Warfare & Tactics

No. Solo pvp'ers will be upset.

The DPS check really isn't that bad. Unless you're using a frigate with light missiles. Not entirely sure CCP considered that in their awesome RoF nerf.

Isn't it kinda going back to where we've already been? I see a lot less farmers nowadays so I don't think I'd be happy with that

As for dps - yeah. It's silly that I undock merlins PRECISELY because I want to be able to do novice AND small plexes in the same ship.

EVE isn't perfect yet, but I think it's better than it used to be.

npc is never the problem and it is never a solution.

Unless they prevent your enemy from fighting inside a plex and at the same time allow you farming whordes to run rampant in stabbed hulls making bank.

I guess what you mean is that 'npc was never a problem to you and the new npc solution is a hindrance to your farming'.

In other words, QQ.



Current iteration is the worst form of FW except all the other ones weve tried.



Not an unreasonable request. Balancing checks between high and low dps platforms seems like it would be quite a convoluted mechanic to work alongside rats long rep cycle time. Decreasing their buffer opens up other problems too imo.

as we have seen in the past changing npc has not really changed anything, every version has its own faults and consequence.

You can not solve FW problems just by changing npc in plexes.

Honestly, the high natural dps of blasters has been the only saving grace in comparison to being the only faction that cannot do FW lvl 4 missions in a stealth bomber. This balances things out a bit, imo. We've always got a majority of our LP plex fighting anyway.

1st you wanted npc that make possible to solo and then you want npc that requires team play

try to decide already what you want.

as said npc is not a solution to anything as you just pointed out.

These have been improvements, yes; but the issue at hand is how difficult it is to make ground in offensive plexing. Stronger dps from the npcs but a breakable tank for ships in mediums in larges by frigates is essentials due to it becoming a cost/mobility issue at that point. Both sides can agree that it's more cost-effective and generally more sensible to plex/pvp in a destroyer sized or smaller ship.
Currently since blasters are the only small weapon strong enough to break the reps in a large (and in many cases, medium) complex NPC tank you're stuck playing the short range tackle game, and end up being a sitting duck for kiters IF you're flying solo. Swapping it out to buffer tanks ensures that while it does take a little while to burn the npcs down, you CAN break their take fairly handily, and ensures the same time checks for isk per hour makes it less viable for lightly tanked/lightly gunned farmers to do offensive plexing, thus keeping the benefits of the current mechanic in place.

I can pvp in any size plex. Not sure what you are doing wrong if you think that is not possible atm. If i actually want to CAP the plex then that could be different. Especially if im in a frigate and i want to capture a large plex. Perhaps then a larger ship or more friends could help. I guess that only leaves you with the larger ship option though.

NPC stops people farming, and i can pvp inside plexes. For me, NPC's are perfect as they are. Unlike you however, i can see things from others perspective and recognize that some tweaks would benefit the everyone and their enjoyment they have in FW, namely defensive alts.



Increasing DPS of NPCS towards players just prevents too much meaningful small gang pvp. Basically, if making ground in offensive plexing is your primary concern then i would question your expectation to run all the plexes at the same time with just 4 people. Occupancy is at best when done in large groups rather than 4 guys who hit rats all day then run away and blue ball the defense. Offensive should = effort. The attackers should in turn make defending = effort too. Thats the paradigm of creating occupancy based conflict in FW.



MY IDEA :p