Mars Theran
EVE Rogues
EVE Rogues Alliance
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Posted - 2012.04.19 07:07:00 -
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BCK wrote:Ok I hate to be the one negative nancy, but as a jammer pilot (which means I am inherently squishy) this kinda scares the poop out of me. It means that not only am I already the clear primary to the opposing FC, but now every single person that I attempt to jam will have an extra shiny new notification of my efforts and make me extremely easy to counter. Like instapop every time I attempt to jam. As if it isn't bad enough to be flying a blackbird or falcon or rook
Secondly...Am I the only person who has spent the last couple of years learning to customize my overview correctly? I am of the opinion that if you can't read your overview, or if you have it set so narrow that you don't see all of the crucial info being displayed there (that CCP took the time to not only build concisely, but fully customizeable), you really should not be pvping. I live and breathe overview. Because I have to. Just like everyone else. If you can't see ewar on overview, widen it
Furthermore, as a jammer pilot my only real defense is either my EWAR itself, or the safety of the rest of the fleet clogging up the enemies overview. As I am not a primary DPS dealer, nor a tank, it seems like I am being punished. There is no shiney new pop up for DPS guys shooting you. So they will be the only ones with the anonymity of the fleet blobbing up the overview. But now my squishy butt is going to stick out like a sore thumb as soon as I attempt to do my job. It sounds like the devs really want alot of dead jam boats. I understand that Caldari ewar is OP compared to the other races, but that is why every race has a specialized eccm option that they can fit if they don't want to get jammed. There are alot of ewar options, but honestly not many are regularly used other than jamming. I really believe that this is going to unfairly balance the game against me and my kind. Jam pilots are a fairly rare breed and we are acutely aware of how squishy we are and how much everyone else hates us; this new feature will seriously dissuade new pilots from pursuing a career as a jammer. They know that if they do, they will be in for a ton of losses. It's a hard sell to tell someone "Yeah, well you ARE going to lose your ship tonight when we go out pvping. Just like every other night. Sorry bud, that's the new life of a jammer. Oh and I'm not buying you a 19th falcon. Sorry. Fly a blackbird."
I'm guessing you might not have been on the recieving end of a small gang with EWAR support anytime recently. The very fact that you fly a fit and role that gives you plenty of time to read your overview and see who is doing what suggests that you aren't even familiar with what the guys in the fray are doing or have time to notice
Experience will help someone to know when and what, and even where their attackers are and what they are doing to some extent and some people are just damn good at it, but often a player on the recieving end of a sudden onslaught really doesn't know what is coming from where.
So here is what is really going to happen. The experienced guys are going to continue ignoring you because you are just not always that important, and the inexperienced guys are probably going to try shooting at you in some desperate effort to survive.
Chances are they are still going to die, you'll adapt, and things will go back to normal except newbs will be better prepared. Sound good?
Anyway, it may change a few things but one element will always be the same: The experienced pilots will continue doing what they've always done. At least, I'm pretty sure they will.
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