EVE General Discussion

BATTLESHIP TIERICIDE - Amarr, Gallente, Minmatar, Caldari

Prices raised to current Tier 3 costs.. ouch - source

CCP Ytterbium, Fozzie and Rise continue eliminating old 'tiers' and replacing them with 'attack' (i.e. faster and less tanky), 'combat' (i.e. tanky and slow) and 'disruption' (i.e. e-war) variants. There may be more iterations, but currently we have:

Abbadon - Amarr Combat - stays as is, with slight resist nerf.
Armageddon - Amarr Combat - total revamp, changed to neut-range bonused drone boat. Some mourn the passing of the old geddon, but this one will be awesome I think.
Apocalypse - Amarr Attack - keeps range bonus, trades laser capacitor bonus for tracking bonus. Will be as cap hungry as the Abbadon.

Hyperion - Gallente Combat - gains more drones, a utility high, and extra low and 10% damage bonus instead of 5% to compensate for 6 turrets instead of 8. Will be absolutely awesome in small gangs.
Dominix - Gallente Combat - swaps hybrid damage bonus for drone range and tracking. Keeps existing slot layout. CCP hope it will be awesome with sentries for long range and ogres up close.
Megathron - Gallente Attack - looses utility high, gains a low slot.

Maelstrom - Minmatar Combat - stays as is
Tempest - Minmatar Attack - Minmatar get two attack battleships in keeping with their speed doctrine. Keeps existing slots and bonuses, and receives general buffs across the board.
Typhoon - Minmatar Attack - changes into a missile boat, looses a high slot for an extra mid.

Rokh - Caldari Combat - stays as is, with slight resist nerf.
Raven - Caldari Attack - looses a utility high for an extra mid, looses some tank, gains some speed in line with the 'attack' flavour.
Scorpion - Caldari Disruption - trades a high slot for a low slot

NAVY CRUISER REBALANCE - source

Note that all Navy Ships will be getting 400 calibration, up from 350 - source

They will all be very agile, so could all be considered 'attack', but there is a speed oriented and tank oriented ship for each race so I'll stick with that convention.

Cost-wise, cheaper ones will be re-costed upwards to match the expensive ones (source)

Augoror Navy Issue - Amarr Combat - Ends up flying like a modified Maller. The lack of resist bonus hurts for fleets but the HP bonus is better for pure buffer tanking. Quite skill intensive thanks to the 25% bonus, but the flipside is standard Amarr cruiser laser damage with only 3 turrets worth of cap use and the two utility highs.

Bonuses: 25% bonus to Medium Energy Turret damage and 10% bonus to Armor hitpoints
Slot layout: 5 High, 3 Med, 7 Low, 3 turrets

Omen Navy Issue - Amarr Attack - Turning this ship into a much more mobile ship with an optimal bonus, much like a giant Slicer.

Bonuses: 10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret damage and 10% bonus to Medium Energy Turret optimal range
Slot layout: 5 High, 3 Med, 7 Low, 4 turrets

Vexor Navy Issue - Gallente Combat- 5 heavy drones make this a very exciting ship, at the expense of almost all the gun damage. Flies like a modified Ishtar or Gila, sacrificing resists and dronebay for easier damage application.

Bonuses: 5% bonus to drone velocity and tracking and 10% bonus to drone hitpoints, damage and mining yield
Slot layout: 4 High, 4 Med, 6 Low, 2 turrets

Exequror Navy Issue - Gallente Attack - High damage blasterboat with two damage bonuses. Adding an extra highslot and turret increases damage even further. It's fast and hard hitting but the lack of the Thorax's tracking bonus hurts.

Bonuses: 5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret damage and 5% bonus to Medium Hybrid Turret rate of fire
Slot layout: 5 High, 4 Med, 6 Low, 5 turrets

Caracal Navy Issue - Caldari Combat - Finds a niche as the heavier version of the Caracal, more suited to brawling than kiting.

Bonuses: 5% bonus Rapid Light, Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile Launcher rate of fire and 5% bonus to Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile explosion radius
Slot layout: 6 High, 5 Med, 4 Low, 6 launchers

Osprey Navy Issue - Caldari Attack - This one flies much like a Caracal with even better speed and agility, and has the most mids of any offensive-minded cruiser, giving options for tank or utility. The comparison with the Hookbill is intentional.

Bonuses: 10% bonus to Kinetic missile damage, 5% to Explosive, Thermal and EM missile damage and 10% bonus to Light, Heavy Assault and Heavy Missile Velocity
Slot layout: 5 High, 6 Mid, 4 Low, 2 turrets, 4 launchers

Stabber Fleet Issue - Minmatar Attack - Stays mostly the same, slight mobility nerf.
Bonuses: 5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret firing speed and 10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret tracking speed
Slot layout: 5 High, 4 Med, 6 Low, 5 turrets, 3 launchers

Scythe Fleet Issue - Minmatar Combat - Split weapons! Faster than the stabber fleet issue!

Bonuses: 10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret rate of fire and 10% bonus to Missile damage
Slot layout: 5 High, 5 Med, 5 Low, 4 Turrets, 4 Launchers

more to come..

Very nice collection of stuff.

/c

nice list but I would save more posts you you can add things later

I was Impressed wih the Gallente, Caldari and Minny interiors but the Amarr one just is a little bit meh


the V3 drones are out on SiSi now



V3 Faction Heavy Drones

V3 Gallente Navy Drones


very well done and look fantastic

Thanks for writing this up.

I like it how there are three posts of information. It gives me the chance to give the amount of likes you deserve. It will be interesting to see how the gallente battleship line up changes since they are currently (or were) in re-re-re-fit.

All the dev blogs in one giant loveable wall of text, source links included. :)

+3 from me, ty OP.

great post

excellent post!

Thanks Sarmatiko. You are one of the inspirations for this thread.