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Posted - 2012.03.24 06:32:00 -
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Vaal Erit wrote:Well it might not stop you personally, Garmon, if link ships had to be on grid and were killable easier because you have enough isk not to care. But for the rest of EVE, a t3 link ship is not cheap, especially when podded and people will stop using them if they die far more often.
I call BS on the excuse that CCP cannot code it. Rat bounties and what you can see on overview and other mechanics work on who is on grid.
T3 link ship bonuses need to be toned down and all of the bonuses on the links themselves need to be toned down due to the release of tech 2 links. Tone down the mindlink as well. Maybe give command ships the AF boost treatment so they can fit one link + be useful in an in your face combat role. Except for the info links, those might need to be boosted or rethought completely.
Maybe also reimburse that useless SP it becomes on peoples characters? Cause LS skills will become useless and t3's are in no way designed to be able to survive on grid fight. 2 tornados and there is no chance of survival for skirmish loki, cause he'll be alfa'ed
What you're proposing will push eve even more to blob>rest, imo it started with warp scramblers change(at the time when CCP argued that speed tanking is too much 0/1), and continues, that's actually a sad news for ppl who would like to go and fight f/x 2hacs/vs 5bc's. IMHO problem is tied to people having all llv5 now, which they didnt have 4years ago -> CCP didnt add any new real skills. The other problem encouraging blobbing is that t2 combat ships aren't better than battlecruisers...
Garmon, links are not a problem in a fleet fight neither is tank, as with 1.8k ppl in local you will just get alphaed and funny thing is that you dont see a problem with that. Links change things, especially offgrid, for solo/few man gang that want to multiply their force and have a fighting chance with blob. If they nerf links people will just bring falcons instead.
I agree that t3 links should be switched in effectivnes with command ships, commands should be further boosted, they might need some kind of nerf, but it should be tied directly with providing solo/small groups with tools to invest their money in smth that makes them more effective than ppl without those investements, else in 1 year we'll all just fly drakes/hurricanes, cause anything else wont make sense. |