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JD No7

Coreli Corporation

Pandemic Legion

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#21 - 2013-08-09 14:53:23 UTC | Edited by: JD No7

Caleb Seremshur wrote:

what exactly should a comba recon be able to do as a role?

Built to represent the last word in electronic warfare, combat recon ships have onboard facilities designed to maximize the effectiveness of electronic countermeasure modules of all kinds. Filling a role next to their class counterpart, the heavy assault ship, combat recon ships are the state of the art when it comes to anti-support support. They are also devastating adversaries in smaller skirmishes, possessing strong defensive capabilities in addition to their electronic superiority.

That's from their ship entry.

They currently struggle to fulfill this role in Armor fleets due to a very weak tank caused by lack of low slots. After 1.1 changes, only the Curse will have anything like a tank worth bothering with, others will be alpha'd off the field even in small engagements (10-30).

Solution is 2 more low slots on Huginn and Lachesis and 1 more low slot on Curse, removing high slots to compensate. Make the weapon bonuses an EW cap use bonus or similar; and give the role bonus same as new HACs will have.

Caleb Seremshur

Commando Guri

Guristas Pirates

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#22 - 2013-08-09 16:31:07 UTC

Combat recons seem to imply based on their description that they are meant to be tough ewar platforms that have good dps. I can't speak for other ships but I know my rook has ample dps and good jam strength. Unfortunately it could get alpha'd by a battlecruiser. Fitting any kind of appreciable tank to it just exacerbates the flaws it has and gives then double whammy of reducing the power of my ecm.

I would fix this by giving the rook an 8th mid. In addition to pther general changes regarding base hp and speed/agility an 8th mid would be a comprehensive solution

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mine mi Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation Likes received: 33	#23 - 2013-08-09 19:11:50 UTC If you ask me, they should have 2 types of recon. Fleet Recon no cloak weak / dps strong and long e-war strong tank. Role bonus for cyno Recon cov ops cov ops cloak average dps Normal e-war average tank Role bonus for cyno


JD No7 Coreli Corporation Pandemic Legion Likes received: 100	#24 - 2013-08-18 14:49:23 UTC Would like to know where the Devs plan to go with these ships before they get too far down the line please!