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RedEye
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-04-23 15:19:53 UTC
Anyone give me a brief rundown on major changes to be aware of as i ease myself back in?

RedEye
Ammo Deliveries since 2003
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2013-04-23 15:27:29 UTC
RedEye wrote:
Anyone give me a brief rundown on major changes to be aware of as i ease myself back in?

RedEye
Ammo Deliveries since 2003


Look up the patch notes of the expansions since you left. They will give you an idea of what has happened since you left.


They added:

Incursions
They then nerfed the incursions.

They changed FW
They then nerfed it again because it was too much button-orbiting-gaining LP.

They added Tier 3 BCs
They rebalanced any T1 ship up to BC size + exhumers (BS and some T2 is being planned for the 4th of June).

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RedEye
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-04-23 15:39:32 UTC
J'Poll wrote:
RedEye wrote:
Anyone give me a brief rundown on major changes to be aware of as i ease myself back in?

RedEye
Ammo Deliveries since 2003


Look up the patch notes of the expansions since you left. They will give you an idea of what has happened since you left.


They added:

Incursions
They then nerfed the incursions.

They changed FW
They then nerfed it again because it was too much button-orbiting-gaining LP.

They added Tier 3 BCs
They rebalanced any T1 ship up to BC size + exhumers (BS and some T2 is being planned for the 4th of June).



My last stint was FW before i took my sabbatical - hoping it hasn't been messed up too much.

Working through the patches - they nerfed my Cane!!!!!!
Archibald Thistlewaite III
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Miners
#4 - 2013-04-23 16:04:09 UTC
RedEye wrote:


My last stint was FW before i took my sabbatical - hoping it hasn't been messed up too much.

Working through the patches - they nerfed my Cane!!!!!!



Don't worry, they are un-nerfing the cane (sort of) in the next expansion, the old cane will be available through the lp store with a fancy new name I can't remember at the mo.

User of 'Bumblefck's Luscious & Luminous Mustachio Wax'
J'Poll
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-04-23 16:15:39 UTC
Archibald Thistlewaite III wrote:
RedEye wrote:


My last stint was FW before i took my sabbatical - hoping it hasn't been messed up too much.

Working through the patches - they nerfed my Cane!!!!!!



Don't worry, they are un-nerfing the cane (sort of) in the next expansion, the old cane will be available through the lp store with a fancy new name I can't remember at the mo.


This.

There will be a faction Cane in the LP stores this summerBig smile

As well as a Navy Drake with 8 Launchers. I expect a lot "Can I bring my Navy Drake to this fleet?" soon.

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Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#6 - 2013-04-23 16:37:31 UTC
ok let's see...
- they killed can flipping
- they added player owned customs offices to **** with small corps some more
- they nerfed titan tracking, so no more titan blap fleets
- they put all faction, deadspace and officer stuff on the market
- they made most frigates and cruisers actually useful. in fact, ship and weapon balance is in a pretty good state.
- they overhauled hisec engagement mechanics and added a safety button so that carebears don't accidentally their own ship.
- they made all the orca's hangars scanable
- they changed the bounty system to be at least somewhat useful
- they ****** around with wardecs, judgement is still out on whether it was worth it.
- they ****** around with faction warfare and got elbowdropped by the goons

yea, that's about it. also, dust.

I should buy an Ishtar.
RedEye
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-04-23 16:42:32 UTC
Daniel Plain wrote:
ok let's see...
- they killed can flipping
- they added player owned customs offices to **** with small corps some more
- they nerfed titan tracking, so no more titan blap fleets
- they put all faction, deadspace and officer stuff on the market
- they made most frigates and cruisers actually useful. in fact, ship and weapon balance is in a pretty good state.
- they overhauled hisec engagement mechanics and added a safety button so that carebears don't accidentally their own ship.
- they made all the orca's hangars scanable
- they changed the bounty system to be at least somewhat useful
- they ****** around with wardecs, judgement is still out on whether it was worth it.
- they ****** around with faction warfare and got elbowdropped by the goons

yea, that's about it. also, dust.


Any link to a thread on current hisec engagement mechanics?
Daniel Plain
Doomheim
#8 - 2013-04-23 16:50:20 UTC
RedEye
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#9 - 2013-04-23 16:54:43 UTC
Daniel Plain wrote:
http://content.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/63443/1/logo2_flags2consequences.png
http://cdn1.eveonline.com/www/newssystem/media/63443/1/logo2_actions2flags.png


Gracias ;-)
Vincent R'lyeh
Screaming Hayabusa
#10 - 2013-04-23 18:07:57 UTC
Don't forget the greatest change off all.

No more 15minute GGC & if you engage under sentry guns & warp off & back they will NOT start firing on you again if you agress the same target due to your 'limited engagement'

(yes I know its part of the new engagement rules but it's so AWESOME it needed mentioning separately Pirate

I have deliberately developed an air of cynicism that I originally intended to make me appear somewhat louche and caddish but actually comes across as irritable hostility combined with the unspoken threat of sudden violence.....