Player Features and Ideas Discussion

Tactical Destroyers

Another example of balancing ineptitude. In traditional CCP fashion, they have created a new ship class that obliterates every T1 cruiser (some T2), and all frigate/destroyer hulls... Right after adjusting said classes.
The T3D are where CCP take all the lessons learned about balance, and throw them out the window.
You have a tiny hull, with very simple 10mn AB fittings, high damage, and a large tank. The vast majority of medium hulls simply can't hit them, and smaller craft very easily fall by the wayside.


We only have 2 of the 4, but CCP has already shown off their one-upmanship by making the Confessor look downright tame next to the Svipul. Shield tanking on the Svipul is far far far too easy to do, and it's only made worse by Link ships & pirate implants. Hell, I think a big slap to fitment will go a long way in bringing these ships in line. It certainly doesn't help that they are faster than most of the aforementioned ship classes

The argument of cost is also thrown out the window, when T3D are currently cheaper than Interdictors and most fit T1 cruisers.
I would say that along with AFs, Interdictors are obsolete thanks to these but those are still needed for bubbles. That is the only reason to choose one over a T3D. Hell, in LowSec the T3D are allowed in the same small complexes as the other frig-sized kin. WTF?



None of these things would be so bad if CCP weren't SO SLOW to react. Neither of these ships mentioned have been iterated on since they were first shown to the public.
Despite players testing, arguing, and discussing the downsides to these ships, CCP hasn't done anything.
What makes it worse is that even if a change IS coming in a year or so, is that CCP is clearly inept. They keep doing this.

All we know so far is that the "Devs" want to release all 4 ships before any balancing is done.
The Hecate is the last one, scheduled for June/July release.

How many people think that we're going to see changes to the Svipul/Confessor immediately after the Hecate is released? They're going to want a few months to record 'metrics' before we see anything.

Why the **** would you work like this? It's the Mordus/Angel changes all over again.

Wouldn't it make sense to release WEAKER ships than intended and then iterate afterward? Wouldn't boosting ship usage be better than nuking them into oblivion after release?
This just reeks of the devs not doing their homework.

What may be more unsettling is that maybe they think they're doing well.

The Confessor has been out for a few months now. No announced changes.
The Svipul has been out for half the time, and is very clearly overpowered. No announced changes.

We are getting TIRED of these ******* ships.

Quit sitting on your hands, FIX YOUR BROKEN GAME, and stop boosting ships for "balance"

Preach it homie.

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