EVE General Discussion

I see what you did there.

On topic, its a step in the right dirction. But boosting winmatar at the same time is not a good idea, and will only prolong the balance battle.

I've always thoguht of autocannons as fast firing, low damage weapons, and blasters as slower firing but higher damage weapons. Both of them should be short-ranged. With AC being capless, what benefit do blasters get to make them balanced? If not capless, then what? They also have crappy range compared to AC. Better tracking is a good start.

Any time CCP wants to get rid of bad design I approve. Hail was **** poor ammo design. The more they fix the better we are.

I think the Hybrid changes are a step in the right direction, if not a good and final fix. Testing will show if anything more is needed.

Yep, trackingbuff is an important step in the right direction. It might be enough but considered the amount of changes over the years that was made on the expense of blasters (scram is one of many) it's not unlikely that there need to be more tweaking. That said, I would much rather see CCP take babysteps towards better balance than make huge changes (like they've done in the past) making the pendulum swing full force in the opposite direction and making the game unbalanced in some other way.




I was hoping these changes would let me fly a dual rep neutron mega

Tracking and fitting were issues but so is damage. Currently blasters have barely any DPS edge over AC without the range, versatility, capless firing, ammo size, customizable damage, escapability, etc that AC's and Minmatar have.

As a blaster pilot you plow into the center of the battle and commit yourself 100% and subject yourself to all the scrams, drones, neuts, webs, etc. The blasters have pitiful range. They barely out damage AC's even in the optimal of that range and because of the range they need to be in they require tons more tracking. Add to the fact that blasters in their hay day were also combined with things like a Thorax launching 7 heavy drones. Then CCP buffed HP on all ship hulls. Then came rigs which buffed EHP even more. Then the other weapon systems got boosted. Blasters no longer were TOTALHELLDEATH if you came in range of them.

The changes are a first step but they are hardly enough. There needs to be not a range bonus or speed but a massive DPS and tracking boost to make them acceptable for the risk of flying straight into a fleet and committing 100% to the battle with no hope of escape. That is the Gallente way and IT WILL BE GLORIOUS!

I thought a 20% flat damage boost was applied to blasters and 10% to rails.

Unless I miss-read it.

At 20% my Neutron Brutix is going to be pushing something like 900dps without heat, not bad for a lowely T1 BC.

Its not going to make the diemost anymore desirable but it'll be fun.

Reading comprehension fail, its a trancking speed increase, not a damage stat increase.

Tracking Speed Increase:

All blaster turrets: +20% to Tracking speed

Oh nevermind than.

I'll stick to my canes.

I honestly think a lot of people are missing the bigger point of the changes, yes tracking is great but its those fitting requirements that actually add the biggest boost. Dual rep no longer being confined to Electrons, more cap to play with (which lets face it, is a blessing) on some fits, the ability to finally fit a neut (I'm looking at the Mega mostly)

Not to mention that rails, just might now be viable for small gang work, instead of just getting laughed right out of fleet, and I'm sure we'll see some interesting new fits come out after the changes go live on Sisi.

Until we can actually test them, and fit them, there is no point ranting on about it. CCP have addressed the main issues head on, are looking at the t2 ammo as well. Lets just see what happens on Sisi.

My current mega is now 3 months old and I am now in a position where every FC welcomes her and the general assumption is the mega will most likely survive on every roam. This 9/10 rubbish is compleatly unfounded. It doesnt matter how competent a drake pilot is when a single good volly rips off 1/3 of their sheilds.