The Twilight
House Liao
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Posted - 2008.04.23 02:52:00 -
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After reading a lot about the Black Ops class and being very interesting in the potential of
the new class, I would have to agree that some changes are needed in order to effectively use the Black Ops Ships. As mentioned in the CCP explanation of the Black Ops class the ships are designed to do espionage and sneak around not fight head to head with another ships nor act (in the case of the Widow) as a fancily painted Ewar boat. I think by readjusting some things on the ships a completely new style of warfare (away from the nano gangs) could be created.
1: Fighting Capabilities
As many people have stated a cloaking Battleship should not be able to warp cloaked, and still hit like a battleship, that would in respect become a beast of overpowered goodness. But I donÆt believe the BO class should be oriented toward fighting so I suggest nerfing the drone bay, thereÆs no reason for it and the idea of deploying drones, waiting for drones, and then pulling them in isnÆt very stealthy and none of the BOÆs Counter parts have that ability, so keep the trend going. Also I suggest possibly taking away a launcher/turret slot or two to again lower the attacking ability, but in turn, with taking away the BOÆs offensive capabilities, it should be allowed to accompany its fellow stealth ships in cloaked warp.
2: Jump Range Problems
With the Black Op ships I believe that in order to balance the very precarious position of a mini jump bridge on a BS, CCP should strip the bonus to offensive capabilities, ie. Ewar and turret, and replace them with jump bonus to range and efficiency but keep the cargo hold the same. And I know itÆs a big problem that the BO class canÆt get far and many people donÆt like it, but I donÆt think it is fair for a BS to get far behind enemy lines by ITSELF. So instead of increasing the BO cargo space CCP should allow blockade runners to jump through with the covert ops craft as well. This would solve the storage issue and wouldnÆt allow free roaming battleships to get far into enemy space by themselves. I mean for Pete Sake blockade runners are painted the same color and they would add a huge ôEspionage Fleetö aspect to the game by allowing small fleets to operate behind enemy lines for an extended period of time, which in retrospect is the definition of Espionage.
Sorry for ranting but the potential Black Ops Espionage gang it what IÆve always wanted in eve and I think would add a lot more flavor to the pretty bland variety of fighting. 
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