Originally by: s4mp3r0r

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"Hey man, you're mom has a cruise missile".

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Originally by: Reto

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curse = very strong and questionable when it comes to gamebalance due to slot and weaponsystems layout. the ship uses its highs and meds for ew and its lows for speed tanking it can attack from almost 40km with its capdrain and it is extremeley hard to counter with ecm and impossible with damps. it uses turretdisruptors which are deadly vs the most damaging ships in eve. and its weapon system can only be affected by either smartbombs or missle systems.

pilgrim = similar to curse.

huggin and rapier = also very strong ships. however cant counter amarr recons due to capdrain from almost 40km by the enemy. dps are dealt by conventional weapons and some drones. overall dps are same as the amarr recons but rely on charges (cargospace) and tracking. dont have bonused ew vs direct fire like missles or turrets. have the option of countering speed fitted ships thus have an very good niche in combat.

arazu and lachesis = are strong vs snipers but utterly weak vs ships fighting at med ranges of ~40km possesing long sensor ranges. they posses the only ew which cant affect the enemy for the duration of a whole fight. the range reduction doesnt work vs reconship due to high base targeting ranges and the resolution script option only affect the targeted ship for a very limited amout of time. the dps are dealt by conventional weapons like turrets and missles and drones. the weapons need charges and can be affected by enemy ew. my facit is that ccp should take another look into them. the damp nerf was indeed needed but the ships lost a lil too much of their Oooomph(tm) with the recent patch.

falcon and rook = never used em so far so ill not comment on them. however mates where very successful with them utilizing ecm and assorted ecm boosting rigs etc.

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all in all i think that every shipclass has its best ships. amarr totally take the recon trophy back home when it comes to solo performance.
amarr recons are unbeatable when it comes to cap killing, dps dealing and dmg evasion ability. they perform very good in all of this sections and if its fair or not is imo in question. however all the recons are suited for specific situations but some of this situations are rare and some are very comon.

in another respect i dont think that ccps approach to give recons total supreority on the battlefield is wise. ew ships should be strong on the ew dealing side but they shouldnt be invincible on the ew receiving side. their targeting range and sensor strenght makes it almost impossible to counter em with their own medcine which imo isnt good as recon vs recon fights should at least be an even and fair game.

this is my opinion. whats yours?

(disclaimer: to flame, whine, troll, insult me for my opinion causes me to never paying regard to ur comments again until the marry day of ur withdrawal from eve community and in that case ill ask u now beforehand "can i have ur stuff?")

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