runners currently use for two main reasons, damage switching, and ease of use. Everyone has a ship for missions that is superior to any t1 and they'd be easy to balance against each other. Sadly it's too late for that now.
[EDIT: removed "you" reference from the post to clarify the whole thing is not aimed at Akita]
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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.10.30 15:05:00 -
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I put forth something you might enjoy a peek at, if for no other reason than to take the mickey.
Marauder mkII
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Daelin Blackleaf
Aliastra
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Posted - 2007.10.31 04:33:00 -
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This is true. I find even using a Dominix with salv and tractor highs (for those times you really can't be bothered applying any personal effort) it simply isn't fast enough compared to a Salvage Tackle rigged MWD Hurricane.
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