Trick Novalight
Caldari Instapop Industries Amici Noctis
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Posted - 2009.12.28 22:14:00 -
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Originally by: CCP Abathur
Originally by: Kersh Marelor After reading the flagship suggestion I've been also wondering about the specific... 'winsauce' in SC. Obviously there are the fighter bombers which are absolutely awesome and will give the ship a decent and well deserved role. But capitals in general have a unique flavor, eah a different one - dreads have siege, carriers do triage, titans do DD and bridge, Rorq goes industrial. The SC being with those changes the second beast in the food chain after the titan has fighter bombers as a unique bit. But that is a bit... well little. It is a lot, as now the DPS dished out is monstrous compared to other ships (still less than two dreads tho). What I think SC needs is exaxtly some kind of unique feature which would make it into essential part of major capital fleet, not just an optional bit that you need to take good care of (as it is not meant to be solo ship - rightfully so). Please - spare your rage if you don't agree, as I am merely sharing my doubt ;)
The Fighter Bombers that Supercarriers launch can deal approximately 2x the damage of a dread with max skills. This damage is unaffected by the tracking penalties imposed by the XL turrets on Titans or the Siege Module on Dreads and the torpedoes that Fighter Bombers launch have a much higher explosion velocity than their capital-launched counterparts. So while the damage is 'only' 2x the damage of a dread, they are much more effective against moving capital ship targets.
This damage does not require siege mode and is directed by an awesome looking, ECM-immune beast with millions of EHP. It can't dock but, hey, neither could Darth Vader's flagship.
Is there a possibility that we'll ever see a capital ship that's designed for taking out smaller ships? It seems to me every capital+ class ship is designed for the sole purpose of POS and Cap warfare. What I'm suggesting is a Cap flack ship, something that can sit in with the dreds and carriers that are in siege/triage mode unable move and help pick off support ships.
Most naval vessels have smaller gun platforms to help pick off smaller ships and aircraft. I don't understand why this sort of thing has been left out.
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