SwindonBadger
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Posted - 2008.04.03 11:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Derrys
The issue isn't whether or not it's possible to kill nanos -- of course you can kill a single nano with ten ships specifically configured to take them out!
The problem is one of balance. Most days, my overview looks like:
Vagabond
Vagabond
Ishtar
Rapier
Ishtar
Rapier
Taranis
Falcon
Vagabond
Rapier
and it gets old really fast.
The possibility of tailoring a setup to counter nanos was never in doubt. What deserves scrutiny is the diminishing usefulness of fleets that are neither nanos nor specifically anti-nano in nature. When fleets lack versatility and rely upon only a handful of specific ship types, it speaks to a balance issue that needs to be addressed, and that's what I'm seeing, at least in my neck of the woods.
Yes, people who have a problem killing nanos are simply unwilling or unable to adapt. I agree completely, but that's only part of the problem. The other part is that nano or anti-nano fleets are increasingly becoming the only viable option for small gang PvP. There are a lot of other great ships in the game, and it's a shame they can't be used very much.
this,
OB love fleet bs, or close range bs, but they move slow, no probs if ur enemy has to do the same. Trouble is our enemies will be allaicnes and cyno chains. U cant realy fight that with bs unless u run cloaks/logg off. Most of these folks will scream if u use vaggas eg "U only use nanno..." the same folk who scream like that wont engage when u use a bs gang untill its so one sided it wont be a fight. Nannos I think are too fast not by much but the speeds we are reaching are too fast for nanno v nanno fights (3 to 8 kps max would be great again with 3 kps being standerd t1 no skills mwd inty, 8kps with snakes max skills).
Fighting a crow in a rails ranis all outside of web range is a very skillfull event, when ur inties have a few k between them it is easy for one inty to take on many others and close figt to ensure, when the speed diffences are up to 10kps its almost impossible.
It is a shame so many ships do get left on the shelf but when u face the mentality of the masses of "we must worry about kd ratio or dying" rather then actually leaning to fight/play the game the evaporation of roaming bs/ comand ship gangs is very easdy to see.
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