Sun Wu
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Posted - 2003.06.12 09:35:00 -
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I would also concur that naval combat is what is closest to EVE combat, the mayor factors right now after the initial setup itself are based around range, rate of fire and damagetypes of different guns. This resembles are ship to ship combat in WW2 more than it does an air to air or air to ship battle.
Both shields and armor can be modified or strengthened aswell and there are different types of both guns and ammo for them which make up a part of the choice in a battle. Right now we are still seeing relatively little people using different ammo sorts depending on target and range though, but I expect that to change.
Furthermore to the comment from above stating :
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In under two months someone will prolly be producing a Titan and CCP will understand that they now will have a problem keeping players around.
This is to me total nonsense. Once people start to build battleships and titans we will finally see the game in the state it's meant to be in. Right now is when players are most likely to leave or feel discouraged by the game, afterall neither the economy nor the tech tree is very far yet, and EVE in the long run is not about everyone climbing and waiting till there are titans and battleships but about what will happen once those are in place. That is when battles on a real scale start to take place, that is when things start to actually happen on a political level, that is when EVE becomes what it should be like.
And no, frigates will even then not be obsolete, nor will cruisers. A small ship which costs next to nothing is still a good investment for a solo player, and even for corp members. We have many members who have bankaccounts the size of small nations yet they still fly around in their new frigates at times, I think people need to realise that just because you can buy a cruiser or battleship or whatever it doesn't mean you should get one, nor does it mean there is automatically any gain in said ship for you.
Afterall a cruiser is slower, more expensive to maintain and also a larger target in battle. If you see 4 frigates and 1 cruiser come along 90% of the people out there will focusfire on the cruiser to take it out first....
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