Cpt Lollercakes
Warriors of COAD
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Posted - 2009.01.03 18:35:00 -
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Edited by: Cpt Lollercakes on 03/01/2009 18:49:22
 Originally by: Rivqua
***some nubby cobblers***
/Riv
Silly fanboy, the issues with client crashes and disconnections have been around for a long time, didn't you know this? Ebay your account?
Its also a tiny bit worrying that Atropos cheerfully ignored the OP's actual point - isk cost. Lost ammo has to be an industrial full to cost the same as 5x T2 sentry's.
Originally by: CCP Atropos
Well... strictly speaking, Caldari pilots lose their 'primary' weapon type as soon as they start warp; missiles stop once warp is engaged.
The launchers don't fall off the ship and sit there for other people to scoop / npc's to shoot.
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Cpt Lollercakes
Warriors of COAD
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Posted - 2009.01.03 19:24:00 -
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Edited by: Cpt Lollercakes on 03/01/2009 19:26:28
Originally by: CCP Atropos
I was playing Devils Advocate with the OP
And doing a dreadful job of it. OJ Simpsons defence atourney's alt detected.
Originally by: CCP Atropos
With the autoscoop mechanic, they're drones return to the ship, and the ship manages to tank all the damge being done before disappearing once the 15 minute timer is up. The other pilot(s) now has nothing to show for the effort expanded; no loot to walk away with. Conversely the Carrier pilot has had no cost and no risk for their actions.
This is such an awful analogy; really its total pants. If the aforementioned carrier pilots hits return to bay, and waits the 30 seconds he can do this under existing game mechanics; and in all likelyhood if they can tank for 15:00, they can probably tank for 15:30.
Originally by: CCP Atropos
Is it not part of what defines drone based ships; that you get damage output at no cost to the wielding ship (cap, ammo, etc)
Missiles don't use cap, projectiles don't use cap and nearly everything has a drone bay and when did ammo become a disadvantage for anyone?.
Did you mean to say that drone boats with a drone damage bonus and/or decent bandwidth have the advantage of generating DPS without using high slots? They also tend to have a crappy powergrid for thier racial weapon type and/or few high slots.
The whole thread is about the imbalance for drone vs any other weapon type in that a well documented issue - crashes & disconnects - takes away the ships main weapon system. No one is getting thier hybrids, lasers, launchers removed from the ship just because the client crashed.
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