LadyShu
Federation of Synthetic Persons
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Posted - 2007.12.14 23:17:00 -
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I skilled towards blackops right after they were announced by ccp (also cloak 5 as it was a rumour that it would be required for Black Ops *sigh*)
The role of this ship for clandestine operations behind enemy lines sounded perfect to me and my playstyle.
I jumped into a panther when they were available on sisi and tried some fittings and tested the ship in general especially the jump drive stuff, i made suggestions in the gamedev forum and discussed with other possible blackop pilots, and in my opinion ccp failed again with a ship for a given role.
Tons of testers mentioned that the jumpdrive fueluse is a joke... nothing happened.
I got a pretty expensive panther on sisi today and really nothing changed :(
- 4 ly jumprange may be enough on the paper... it should be enough to bypass some gatecamps etc, but the system layout of the most systems doesnt allow big jumps, and if so it needs like what? 800+ isotopes?! if you have enough fuel with you for 2 4ly jumps you cant carry much capboosters and very little ammo.
- The Jumpbridge is a joke... you cant jump many recons, even if everyone brings in there own fuel, the jumpbridge only holds a few seconds and you really need to work with cans.
- The Slot and Grid...
Well you have 8 high slots. I tried (at least on the panther) 800er artillerys, 650er etc. doesnt really happen which ACs you fit (dont even think about fitting 1400ers artis...) you get troubles with at least 2 highslots... you need 5 guns, 1 cloak, 1x bridge generator.. impossible if you want a decent tank (if not fitted for speed)...
This ship (panther) actually is a limited phoon which can move when cloaked, thats it. And since you cant warp cloaked everyone sees you coming.
I dont demand a solo pwn mobil (the dps isnt high enough on this ship for this either...) but for the price of this ship, the very high skill requirements (i guess you can easy go for caps after this ^^) and the limited use its just a waste of isk.
My suggestions would be:
- more cargospace (more fuel?)
or
- possibility of warp cloaked (make cov op cloak available to black ops its atm a bs sized recon after all...)
or
- let them jump 8ly instead 4ly, then people could live with the limitations.
I cant see a future for Black Ops if the stay like they are :/ The idea was pretty good and the solo combat functionality is great in blackops, but it really lacks some bonuses for its intended role.
sorry for my poor english
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