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What do you think of the upcoming buff to projectiles?
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Boozbaz
Securitech Industries
#1 - 2015-01-22 22:25:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Boozbaz
A lot of people have said that Autocannons are subpar in the current meta - and for various reasons.

Such as powercreep as other weapon systems were buffed.
Or the Minmatar ship hulls themselves being subpar as their tankability is lower than the other races.
Or that speed tanking doesn't scale well when fleet sizes get bigger than small gangs.

Do you think the 7.5% increase in falloff will put autocannons in a position where they are on par with the current meta?
Quanah Comanche
#2 - 2015-01-22 22:31:24 UTC
Only two years ago everyone was screaming that Minmatars and projectiles were OP. Whoops!

The changes are okay nothing amazing. Make my Mach happier.
Liam Inkuras
Furnace
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
#3 - 2015-01-22 23:50:18 UTC
Medium and small ACs will still suck horrendously for kiting, and will remain sub-par for brawling. Large ACs are the only system that gain anything here.

I wear my goggles at night.

Any spelling/grammatical errors come complimentary with my typing on a phone
Tsukino Stareine
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2015-01-23 00:20:19 UTC
not enough really. Will make battleship mission runners a bit happier that's about it.

Art of Explosions
atomic killer
The DARK TROJANS
#5 - 2015-01-23 11:15:18 UTC
Machariel was exellent for PVE before, with a buff it's going to be even better !
Maeltstome
Ten Thousand Days
#6 - 2015-01-23 13:43:57 UTC
Liam Inkuras wrote:
Medium and small ACs will still suck horrendously for kiting, and will remain sub-par for brawling. Large ACs are the only system that gain anything here.



Large AC's are utterly un-useable beyond the crazy hul bonuses provided by the Mach.
Boozbaz
Securitech Industries
#7 - 2015-01-23 14:00:40 UTC
So those of you saying AC's are still bad. Why are they bad? What exactly makes them worse than the other weapon systems?
Maeltstome
Ten Thousand Days
#8 - 2015-01-23 14:19:52 UTC
Boozbaz wrote:
So those of you saying AC's are still bad. Why are they bad? What exactly makes them worse than the other weapon systems?


Damage projection, Raw DPS, the frailty of the hulls with AC bonuses also doesn't help.
Futt Isimazu
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2015-01-24 22:25:09 UTC
Small/Medium/Large AC still terrible
Small arties still painful to fit

Yeah, hardly a decent buff.