Player Features and Ideas Discussion

When I tried it on sisi I was unable to get it to move faster than 1100m/s with a mwd and some plating.

I don't think it's fast.

Not the fastest by any stretch, but under a MWD it should fall between the mega and typhoon. OH the MWD should get it above 1.1kms on 2 T2 1600 plates and 3 armor rigs easy unless EFT is totally off.

Edit: Between mega and tempest rather, not typhoon, which is technically still true, but a wider range than intended.

My husky can finish his dog food in less time than it takes the Nestor to align and initiate jump.
And I should add that my dog is a slow eater...

Honestly, considering the complaints about the mobility of the nestor I'm surprised either of you would bother giving a second thought to the RS. Similar align time, and while the RS is only marginally faster without prop, it falls considerably behind with it with prop due to the mass differences.

The rattlesnake is very strong and has excellent damage projection. It doesn't need to move. It's an entirely different proposition.

One would think 2-3x missile speed as a qol improvement would be positive for missile users, together with slighly more dps.

They should re-re-do the Snake into a dedicated drone boat now that we have a dedicated missile boat.

Wait untill some of these forum dwellers finally get to try out what they have been mentally masturbating over for the past couple of weeks. The paper dps-centric fantasies will be shattered by the reality that heavy drones still suck, and there are better pirate faction battleships for sniping. There will be no reason to fly a Rattlesnake other than the novelty of using 2 drones instead of 5.


Lets look at what the Rattlesnake is losing again, shall we?

- 400m3 drone bay
-+50%missile velocity bonus
- +50% drone bonus damage and hp on on light and medium drones


And gain.
+1 launcher
+50% missile damage for thermal and kinetic only.


5 drone are better than 2, and the increased reliance on missiles for DPS means much greater susceptibility to e-war. The nerfs are greater than the buffs to a ship that was already considered to be UP.

Why do Guristas have to be the victims of CCP attempts to reduce drone numbers instead doing it to the infinitely more popular Dominix?

The Guristas are very unique already and these changes make no sense at all. How many drone boats are there that have a missile velocity bonus?

Very poorly thought out changes if you ask me. Do the right thing and take it back to the drawing board or you will just have to change it again.

There is no need a missile damage bonus to make up for lost anything. The is a ship that has been considered UP. Why take things away from it?

You can't grasp this simple concept?

Also, still bieng able to fit 2.5 (wtf?) flights of heavys and 2 flights of lights doesn't make up for the fact that this is a large nerf in done bay and versatility for the Rattlesnake.

You wrong about it not being more susceptible to e-war, too. The increased reliance on missiles for DPS means the majority of DPS will be shut down when jammed. The unbonused lights and medium will not perform nearly as well as they do on the current Rattlesnake, given that damage amplification will be more preferable on missiles than drones.

Think before you post. Actually... just stop posting.

I can use sentries when if battleships should get out of range of my torps.

I don't know what you mean about the drones being unaggroed. I press F on a frigate once and they kill everything small on their own. The medium drones do a great job on the cruisers. I only have to worry about locking the battleships, which are much easier than smaller ships to reacquire after being jammed. When drones are solely responsible for destroying all enemy frigates and cruisers, the +50 bonus damage and HP helps enormously.

It is really nice that the drones usually finish their job first, then I can take out the salvage drones (something I won't have enough drone bay space for with the proposed changes) while I mop up the remaining Battleships with missiles. Easy.

People are getting hung up on the Snake as a sniper and that is not the only way it is played. There are battleships that tank better and battleships that snipe better.

The Snakes role was versatility. No reason for CCP to change that. It has a role and there is no real overlap. Give it an extra low slot to bring its DPS up a bit and it will be perfectly fine for what it does.

I wish they would bring super drones to Mordus instead. These pirate faction battleships are very SP intensive and to change them so drastically and so unnecessarily is a callous way to treat your customers.