Liang Nuren
Parsec Flux War.Pigs.
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Posted - 2010.10.22 16:14:00 -
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Edited by: Liang Nuren on 22/10/2010 16:16:52
Originally by: CCP Chronotis Some really good opinions here. Remember this is atypical of our usual communication which comes following on from some action or pending change. Here we are experimenting in communication and catalyzing an open debate on a question posed regarding drake popularity and whether it is due to it being imbalanced and gathering opinion on that.
As stated in earlier responses which I see some of you skipped(!), we would never nerf the drake because it used missiles and missiles cause additional load, that would be nonsensical indeed as many note.
It's a good approach. Keep it up. :)
I want to point out that the problem you're seeing (Drake blobs) has nothing at all to do with passive shield tanking and shield recharge, and everything to do with the utility of resist bonuses vs rep bonuses and awesome damage projection at range. I know I've gone over this before, but I want to one more time since I know you're keeping track of these things:
Resist Bonus: - 33% Local Rep Bonus (Requires Cap) - 33% EHP Bonus - 33% Remote Rep Bonus
Rep Bonus: - 37.5% Local Rep Bonus (Requires Cap)
Obviously there's something dramatically askew here given your own (company) admission that players will bring as many players as they can every time they can. And bear in mind that I think that the Drake is the best close range brawling BC too ... but it's not nearly as pronounced as the above topic. You guys have some pretty good game designers and honestly balance is better than it's been in a long time. So... I'm sure you'll figure something out that doesn't nerf the Drake too hard in non-overpowered areas. :)
I am going to ask (pretty please with a cherry on top) that you guys spend a few minutes fixing fittings on frigates and T1 cruisers. There's a lot of ships that are just not really viable ships because their fittings are all jacked up (Navy Slicer, Augorer, Omen, Caracal, etc). Also, if you could do away with the ship tier system I'd <3 you forever. :)
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