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That is one very blue character selection screen...

Any reason Omni tracking links cycle time was increased to 30 seconds, AND the cap usage is the same? Tracking computers have a 10sec cycle time according to EFT. Considering tracking comp stats were used for the omnis, it seems like a crazy nerf to have to wait that long to switch scripts. It also seems to come out of nowhere.

You had already nerfed sentries with the omni change, especially gardes. With the next expansion gardes will be losing more damage, possibly made up for by faction/dedspace dmg mods, but I can't see how omnis were so overpowered as to require 30 second cycle times.

with the rumoured Gila nerf upcoming, seems CCP are on an anti-drone campaign currently.

anyone else initially think that their GFX card had melted with the new character selection screen colours?

Would like some more info on this as well....

the L4 or the L1 versions?

"Omnidirectional tracking link cycle time has been increased to 30 seconds. Capacitor use per cycle remains unchanged."

Why?

****, took you long enough. Are you guys looking at fixing level 5s in general or did that somehow manage to catch your fancy after years of being in a bugged state?

Reduced server load.

Sentry 'balancing'.

To encourage use of the new drone low-slot mods which will be more "balanced" (e.g. TEs versus TCs) thus making the low-slot fixed "generally" bonused low-slot omni-equivalent a valid choice over the 30s to change, all-or-nothing min-maxed Omnis. Which has the "side" effect of DDAs competing with low-slot Omnis and thus reducing drone DPS (aka more balancing,) while also making the new faction DDA's more attractive.

edit: It also opens up the market for specialized drones, e.g. drones with a inherently better than tracking or range as a means of compensating for the 30s inflexibility of the Omni script swaps.

The lower cap use is just a weak attempt to assuage CCP's guilt and mollify/distract the player base.


For bonus karma (negative karma is still karma,) CCP will probably make it so the mid-slot Omnis won't work without a script, ergo, you can either have an Optimal bonus or a Tracking bonus, but not both, thus making the low-slot Omni modules attractive/competitive.


/tin_foil_in_bulk

My launcher screen shows 2 Ventures using 3 mining laser beams - are we to make anything of this, or is it just 'creative license' on the part of the art team?

But this would be implying lowslot tracking mods for turrets aren't currently attractive or used. which is just wrong. Or that lowslot tracking mods for drones wouldn't be used if Omnis stayed the same, which is wrong. Making Omnis take 30 seconds basically removes all ability to change scripts in a timely manner, which means unless you are using gardes, you only need one type of script: Tracking. If you are operating at such a range then you only need one type of script, Optimal. Gardes however, which are short to midrange at best, require you to change scripts if you want to get the best out of them, and now that is severely gimped.

Yet nobody in the history of ever has complained about turret ability to change ammo or scripts in a timely manner to achieve crazy ranges or insane dps out to decent ranges. I can name a number of ships that manage Garde level dps out to far better ranges, with similar or better tracking. This nerf doesn't really make sense.

I'm not even mad either, because it only pushes me into trying a fit I was toying with anyway for my ishtar. I'll be running an active shield tank ishtar now, with 3 Omnis, granting me ~60km optimals with gardes, and nothing but damage amps and tracking enhancers in the lows (when they come out). This did nothing but push me from a passive tank ship operating in the 30-40km range to an active tank ship operating in the 50-60km range.

And this change wouldn't even touch an armor domi, or my old shield navy domi, and likely won't matter to the rattler. It just made using gardes as anything but a longer range platform more difficult, which is hilarious since that is their purpose. It's even funnier when I went away from the route specifically to use the omnis the way ccp seemed to want, and use gardes close range instead of long range.

Oh well, Gardes are still going to be used more than the others for PVE outside of absolute sniping scenarios. Even with the dps nerf coming, they will still be used more often. It's like they can't understand that "highest dps " and " Second tank hole for a lot of rats " adds up to "most used" . It's like wondering why caldari navy scourge sells more than others.