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Milton Middleson
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.02 16:43:00 -
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I have to agree with the people predicting extremely obnoxious linked kiting setups. In the context of solo frigate battles, range control and ewar >>> everything else. The only thing you'll need to worry about is your crippled DPS failing to kill the target before reinforcements arrive.
My gut says these ships still lack survivability in even small gang fights. The Hyena and Sentinel, especially, since they have to operate at a closer range than the Keres or Kitsune. |
Milton Middleson
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.08 20:18:00 -
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I think that the word you are looking for is 'penalty'. |
Milton Middleson
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.09 19:55:00 -
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CCP Rise wrote:Alright you win !
Yesterday spent some time talking internally and I think I'm going to make some tweaks to tone them down a little. Not sure exactly what the numbers will be yet and I'm not in the office today but I'll post here letting you know when we work something out.
Thanks for the help
That's kind of disappointing, since there really aren't many dimensions along which you can tone them down without making them unusable again. They have very poor survivability already, so you can't really cut into that. They need the T2 ewar range in order to operate at a range where they won't instantly die the moment someone decides they want to get rid of them. Making them slower is just a different cut into their bad survivability.
The small, vocal minority doesn't want EAFs to be "reasonable", they want them to be useless.
Quote:They are already getting a significant buff through the warp speed changes.
The same buff that all the other frigates are getting. They still need to be effective in their role once they land on grid, and there is very little room to cut into that effectiveness before they go back to being ****. |
Milton Middleson
Rifterlings Point Blank Alliance
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Posted - 2013.10.11 15:18:00 -
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Because clearly these ships were just too fast and tough. :facepalm: They were already going to have a very rough time with kiting cruisers, and now it's even worse.
If you're going to cut down the effectiveness/range of their e-war, and make them slower besides, you really need to give them more tank. You should also probably not be cutting into their firepower. |
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