Daelin Blackleaf
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Posted - 2008.02.17 22:42:00 -
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Admittedly-Biased Thread Summary:
 Originally by: Goumindong
Originally by: Cpt Branko
Using TDs is going to be extremely popular on unbonused short-range ships with a spare midslot, I can already tell you that one.
And since most, if not all of these ships are minmitar, what is the problem? Your range adantage against blasters has been extended. Your range deficiency against Amarr has been reduced.
The sole reason any minmitar are against this change is because it just might force them into web range and they just might have to risk their ship.
Boo hoo.
Originally by: Gamesguy
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The implementatin of a falloff reducing module would be extremely detrimental to ships that rely entirely on falloff (read: every single minmatar ship). It would have to be balanced very carefully (by introducing the ability to counter being crippled) even if the penalties are affected by stacking.
About as detrimental as an optimal range reducing module against amarr ships that rely entirely on optimal.
Whats the matter? Dont like it when the shoe is on the other foot? And the whole nonsense about TCs is just that, nonsense, as if amarr had the midslots to fit TCs to "counter" TDs before.
And before you mention TEs, amarr ships have to give up tank to do it, there is no such thing as an "utility lowslot", while there are utility midslots on many 5 midslot ships.
Originally by: Goumindong
TD's cant lock down any ships but ships that have no supplimentary DPS either. And the ships most likely to be entirely turret based with little or no supplimentary DPS are Amarr. Furthermore, it doesnt prevent the activation of other modules such as ewar, nor can it in any way prevent a ship from closing futher to counteract the effect of the TD's.
Originally by: Ruah Piskonit
I really fail to see the problem here, even after reading every post.
I've yet to see any of these points realistically refuted.
I'd like to add that my only concern regarding TD's is that they will be overused much as damps and ECM were in their day, and of course the race seeing the greatest advantage from this will be Minmatar.
If they are overused (compared to other forms of EW on non-specialized ships) this will lead to CCP realizing 6 months later and nerfing them to the point of uselessness so that even Amarr Recons don't bother with them (again). I don't fancy watching TD's go through the whole process ECM went through.
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