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Sigras
Conglomo
#41 - 2014-01-15 01:37:53 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
Sigras wrote:
I disagree, picture this:

we're both in cruisers, you with an MWD and me with an AB.

you may be 3x faster than I am but with my proposed AB, my 0 - 1000 m/s is half what yours is,so I have WAY more acceleration than you do.

Now if I just charge at you, you're going to fly circles around me, but I can use clever tactics to make my agility work for me. I turn and head away from you as if im going to run away. You chase me, and after I reach top speed, you keep accelerating slowly catching up to me. I then pull my ship to a full stop, whirl around and head straight for you. Seeing that im getting too close you begin to slow down and try to turn around but it's too late, im already in scramble range and you're not going anywhere.

Or I can do the reverse if I want to get away.


you're missing my point. I'm well aware that agility helps with slingshotting (although I would argue that, with proper piloting, it's not quite as effective as you're making it out to be). The problems I have with ABs are not so much about their ability to catch kiting ships.

Well yeah, it isnt as effective as I made it out to be because it should be counter-able with good piloting skill. That being said isnt slingshotting *how* you catch kiting ships?

I mean you're never going to be able to catch them by just chasing them down unless you make the AB the same as the MWD. The agility angle to make slingshotting more effective is a great alternative to just being able to outrun your opponent.
Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#42 - 2014-01-15 01:40:28 UTC
I just made a reply saying "You're missing my point. Here's what I was arguing..." and the only piece of my post that you respond to was what I put in parenthesis
Iyacia Cyric'ai
Lai Dai Counterintelligence
#43 - 2014-01-15 02:18:53 UTC
Kahega Amielden wrote:
But the AB is supposed to fulfill a specific role which it is not now. It is supposed to allow ships to maneuver once they have committed to a fight, unlike a MWD which just shuts off..which can be used for escaping, managing transversal, etc.


I don't really see any 100mn AB Battleships outside of PvE but I really don't see that as an issue that needs fixing. ABs on cruisers are still used in armor doctrines and in dual prop solo boats (Vagabond/Scythe Fleet Isse/Stabber Fleet Issue/Thorax/Vexor).

I think ABs are fine the way they are.
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