Juan Andalusian
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Posted - 2004.05.27 09:47:00 -
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 Originally by: Zansin
you ppl dont seem to realise frigates arnt surposed to b able to take out battleships damn it all you guys crying because ur gonna get pwned by bships even more now no 1 cares buy a bigger ship
So you are suggesting that now on TQ BSs are helpless vs frigates? and that frig vs BS balance is scewed in favor of the frig?
Anyway i don't really mind the changes. Not because i 100% agree with them but because there is no real point in arguing anymore. They will come and people will adapt.
Were the changes nessesary? Imho not all of em.
Wrecking shot calculations was nessesary. Tracking overhaul was not.
I notice people in Chaos going: "Oh wow, my thorax can now orbit at optimal around a bs with no speed boosting modules on and not get hit!" .... i wonder how many of them knew that this was possible on TQ for several months now.
The problem was never getting hit by long range turrets while orbiting at, what the majority of the EVE playerbase would have termed as, slowass speeds. The problem was getting there. 2nd MWD nerf (mass, lower boost) + ****** up orbit mechanics + Locking times pretty much ensured that you would die before getting to the desirable position. How many of those were adressed? only orbiting was.
If CCP had just mended the wrecking hit formula and adressed either speed issues or the locking times, it would have saved itself from a lot of trouble, like trying to balance frig mwd.
If they had left tracking as it is in TQ now... they only thing the would have to worry about Frig vs BS combat would be absolutely nothing.
1) Turret frigs have to switch mwd off anyway. To get decent hits and to ensure steady cap flow. They also have to close in under 10km which means they can be webbed, sbombed if they come even closer.
2) Missile frigs would now have to stay at 10-20km as lights don't have long flight times. Scramble, launch drones. Their damage output has been lessened, you can't have em come down to web range or be vulnerable to turret fire as well cause they can mwd.
Nway, to all those complaining... this is the way of the MMORPG, wait until they come to TQ find out what works and what doesn't and if you like it you play if you don't you leave. That's how it works everywhere... complaining without having extensively tested or without seeing the final product is pointless 90% of the times...
P.S. I am gonna miss my turret frig/s vs cruise missile frig/s skirmishes.
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