Jacob Holland
Gallente
19th Star Logistics
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Posted - 2008.02.02 16:44:00 -
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I've been trying to keep up with this thread since I read the devblog but I'm going to give up and simply post my thoughts as it's growing faster than I have time to read it.
If the aim here is to reduce the effectiveness or prevalence of the dual EANMII + Damage control tank then it won't succeed, the primary drawback of the EANM and the Invulnerability field is that the resists applied to the strongest portion (EM for armour and Explosive for shields) are rather wasted while the weakest resist is barely covered. This change would reduce that disadvantage and increase the efficiency of that choice.
The alternative to the Dual EANM is active hardeners, If you're in a plated, trimarked or slaved ship then the likelyhood is that three active hardeners is a more effective choice in terms of survivability, even taking into account the increased hull resistances of a damage control. Especially on a ship which fits an armour rep...
Triple active hardener resists reflect the likely proportions of damage you're going to take, lots of Kinetic and Thermal and a bit less EM and Explosive, so why aren't they used more often?
The fitting doesn't help, especially with ships like the Megathron already so tight on CPU that you need an implant to fit them appropriately but it's not the only factor.
I don't know how feasible it is, the actual mechanics are somewhat beyond my understanding.
What if the effects of a session change did not result in all of your hardeners turning off? What if you could jump through to break a gate camp and not have to worry about whether lag would leave you being stripped of your defences with almost no resistances on your primary buffer? What if you didn't need to remember to turn your hardeners on at every session change?
Might active hardeners become more common in PvP in that case?
One of the primary advantages of passive hardening is simply that you don't need to worry about it. It takes care of itself while you take care of killing badguys.
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 Originally by: cordy
Respect to IAC .Your one of the few people who truly deserve to own and live in the space you are in.
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