Player Features and Ideas Discussion

When the CCP Devs don't listen to us, vitriol like that is almost certainly the reason. I don't know what it is that makes you overreact so hysterically to things.

By the way, I just want to point out that I took a pulse-fitted Paladin on a tour of the entire New Eden cluster recently, shooting at whatever ridiculous anoms I could find. It worked pretty well without a web even fitted, let alone bonused. The best part? I only lost one drone because I pushed its HP a little too far - I could have easily saved it at any time before that.

Nothing has been ruined here except your precious shiny incursion fleet, and nothing has ruined it except your unwillingness to adapt in a game whose motto is "Adapt or Die".



You may not find this as amusing as I do, but most of these questions were answered in the AMA.

The Daredevil seems to be a ship centered around solo PvP... When you remove the very thing that makes it so effective at solo PvP, Why would you even use it in the first place? The only thing that gives these ships their power IS the 90%, and its not like these ships are immune to everything... There are plenty of counters to the Daredevil / 90% web... Neuts, damps, jammers - basically any ewar besides TD the Daredevil is useless against.

Ah, nice to see you finally admit that the Paladin was indeed ruined for Incursions.
Before, it was the standard lie "oh no, the ship will be fine, you have to adapt".

I'm very bad at saying things the way I want them to be said the first time around. Take another look.

I generally try to make all my edits quickly before someone has an opportunity to respond to, like or quote me.

And one more thing - I never said the Paladin was ruined for incursions. I said YOUR FLEET is ruined for incursions - which it is - unless you adapt.

Stop trying to put words in my mouth and stick to wrapping yourself in shiny shiny tinfoil.

Nice try with the spin.
Total revamp, now that I have caught you in your original lie.

Too bad I did copy your post so we could all see your coverup.

You realize there's over 1300 comments, right? You mean these "enlightening" answers?
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Off-grid Boosting
"Yes, boosting mechanics definitely on the radar. They depend on some technical changes taking place which are difficult and therefor hard to predict in terms of timeline. Once that's in place we will look at these mechanics again."

Drone Assist
"Tough question, I wouldn't say 'happy', but I also don't really think drones are the thing to focus on. The assist mechanic is something we talk about quite a lot and it's a wide-reaching discussion that includes other examples of one player directing the actions of many (fleet warp for instance). Not sure exactly how that will pan out yet. On top of that there's the actual drone balance and the interface associated with it, both of which we hope to work on before too long."

Sovereignty
"We know the sov system and super caps need work, but I can't say exactly when either will go to TQ.
I really feel weird about the starting point that 'X system is broken, when will it get fixed'. A lot of these systems are really large and complex, and they are getting used by tons and tons of people. If it was literally broken there wouldn't be much risk in just ripping it out and starting over, but because so much of the game happens around systems like Sov, we have to be very delicate with changes.
That said, there are a lot of pieces we aren't happy with, and hopefully we see steady improvement over the next several releases as we continue doing balance work (eventually caps/super caps) and as we keep working on the big core game systems like sov."

RLMLs
"Personally, I think frigs are one of the hardest ways to learn.
If you can I would try to sort out enough ISK to move up to cruisers. Right now, find a cruiser that can kill interceptors and you should be able to find some success because those little buggers are everywhere."

Marauders(re-cap)
"I haven't flown one yet because I'm super cheap and scared to lose money."

Well, I think most would agree that these come across as a huge "maybe".

"I really like working with the player base. People can be really harsh so it's difficult some times but since I'm from the player base I feel really dedicated to making the most of the relationship that I can. I think there's a lot of value in maintaining that relationship even if it's challenging at times."

That's priceless.

edit: just so this isn't a rant, if they actually change them into something equally "unique" and good playstyle then i'm okay with that, but if they take the RLML approach then yea it's a rant..

The web bonus makes the ships unique, its what sets them apart from the garden variety Gallent ships, if you remove that, you might as well make things like cynabals and drams slower than minmatar ships, since what sets them apart is speed.

You're currently threatening to remove literally the single reason for flying the DD, Vindi, or Vigilant, and what will you give it in return, some craptastic damage or tracking bonuses that will essentially make all the t1 t2 and pirate ships the same with nothing at all that stands one apart from the other?

That sounds incredibly stupid and I hope some great natural disaster ends you and Rise long before that happens, because i think you've officially forgotten what the word 'variety' means.

If your change goes through, the Throrax, Deimos, and Vigilant will be left to be basically all the same ******** version of themselves, and then what??

Seriously, if you do this, you should consider quitting CCP and going back to being a player so you can see what kind of idiocy you're doing to the balance of the game, and by balance, i mean your incessant drive to make EVERYTHING the same.

And its funny that the idea that some of the ships are out of balance meant that CCP had to balance all of them.

Pirate ships are largely fine with the exception of a few.

Angel ships, fine, one and all

Serpentis ships, Vigilant could use some love but the other two are fine

Blood ships, Bhal is fine, cruiser and frigate need work

Guristas ships the Worm needed help, the other two are fine

Sansha's ships, the Nightmare is iconic and perfectly fine as is, the cruiser and frigate need drastic fixes.



People say "if it ain't broke don't fix it" for a reason, the Pilgrim languishes for years untouched and unloved but the good pirate ships, oh no we have to balance those.

Seriously, know when to keep your hands off something because its working fine.