Nicholas DW
Digital-Anarchy
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Posted - 2008.03.25 19:58:00 -
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At James Lyrus: with the introduction of HICs and the changes to 'ceptors making them even better tacklers, the warp disrupt bonus isn't as great an asset to a fleet as it used to be. If I'm given the choice, I'd rather have a HIC over an Arazu in almost any gang. And given the choice between a Falcon and an Arazu I'd almost always choose the Falcon.
If the biggest remaining "draw" the Arazu has is its DPS, its certainly in need of a boost or at the very least a fundamental change. If people wanna fly a DPS boat they fly a HAC, a BC or a BS. What I want, and what I assume the majority of the people posting in this thread want out of the Arazu is an EW platform that is a viable alternative to the Falcon.
CCP likes to push the "jack-of-all trades" thing unless a particular ship doesn't fit their "intended role" for said ship class; and in some cases it works. But when it comes to a dedicated EW platform, specialization is the key to success and survival. Other ships do the tackle role or the DPS role much, much better then the Arazu and most do it for a lot less isk and with lower SP.
When, in order to preform your role, you have to do it at 40km because your damps have limited range, a "Four-slot" tank doesn't get you very far. In a small gang fight being able to damp one ship to less then 20km is nice and all, but it doesn't keep your friends that have to fight under that range alive nor does it keep you alive when the guy has 4-5 friends with him and you get called primary. And if its a gank anyways, i.e., 5 ships vs 1 random BS, more DPS would have been more useful then an Arazu anyways.
Which brings us to the Falcon comparisons; the Falcon and other ECM boats can take 1-2+ targets out of a fight completely and they can do it at great range and at relative safety. If you want tackle or DPS, lots of ships do it better then the Arazu/Lachesis. What I want and expect out of the Arazu to be is a damp platform and as it stands now it can't do that properly. I don't want or expect damps to be plain better then ECM at taking people out of a fight, but it shouldn't be altogether useless at the job either.
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