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New Onyx hull

Author
Kiandoshia
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2014-12-11 22:00:39 UTC
The new Onyx hull looks great and the missile bays are awesome but why is it limited to the Onyx, which rarely actually ends up with more than one or two missile launchers for good measure? The Gila could get that too and the Gila is an actual missile boat =x Sort of anyways.
Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#2 - 2014-12-11 22:04:46 UTC
Because it's the Onyx hull. They are slowly making unique hulls for everything.
Ersahi Kir
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2014-12-11 22:52:57 UTC
I think you're missing the point Nevyn. The onyx looks awesome, and I like the new hull, but the awesome moving missile racks go to waste on a ship that often doesn't put turrets on. It would be like putting awesome hard points on a scimitar, only to have them always be empty because shield transporters don't fill a hard point.

Except in the situation of the onyx it's cloaks, probe launchers, bubble makers, neuts, and cynos. So all those awesome space pixels are wasted on a ship that usually won't use them.

But the spinny bit on the bottom is awesome for the onyx.
Danika Princip
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#4 - 2014-12-11 23:15:18 UTC
Counterpoint:

RLML Onyxes can get into frigate only shattered wormholes.

I think they may be using a few more missiles than they did in the past.
Lugh Crow-Slave
#5 - 2014-12-30 09:43:41 UTC
I always fly my onyx with a full rack in small gang pvp you need as much dps as you can get