Connall Tara
Red Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.24 12:24:00 -
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Whelp, figure i might as well womble over here as well.
merlin changes... DON'T PANIC
what we lose: heavy tank combat frigate with a split weapon layout
what we gain: baby harpy
don't believe me? pull up an incursus and a merlin in evefit side by side and start thinking it out...
lets say a ion/rocket merlin with 1 EM rig, 2 extender rigs, a MSE and a damage control, thats around 7.5k EHP
if we remove the 5% resist per level bonus that drops down to 6.1k EHP, so we're losing 1.4k EHP, bit bad :(
what do we get in compensation though? if we look at the incursus (with its 5% damage/level bonus like the proposed merlin and 3 turrets) we find a significant dps boost.
with ion blasters and rocket launchers
current merlin with void/rage = 122 dps
new merlin with void = 148 dps
so we gain 36 deeps
however, we also get a extra lowslot on the new merlin? what could we plug in there... a magstab!
current merlin with void/rage = 122 dps
new merlin with void + magstab in the lows = 182 dps
so we lose 1.4kEHP but gain 60 dps, there are certainly worse things to happen to the ship.
and hey, ALL shield ships are going to get slower, so even if they don't change the merlin's bonuses and slots around it'll be slower than before :/
where do merlins fight in pvp? close to mid range with web/scram using blasters or rails to kite other frigates and hammer them to death with antimatter. will it be any different? not really. will we OMGWTF200DPSFACEMELT them now? hell yes ^^
[Merlin, theory]
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Damage Control II
Medium Shield Extender II
Experimental 1MN Afterburner I
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Light Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge S
Small Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
Small Core Defense Field Extender I
might just be a rough "theory" of what the new merlins might look like, but the certainly doesn't look like a bad ship |