dolmant
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Posted - 2008.08.10 02:46:00 -
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 Originally by: Kai Lae
Originally by: Waxau
Im against a variety of the new CCP changes. However, i personally like this change.
The WORST case scenario, is that of an Arazu, with a 120mil warp scrambler on, having a range of about 25km. That is NOTHING to fear, when a rapier can web you at 40km. Or a curse can suck you dry in one cycle, from 40km.
Heck, if you're in scramble range, then you're (as others have said) in web range. Currently, that means death. So the only difference here is 1. They need two mods to lock you down (nano boost, with webs being nerfed) and 2. It boosts Afterburners in terms of popularity, thus creating variation - Which is what Eve is all about.
Actually a lach w/ a warp scrambler II, recons 4, and a mindlinked claymore in gang has a scramble range of 26km. Unless they changed the bonus of the module on sisi (I didn't check), as that's the range as it is on TQ now. Without the claymore, overloaded, it's 19km.
The reason this makes me nervous is that in order to kill something with blasters you must get very close to them. A blasterthron (or blaster BS of any type, except possibly a null rokh) generally must fit a MWD in order to as quickly close the range as possible in order to start putting DPS on target. With scramblers of this range, this may literally be impossible. The changes on sisi with regards to battleships make them accelerate even slower than they do now and they take more time to reach max speed, making anything that shuts down a MWD from outside of blaster range even more effective. While I'm as for just about anything that boosts gallente recons, I'd much rather see sensor damp bonus increased to 7.5% or 10% per level, and the bonus not apply to scramblers if this goes in. As others have noted, a 9km scrambler that also shuts off your MWD may not be broken. 26km though....that makes me wonder. Especially since lachs are now about 40m and very easy to get.
Arrgh - how is an arazu or lach going to kill you? how is that different to a rapier webbing you? i dont know. You arnt supposed to be able to kill everything with 1 setup. and 2 ships can shut you mwd off if they have faction scrams. Not only that, but if you fit an ab your immune to this overpowered scram module, whereas you *cant* counter a web (only by running your mwd or ab, which brings you up to your base speed or a little higher). also, if they shut off your mwd, they must be within 10km, and thus inside your range as a blasterboat.
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