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It's trivial to make blasters work, it just requires a few nerfs. But CCP doesn't have the balls to nerf anything, hence the incapability of addressing the problem of intrusion of lasers and projectiles into blasters' and rails' niches.

I do remain sceptic on that even if both parameters influence the same outcome : dps
But even if that is 100% true you would still see at range where tracking is neglectible the signature resolution still plays an important part in hitting smaller ship classes.
The signature resolution has been put in game for balance purpose and as such railguns could easily get a slight advantage here as long it makes sense for Eve.

No, decreasing signature resolution by x % has the same effect as increasing tracking by x %.

I get where you are coming from Kiev, and totally recognise the frustration. I and many others would really want to see the Caldari Hybrid boats brought in line with other races. But I am actually okay with Caldari Hybrid doing the least amount of damage (somebody has to be last) but only if they had a far greater tank to slug it out fairly at a comparable level to Amarr, that way they would be balanced, but still unique in the game.

So, Caldari Hybrid boats do less damage, but survive longer = balance.

The Rokh, with only 6 mid slots, doesn't really have the ability to tank as well as it's Amarr equivalent (Abaddon), yet has the larger signature, slow speed, and low damage going against it too. If the tank was greater than Amarr (To make up for the signature!) then we'd have something, but it is far less than the Abaddon, with lower resists, with no mid slots left for things like scrams etc.

However, I am wary of making all ships so similar that it just becomes a cosmetic choice. There should be differences between the races.

When I see calls to make Gallente fly similar speeds to Minmitar I cringe. They don't need speed all the time, they just need speed bursts to get in range and use their mid slots.

I previously suggested Tactical Modules that could offer a temporary speed boost, but heck, it would be easier to have a new sort of MWD module that goes a LOT faster, but for FAR less time, and would need a cooldown on its use to avoid it being abused.

I hope something is done for Caldari Hybrid tanks, I would truly love to take Rokh's out in a fleet, but even with the Hybrid tweeks, it is going to be a very tough sell. Don't even get me started about the pathetic Basilisk tank compared to the Guardian and it's tiny signature.

It would also be great to see Gallente get balanced, through a speed burst mechanic.

REALLY?

Drake? The second most often used PVP ship? There is a reason we fit two caldari, two minmatar, one amarr, and one gallente to our jammers.

That aside: Drake, Manticore, Hookbill, Nighthawk, Chimera, Cerberus, Hawk, etc .

This poor Caldari ship isn't going to sail, the Caldari are some of THE most often used ships are there is a reason, they don't need buffing, lest we see even more drake roams of 20-50 drakes at a time.



Again, you're looking at it the wrong way, compared to the other hybrid boats, you're exchanging 20-30 dps for 9-13KM in optimal range, easily a comparable trade. The only REAL outliar here is the insane numbers that the projectiles put out, not only do they get the best volley damage, but they get the highest dps, tracking thats just barely under rails, and greater usable range.

In defense I did put 3 Gyro on the Muninn that might be a little much compared to the slots it has... But OMG the tracking and 2nd highest dps? You're right

Erm, you really sure about including the Nighthawk, Chimera and Cerberus on that list?

Well it was significant faster than other blaster hulls in this class and there is no reason to bring any of the other Tier 3 BCs to web range, with her weak tanks and the tracking of large guns. Ofc it would have lost to the Oracle or Tornado at point blank, this is why I stated that the concept was good, the implementation on the other hand not so much. I'm not even saying that if the intended role of the tier 3 is fleet support, being vulnerable against frigs and cruisers(what however will be mostly a non issue in gang and fleet use) is bad, just horrible one sided concept if we have weapons that do work in gang/fleet scenarios very good and others that don't.

I'm not even sad about making the Talos some sort of meh rail platform if CCP really want to apply her overall concept. I just did think, after 3 years, it was the closest to what I would have called a general useful blaster ship design(beside stupidly overpriced serpentis hulls that you see ten times more in Incursions as in pvp).

I for one STOPPED PLAYING EVE mainly because everything i've been training from start became pretty useless. It is extremly demotivating when you train few months for gal ships ( t2 guns, bs lvl 5 etc ) and they are useless. Now i paid for month subscription for action price, because i was reading there are going to be big changes to hybrids, but i will probably cancel. (blasters) The time you need to get in range(if it is even possible), use up half a cap and take bilion dmg in process, sacrifice med for web to keep range. after getting in range another precious secs need to stop and alling somehow to be able to track (1on1 not prob because other cannt track either, but in group combat someone will be shooting at you, probably all... ).

After microscopic changes blasters are about to get and not adresing the fastest ship should have shortest range issue.(how the **** im going to kill min).
BLASTERS ARE STILL NOT WORTH IT AT ALL !!!

1) we would have to give up a tracking or damage bonus of some sort to get this bonus. Both of which are vital. (Unless its on a worthless active armor ship then its alright)

2) This would infringe upon the precious snowflake Matari's territory and we would not want that!