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Minmatar Winds of Dawn
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Posted - 2007.08.19 23:25:00 -
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Im not to sure about this. I like the idea, I think there is a bit of a niche for them in the game, but with more and more players having 1 billion isk plus, what happens when these ships, which they will do, replace battleships in fleet battles? Then we will have the exact same problems as we had before.
Also, recons will be absolutely useless against them, you dont need them webbing, huge cap so curses arent a problem (esp after nos nerf) huge locking range and ecm strenght so falcon and arazu are useless too. Recons are what is keeping battleships down at the moment, thats the reason more people are flying hacs/command ships.
I just don't see how this actually stops blobbing though, at all. The big rich alliances will all use them, and they will be even more powerful than before. Fleets will be full of them, it doesn't decrease the numbers of players fighting, it just gives them a new toy.
I think ccp have proved that a ship class isn't going remove blobbing, whether they have learnt from their mistakes is another thing. They made their bed with pos's, cap ships and soveriegnity, and since then all they have done is added to them 3 things, which is turning fighting in eve into blob fests. Obviously they aren't gonna remove pos's from the game (even though they should ).
The only other way forward I see is a tactical move. If ccp implement tactics where it is wise not to bring more people, maybe formation flying or...Somebody in another thread ages ago put it perfectly, the only way to beat a blob is to bring a bigger blob, so he said ambushes or shock attacks should be implemented. Think about it, a fleet jumps into a system, the fc knows something is wrong and then BAM the traps set and they're !!!NOT OUTNUMBERED!!! but !!!OUT MANOUVERED!!! The ambushers are in a tactically superior situation, they dont need the extra men, because they have tactically outmanouvered their opponents. There is a lot of ways ccp can implement this, im too tired to think of any but I think this would solve blobs and add a great new level of fighting, make fleet battles not just necassary but FUN pvp.
Just my ideas, they aren't perfect and im sure this lovely community will point flaws but...meh
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