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Smartbombs need some Love
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Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#1 - 2013-12-23 23:13:04 UTC
• Same meta items have different ranges and damage types, why?
• Have there been ever been looked into after introduction?
• Riggs would be nice (maybe range?, damage?,.. or a total module overhaul (cap boosters))?
Seranova Farreach
Biomass Negative
#2 - 2013-12-23 23:37:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Seranova Farreach
t2 should be 10k for large, and t1 5k.
meta 1.6 km
meta 2.7 km
meta 3.8 km
meta 4.9 km

perhaps ancillary smartbombs?

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Electrique Wizard
Mutually Lucrative Business Proposals
#3 - 2013-12-24 10:14:37 UTC
Seranova Farreach wrote:
t2 should be 10k for large, and t1 5k.
meta 1.6 km
meta 2.7 km
meta 3.8 km
meta 4.9 km

perhaps ancillary smartbombs?


and up to 15k for faction and 20km for officer

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Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#4 - 2013-12-24 10:30:38 UTC
Lets not encourage them to continue the meta tiers that make only meta 4 used by anyone with isk and the others just poor man variants.
Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#5 - 2013-12-26 12:26:43 UTC
well some changing is needed
TheMercenaryKing
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-12-26 15:32:43 UTC
Nevyn Auscent wrote:
Lets not encourage them to continue the meta tiers that make only meta 4 used by anyone with isk and the others just poor man variants.


In some cases Meta 4's are cheaper than T2, like Heavy Modulated Beam Lasers
Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#7 - 2013-12-31 16:16:50 UTC
Happy nwyr bumb!
Gizznitt Malikite
Agony Unleashed
Agony Empire
#8 - 2013-12-31 17:45:52 UTC

My 0.02 isk:

1.) There is only one "meta" variant of each smart bomb, not 4. We certainly don't need Meta 1, 2, 3, & 4 for smartbombs.

2.) Large Smartbombs do not need a 15 km blast radius, I'm not really comfortable with larges having a 10 km blast radius TBH. There is a lot of benefit in having smartbombs hit just shy of scram range (6-7.5 kms), where ships attempt to stay out of blast damage range while holding a scram.



Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#9 - 2014-01-02 16:22:56 UTC
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:

My 0.02 isk:

1.) There is only one "meta" variant of each smart bomb, not 4. We certainly don't need Meta 1, 2, 3, & 4 for smartbombs.

2.) Large Smartbombs do not need a 15 km blast radius, I'm not really comfortable with larges having a 10 km blast radius TBH. There is a lot of benefit in having smartbombs hit just shy of scram range (6-7.5 kms), where ships attempt to stay out of blast damage range while holding a scram.





Tbh i do think smartbombs should be a viable counter vs scram frigats, but not versus interceptors. I think 10km range would be nice and than faction to counter vs scramming interceptors
Mr Doctor
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#10 - 2014-01-02 17:32:38 UTC
Have you seen how effecting smartbombs currently are? And you want a buff?

I'm not even considering how much of a nerft to missiles that would be either....
elitatwo
Zansha Expansion
#11 - 2014-01-02 17:55:43 UTC
Mr LaboratoryRat wrote:
Gizznitt Malikite wrote:

My 0.02 isk:

1.) There is only one "meta" variant of each smart bomb, not 4. We certainly don't need Meta 1, 2, 3, & 4 for smartbombs.

2.) Large Smartbombs do not need a 15 km blast radius, I'm not really comfortable with larges having a 10 km blast radius TBH. There is a lot of benefit in having smartbombs hit just shy of scram range (6-7.5 kms), where ships attempt to stay out of blast damage range while holding a scram.





Tbh i do think smartbombs should be a viable counter vs scram frigats, but not versus interceptors. I think 10km range would be nice and than faction to counter vs scramming interceptors


A smartbomb is so smart that it doesn't care if that tackler is a ceptor or not, one large smartbomb can nuke them in 3-4 cycles regardless.

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Every module and boat that has variations have a 'variations tab' on them with a 'compare' function, a very helpful thing for people -like me- just like to read things.

If you use it, you can read things too.

There might even be a variation of a smartbomb that isn't tech II but meta 7,8 and even higher with mucho more range and damage included but it's a secret that only the scholars that can read know about.

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Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#12 - 2014-01-02 19:37:05 UTC  |  Edited by: Mr LaboratoryRat
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Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#13 - 2014-01-02 19:42:42 UTC
Mr Doctor wrote:
Have you seen how effecting smartbombs currently are? And you want a buff?

I'm not even considering how much of a nerft to missiles that would be either....


Do you mean how they are used as firewalls in sov battles?
Mr LaboratoryRat
Confederation of DuckTape Lovers
#14 - 2014-01-11 15:59:33 UTC
No ideas?
Swiftstrike1
Swiftstrike Incorporated
#15 - 2014-01-11 16:36:40 UTC
Smartbombs do not need more range. They do not need more damage. In fact, they are absolutely fine as they are. The only change that might be worthwhile is the introduction of capital smartbombs.

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Liner Xiandra
Sparks Inc
#16 - 2014-01-11 17:24:48 UTC
I'd like a damage type icon on them, along the lines of shield/armor amps/hardeners.