Ships & Modules

So the merlin has 310m/s wich whas made that way after the first frig changes cause it whas too op. the only ships that are slower are the bantam and the inquisitor both logi t1 frigs. Yes it's that bad.

Lets not forget that after this it also lost 5% of it's resists. so it's been bashed a few times now.

So on the other hand armor tanking is far superior to shield tanking for frigs cause of overal higher resist, more rep points for less cap and availability of mods like 'energized adaptive nano membrane' or 'adaptive nano plating' not having a shield equivalent.

It's not like recharge will save you in the average 10 second lasting frig battle.

So the upside of shieldtanking is supposed to be speed. But unless you plate and resist or trimark rig your ship you don't lose any not meaning you don't have good tank. (3x auxilliary nano pump rigged incursus) And lets not forget the addition of the skill 'armor layering' wich also has a big impact on plating and speed loss.

So i suggest changing the base speed from 310m/s to 320m/s wich isn't too much and at least puts it somewhat on par with it's counterparts. Cause it's srsly rediculously slow right now.

You can spend just as many lows on damage on a armor tanked frig. That's just a matter of choice.

That's a silly argument. So, if I choose to not fit an armor tank to my supposedly armor tanked frigate, I can use just as many damage mods as a shield tanked frigate. Okay, I get it now.

EDIT: Also, complaining about slowest race in EVE being slow. Hrm.

The Merlin is fine. It was well-balanced with the Incursus (the other brawly blaster frigate) until CCP decided that AARs were too weak.

It does not need to be fast; it is extremely tanky for a t1 frig. The only tankier t1 frigs are the Incursus (for reasons mentioned above) and the Punisher (which needs to become a slow brick to be tankier than a Merlin)


Furthermore, while speed is an upside of shield tanking, that does not mean that all shield ships are supposed to be fast, only that they're supposed to be faster than they would be if they armor buffer tanked.

You must be a highsec miner.

So it seems ... yes a web is needed cause when you fly the slowest combat frig with the shortest engagement range you need a web (and no AC's have allot of fallof). And no mr 'i read everything' i didn't say shield extenders go on lows. It's called a micro auxiliary power core and you need to fit it on a low otherwise you can't fit a medium extender on a merlin.

Are you even aware that if the merlins speed whas raised to 320m/s it would STILL BE THE SLOWEST base speed combat frig out of all combat frigs.

So you're a highsec miner or some null guy. In both cases congrats you have mastered the difficult art of locking and pressing f1. You must feel proud of yourself.

Seems to me the wheelchair needs a nerf, not buff the merlin.

If that is the case, take your brilliant idea to features and ideas board, which is not here. There CCP can properly analyze your baseless ideas. I am done talking to trash like you. Alts / newbs like you should learn a bit more before running their mouths.

Well in that case excuse me for posting in the wrong section. Just shows you how much i run my mouth off. I didn't know. So excuse me your highness for spending all my time in the game and not the forums ... I promise i will work on my shortcommings. I just didn't consider this to be a feature anything new.

and? the caldari are supposed to have the lower top speed. It wil be a caldari one therefore, and why not the merlint hat is the most powerful?