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Anything Destroyers Do Cruisers Do Better.
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Ilasia Lynn
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#21 - 2013-06-29 11:35:41 UTC
They are cheap, high damage low tank ships. They're meant to fight frigates and gang up on larger ships. That's a big enough role to justify a ship class imo.
Liam Inkuras
Furnace
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
#22 - 2013-06-29 14:01:07 UTC
Hakaimono wrote:
Frig sized prop mod on a larger ship will be slower than a cruiser sized prop mod on a cruiser, especially Attack Cruisers that are designed to be faster than others in its class.

10mn Coercer anyone? Cool

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Garviel Tarrant
Beyond Divinity Inc
Shadow Cartel
#23 - 2013-06-29 14:26:50 UTC
They are better at killing frigates in general.. (Not a universal truth of course but in general)

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Elvis Fett
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#24 - 2013-06-29 15:08:30 UTC
Bring your cruiser into a small FW plex, pretty sure destroyers do that better. Just sayin'.
God's Apples
Wilderness
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#25 - 2013-06-29 15:40:04 UTC
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
And some people still believe the Earth is flat, or the center of the Universe. That's OK. Go with it.

Nobody's laughing at you. Really. Cool


We are technically at the center of the universe since the universe doesn't have a center and you could claim everywhere is the center...


It's pretty bad to say that dessies are worse than cruisers because that's like saying the stabber is worse than the cynabal and wondering why anyone would fly a stabber (although I still wonder why anyone would fly a stabbert). They can do the same job almost as well for a much lower price point.

"Hydra Reloaded are just jealous / butthurt on me / us because we can get tons of PVP action in empire while they aren't good enough to get that." - NightmareX
Derren Zelway
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#26 - 2013-07-01 03:05:33 UTC
Kinda falling off topic here I guess, especially since I started off with an overly bold claim. I was really just trying to point out how slow they are... They should be able to kite a cruiser, yet be slower than frigates. That's just one man's opinion though.
Taoist Dragon
Okata Syndicate
#27 - 2013-07-01 03:39:54 UTC
I like stabbers! Shocked

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Balance is everything.
Sergeant Acht Scultz
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#28 - 2013-07-01 11:56:34 UTC
Derren Zelway wrote:
In naval terminology



1st mistake, this is Eve and naval terminology doesn't apply in any form, end of the line.

If we should take the naval terminology then what would be T3's compared with battleships (just for Baltec this one hehe)

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Derren Zelway
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#29 - 2013-07-01 22:41:36 UTC
Sergeant Acht Scultz wrote:
Derren Zelway wrote:
In naval terminology



1st mistake, this is Eve and naval terminology doesn't apply in any form, end of the line.

If we should take the naval terminology then what would be T3's compared with battleships (just for Baltec this one hehe)


I fixed it to be more eve lore friendly...

In EVE lore terminology, a destroyer is a slow vessel capable of easily being outmaneuvered by ships many times it's size. It's intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet by falling far behind them and defending the empty space to the rear the of the battle group against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.
Kimo Khan
Rage Against All Reds
GunFam
#30 - 2013-07-02 15:00:57 UTC  |  Edited by: Kimo Khan
Ginger Barbarella wrote:
And some people still believe the Earth is flat, or the center of the Universe. That's OK. Go with it.

Nobody's laughing at you. Really. Cool



Actually the Earth is flat AND is the center of the Universe. Anyone who believes it is an OR statement is guilty of an Amarr heresy.
Calgrissom Torvec
#31 - 2013-07-02 17:06:23 UTC
Destroyers do exactly what they where designed for perfectly. Cheap disposable glass cannon. Mini Versions of the Tier 3 Battle cruisers. For the most part these ships where built for ganking. Ton of fire power no tank and cheap. Why is it a 5 million isk destroyer can insta pop a 30 mill isk mining barge? CCP needed ships in the game like these and the T3 BCs just for this reason. A cheap ship that can destroy something worth 5x its amount. It removes isk from the economy = More money in CCPs pocket,
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