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Looks like a good start.

- Things to think about: Railguns still don't seem to fit in a suitable and used ingame strategy.
- T1 hybrid charges might need a look at, too.

- while I agree that especially armor blaster boats (i.e: Gallente) need a buff I think it's a bit weird that they get a speed boost while caldari hybrid hulls supposedly have that covered with the optimal range bonus. Last time I've checked I still seem to see more gallente blaster boats around than caldari ones.
What about changing the optimal range bonus to optimal range+falloff? Wouldn't change much for railguns since they have a tiny falloff to start with, but might actually be a real benefit with blaster turrets. All V it's usually a 50% bonus (eagle and harpy aside), which roughly increases blaster range by ~25%. Add in the popular low-range high-damage ammo types and you'll end up with an even smaller advantage, way smaller than the 25% damage from gallente hulls.
I'd actually prefer such a change over the 5% better agility.

What about atrocious cap usage of large hybrids? It's a real pain when you have to warp out during a level 4 mission in a ship like Rokh just because "capacitor is empty", even when passively tanked. I would reduce the cap usage of large blasters for 25% and 50% for large railguns.

Also I would rather see an increase in optimal, falloff or damage (not in rate of fire as that will again drain the cap quicker) or blasters, rather than increase in tracking speed. Web can help you track better, and there are PvP blasters boats of various sizes (Daredevil, Vigilant, Vindicator) with web bonus, but having about half the range of autocannons of the same size for about 20% more damage (these numbers came out of my head and don't have to be perfectly accurate) still makes those three ships in their respective categories inferior to Dramiel, Cynabal and Machariel. It's the blasters that need more damage and rails that need more tracking, not the other way around.

Wrong. You still have to fit and use a MWD, you still have 0 DPS if neutra, some blasterboat have to active tank (yes i want a 5% all resist bonus instead armor rep amount), you always have a full rack of blaster and magstabs on a blasterboat, so you still have to fit a cap booster, maybe not on mega/deimos/thorax, but on other, yes.

A flight to ECM drone has a fair chance of breaking the targeting before the blaster can break your tank, at optimal range, so i call that a draw.

A scram + 2 webs = 3 mid slots, not 5.

Blasters range should not be tampered with , but IMO when someone in a blaster ship gets in optimal they should melt face , and absolutely shred you . because that blaster boat has just committed everything for an almost guaranteed one way trip but when you've got other ships then can do that kind of damage at 20+ km and the blaster boat is only giving out marginally more dps then that ship at 8km which is within web and scram range , which means if you don't take the other guy down , your going down . Blasters damage needs to be buffed ALOT . So much to compensate for the risk the pilot has to take with his ship to get in that kind of range , knowing full well he probably wont come out alive

Why not? ECM drones are commonly used to break a lock when you want to GTFO, and a valid strategy for either Gallente or Minmatar ships.


Since we're talking about fighting within blaster range, then you make my point - blasters do more damage than ACs. I'm not arguing that blasters have better range than ACs, that's not the point.


A 30% reduction in cap makes a blaster boat cap stable, even with a full rack of neutrons. But, I do like that you can choose damage types with projectile ammo.


True, for the T2 ships. But, not for the T1 ships. See my other post.


You are really all over the place with this Falcon, logi stuff, and etc., arent' you? I already responded to your previous post on these topics.

And, if you want a blaster boat with 7 mid slots, try your Falcon. In addition to the 7 mid slots, it actually has a damage bonus to medium hybrids (although I don't know why). Only three (3) turrent hardpoints, but I guess you can't have everything.

The issues with blasters, as they stand, and even post hybrid boost is that Gallente blaster ships still need help getting close enough, fast enough to their target.

Tallest still needs to do some tweaking to web strength and or web range versus scram range. In the past Gallente ships also used sensor demps to help draw in faster, more agile and longer range minmatar (and other enemy) ships. Damps were nerfed to be useless a long time ago.

It would be an interesting thing to make blaster's into a short range version of arty, eg very low range as they already are but alpha like arty. That might make for fun, provided webs are changed.

Yep, on all points.

Jumping in *at any range* is difficult if the target is moving. But this isn't a problem just for blaster boats. If you can't jump within scram/disrupter range in your Minmatar kiting boat, your target may just jump out before you can get within scram range, esp. if he's cruising around on MWD.

Blaster boats are difficult to fly - no argument. But, they are not impossible to fly.

And exploiting other pilots' mistakes - like not moving, or capping out because he forgot to shutoff his MWD, or not firing back because he forgot to load ammo, or going AFK - is also part of the game.

Alright, some positives and negatives about your post. As a Gallente pilot, I'm thrilled to see my race getting some attention for a change.


Somethings you failed to realize is;

1. Damage type. Give us a variety of damage to deal

Incendiary Ammo (Explosive), Electromagnetic Charge (EM), Antimatter can stay but be improved, Thermal can stay but be reworked.

The race itself isn't bad, it's just you guys evolved the other races weaponry to be a more advanced.


It's like comparing EVE's current technological state to the Jovian state. Yes, I did read the entire EVE history. Rails need to be on par with Artillery, blasters need to be on par with Auto Cannons. Until they are, no ones going to use them for PvP.


Side Note: Fix the drones too!

Edit: Even Amarr deals only 2 types. C'mon CCP, wtf?