Mankirks Wife
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Posted - 2008.07.25 18:22:00 -
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 Originally by: Admiral Bear
Jump on people.
OMG CCP NERFED MY I-ONLY-FIGHT-WHEN-I-WANT-AND-CAN-ALWAYS-GET-AWAY-IF-THINGS-LOOK-BAD CHEESEMOBILE!
CCP is obviously caving to carebears everywhere! Eve is a PvP game!
Now I will have to have multiple fits and ships for multiple situations instead of my super unbeatable-except-by-another-nanoship speed fit!
I'm canceling all of my eleventybillion of my accounts because of this! The end of Eve is near!
Originally by: Admiral Bear
The other factor that is harder to predict is the changes to warp scrambler mechanics. I'm sure we will see new tactics and setups arise to adapt to these changes, and various combinations of afterburners, microwarpdrives, webs and warp scramblers have the potential to be very powerful if used correctly.
I agree with most of your points - solo nanoships will remain quite viable for taking on solo targets, but with the warp scram changes the era of the nano-gang is most certainly over - with these warp scram changes intys can now properly tackle nanoships.
It doesn't matter what else the defenders may have, now that an easy interceptor fit can stop any nano-hic in its tracks I think the risks will quickly outweigh the kills. The inty can even stay in range by switching from a MWD to a good AB when they get scrammed in return, and still maintain good speed since webs are nerfed. If AFs get the web immunity bonus that's been kicked around for a while now you'll see them suddenly take on a nano-tackle role as well.
I've been here through three major nerfs now - this, the Lofty nerf, and the indirect WCS nerf (through the introduction of HICs). The trend I see is that CCP wants to even out the risks to the aggressor and defender. With today's devblog, nanoships of any flavor can be tackled. Sure, you can still nano them, and I doubt an untackled nanoship flown by a skilled pilot will perform much worse than it does now. But now that they *can* be tackled effectively, especially by intys (which is what intys are designed for, after all), changes things up a lot - nanofits aren't exactly cheap, after all.
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