Player Features and Ideas Discussion

LOL, you dont get it - it's awesome! If you think it's not - look at Caldari...

sniping is about one shot kills (=alpha). besides that a maelstrom does over 400 DPS @ 150km with tremor and stays mobile, still tanking over 1000DPS with an xl asb.

wether you shoot the npcs yourself or let drones do the work for you does not matter for the ability to kite. i always would choose a tempest over an domi for kiting. smaller sig and 21m/s higher base speed. and yes bs can kite even in pvp.


additionally, even the fact, that we are keep arguing about it means there is ( at least some form of) balance.

Well, that was supposed to be the matter of discussion. I've suggested to reduce its versatility a bit, making it more specialized on drones, via "inherent omnilink". I'd also reduce the number of turrets to, say, 3-4. It would prevent 1700 DPS monster fits. Maybe also reduce the drone bay, to induce some tension - which is not there at the moment. Targeting range is also a bit too large, imho.

In general, CCP want to set some specific roles to every ship. Intuitions says to me, that Dominix should be a sort of mini-carrier. So it should do the things that a carrier does - drones and heavy logistics. However, being one class lower than carrier, it should have far less range, both in RR and drones. While the former is true, the later is not that obvious. Guns should be rudimentary, as there are none on carriers. And of course, it should cost like mini-carrier, not like a couple of BCs.


In fact, that is what I afraid!
I afraid the Domi would be nerfed down to the floor one day, when CCP suddenly realizes it's not fitting into one of their crazy schemes. Did you read the original devblog about that? The role mentioned there for Domi, if I remember right, was "cavalry"! Like hit and run, or something like that. It means it has to be mobile, paper-thin and otherwise totally ruined. So if we dont discuss how it could be morphed retaining its current role - such insane transmutation can happen.

Smart bombs.
You can counter drones just fine with them.

The Dominix is a good ship, but it has drawbacks. It gets no tracking bonus, no defensive bonus, and only 6 high slots. It also is Gallente, which needed a buff. Being a tier 1 Gallente BS, is has lower armor than most armor tankers. It also has a split weapon system, although that is acceptable with drones.

A lot of the things that made the ship a threat (ECM, SD, Nos, etc.) have been nerfed. The problem was not the ship, but the modules.

I just spoke to someone who used to pilot them a lot. He had a lot of kills and a lot of losses with that ship.


As for a ship that performs better... Drake/Cane/Maelstrom.

Better is versatility: Typhoon. It has all of the weapons that can change damage and don't use cap. Your Domi can't even fit a missile launcher. It matches utility slots (2 high vs. 2 mid) and can use 3 cap-drain mods, full drones with spares, and either 5 torps or 5 guns. You don't even know what it will hit you with. ECM? Drones and FoF. Add a buffer armor tank and it will laugh at your Domi's cap drain.

armor buffer typhoon is monstrous beast.
if you want to make it happen: ~ 100k ehp, full flight of ogres, torpedo and autocannon goodines.
or stick with one weapon (projectile or missile) and have at least 3 random utility modules.

to repeat me and the others: domi is an awesome ship but in no way overpowered and good as it is.
and even when it gets buffed with this whole tiericide initiative, still will have enough drawbacks.



i guess some sort of heavy drone / void blaster combo?
sure looks good in evehq but any fast battlecruiser or battleship (tempest ;) ) will just kite you and your drones to death.
even cruiser like cynabal in the hands of a experienced pilot might do the job
without a good gang in your back raw dps is worth quite little in the regime of battleships.

Lets for a second assume that CCP ISN'T going through the ship classes, and ballancing them all right now...

Don't be a *****. Shield tank the domi and go dual-damage mods like a ******* boss.