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Let's talk about slots.

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Owena Owoked
Dedicated Individuals Committed to Killing
#1 - 2012-05-25 18:37:39 UTC
Since CCP is looking at changing ships around, and I love the new frigs and their layouts and bonuses are great, let's talk about a problem that has existed for ages. Ships that only have one mid or low slot. These ships are greatly disadvantaged. Having only one Mid means it is either going to be an AB or a MWD. You will 99.99999999% of the time be restriced to AB or MWD in the mid. This is horrid design. One low slot greatly lowers your ability fit decent weapon systems, Cormorant will never be as good as a Catalyst simply because of that fact.

So CCP look at ships that only have one mid or low and fix that. even one more slot would greatly improve this situation.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#2 - 2012-05-25 18:43:29 UTC
Ya let the frigates and cruisers have similar slot layouts but use stuff like CPU and PG to limit them.

And maybe increase the disparity between BCs and cruisers while we're at it.

Maller-> Prophecy, I gained ONE turret! Whoop-dee-*******-doo.

Make cruisers use a max of maybe 4 medium turrets and BC use 7 and 8 just like difference between frigates and dessies

Nerf/buff the medium guns and the ships accordingly to make this fit.

And finally, buff battleships, the DPS difference between BSes and BCs is way too small and it's probably half the reason why BCs are so overused atm.

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AFK Hauler
State War Academy
#3 - 2012-05-25 19:02:45 UTC
And you start it off by talking about mid slots...

My concern is only for the low slot.
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#4 - 2012-05-25 19:03:58 UTC
Owena Owoked wrote:
Since CCP is looking at changing ships around, and I love the new frigs and their layouts and bonuses are great, let's talk about a problem that has existed for ages. Ships that only have one mid or low slot. These ships are greatly disadvantaged. Having only one Mid means it is either going to be an AB or a MWD. You will 99.99999999% of the time be restriced to AB or MWD in the mid. This is horrid design. One low slot greatly lowers your ability fit decent weapon systems, Cormorant will never be as good as a Catalyst simply because of that fact.

So CCP look at ships that only have one mid or low and fix that. even one more slot would greatly improve this situation.

The Cormorant and the Coercer are both good ships as they are, just as the Retribution was still good before its buff and now it's plain amazing.

Stop complaining and fit better.

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Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#5 - 2012-05-25 19:46:15 UTC
"Tab A" desperately needs a home.

A professional astro-bastard was not available so they sent me.
ISD Eshtir
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ISD Alliance
#6 - 2012-05-26 10:56:49 UTC
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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#7 - 2012-05-26 11:08:21 UTC
Xercodo wrote:


And finally, buff battleships, the DPS difference between BSes and BCs is way too small and it's probably half the reason why BCs are so overused atm.


BC get used more than BS in smaller roaming gangs because they are for the most part more manoverable and faster.
killorbekilled TBE
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2012-05-26 11:10:03 UTC
AFK Hauler wrote:
And you start it off by talking about mid slots...

My concern is only for the low slot.


elaborate on low slots then Ugh

:)
Har Harrison
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-05-26 11:21:38 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Xercodo wrote:


And finally, buff battleships, the DPS difference between BSes and BCs is way too small and it's probably half the reason why BCs are so overused atm.


BC get used more than BS in smaller roaming gangs because they are for the most part more manoverable and faster.

And are cheaper, in FW can fit into major plexes and require less SP to get into and use well.