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Posted - 2007.11.20 21:08:00 -
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ive noticed this myself and was talking about it, and until alkeena mentioned to me she had written this post didnt know this thread existed.
the torp issue is meant more that before missle bs's were not short OR long range, they were kinda omni-range, unlike the other races, and this change is makeing it so you caldari have to choose between long and short range. and from what ive seen, depending on where in eve you go there is plenty of close-range fleet combat to be had, not everyone flys around in 200km sniper blobs.
the myrmidon was undoubtably a very powerful ship - but t2 fit myrm vs a t2 fit autocane, as it is, if the cane pilot has even the slightest brain to keep out of web/nos range and pop the heavy drones first the myrm is pretty easy to take down. its not the god-mobile that everyone thinks it to be, and the nerf its takeing maybe a bit excessive, although i like the idea of the bandwidth, it should be a buff not a nerf - allow us to launch as many drones as before and still carry more in the hold. this allows for more variety.
I think the ops point for the myrmi though was that drones basically *were* the myrmi's weapon system, as it is the ishtars and domi's, and nerfing them makes them more like the other ships - drones are now a "extra" weapon system, instead of "the" weapon system. which is bad, if people want to not have guns and rely on drones, they train gallante and there should be ships that can do that role.
The teir2 bc's that came out were nice and diffrent at the start, but as other posts have mentioned the distinguishing features of each of these ships is being nerfed down - drakes tanks, now myrmi's drones - whats next, loosing another turret slot on the cane?
but the teir 3 battleships were not so diffrent. all 4 races got a 8 turret battleship. even the drone race. even the missle race. even the speed/mixed weapon type race. 8 turrets for everybody. that's dissapointing.
and for the new ships comeing out, they are breaking a somewhat unwritten rule of racial ewar. target painting and webbing bonus's are minmatar ewar, so why are all the other races getting ships that have bonus's to either webbing or painting? surly these ships could have had bonus's in other ways to compensate (double tracking bonus's perhaps, or a bonus reduction to weapon sig radius?) Whats next, a gallante drone boat with curse-range-nos's? or a 40km scram capiblbe vagabond? Even if those ships are meant for pve, they will still be used in pvp like every other ship. Soon, will every race have a ship that can do something compairable to every other race's ship?
minmatar ships, my specialty, ive noticed a trend that worrys me there as well. Minmatar ships have generally been considered "skill intensive" or "hard mode" due to mixed weapon systems - yet the focus on missles have been shrinking drastically on the newer ships. even our missle-heavy battleship, the phoon's (and lets face it, most people considered the missles and drones to be the real fit for the ship, ac's were an afterthought) t2 version is a turret ship, with not a single launcher to be found, and NONE of the new ships for minmatar have ANY missle bonus's. split the bonus's but give us an extra highslot or two to make up for lost dps, and id be much happier - flying mixed setups is why i started minmatar. Im sure other races have similar complaints.
and finally, amarrian players, relax, your not so hard-done as you think. some of the top damage dealers in pvp i know are amarrian, and while it sucks to have a primary damage type with lasers that is the base strongest armor resist, t2 minmatar ammo has the same problem with sheilds (ever try to shoot a drake using barrage? dont work so well....) and while we could swap ammo to compensate for that, thats over 10 seconds of lost dps, which can still loose you the fight easy, where you guys have infinite ammo/1sec crystal change for ranges. (nerf muninn armor em resist agreed tho)
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