Demangel
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Posted - 2003.06.10 20:30:00 -
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Mind bender Last time I checked NPC Anythings are only very BASICALLY outfitted.
I remember how I could take out 6+ Serpentis Pirates who where in Atrons with my one atron, and that was with one pulse laser...
A player Cruiser will more than likely have a weapon in every turret slot, some cool hardware in the medium slots, and god knows what else in the low slots...
Trust me, 4-5 frigate size 125mm Hybrids (or god forbid 4-5 250MM light artillary projectiles) will tear you apart pretty fast if your in a frigate. Since you can currently stack damage mods for example a 250MM arty gun for the frigate can do around 50HP of damage or more every 3 seconds if mounted on the right ships! That kind of damage is sick enough on a rifter with it's low HP and shields, but imagine if it was on a cruiser...
The door DOES swing both ways though.
However I DO think CCP needs to implement frigates that bridge the gap between frigates and cruisers.
Just like BSOD said in his post above, there is a rediculous price and value gap between the top most frigates (even at NPC prices) and even the lowest end cruisers.
To SOME extent I am POSITIVE that when we start seeing MKI-MKV versions of frigates that gap will become smaller.
However I am also hoping for a few new ship classes, and types.
A few more frigate styles would be nice for example.
And maybe a class between frigate and cruiser would be a good option?
In the end however so LONG as frigates remain useful on the battlefield (they can be very useful infact depending on a few things), I won't complain.
For example EW is an almost Ideal role for many Frigates.
In the end remember how ships are designed to work. Frigates are meant to support the larger vessles and keep them alive longer, they are cheaper and thus more expendable, but you'll need more people to fly them all.
Anyway I think it's more or less a matter of tweaking, not total restructuring.
I would like to see Frigates be a little bit more potent Versus cruisers, but not so much so that buying a low end cruiser is pointless...
Galaxion > If you drove a car shaped like a thorax women would call you
Demangel > Dude... I would call..
Demangel > wait that sounded g@y I bet.
Galaxion > Just a bit.
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