Player Features and Ideas Discussion

It's called target selection, ships that commonly fit nuets in there utility high slots do so to cap out smaller ships.

Frigates while fun are exremely suseptable to a few things and just incase you didn't know I'll outline a few of them;

-Damage: Frigates have a low EHP and therefore get popped very easily when alot of damage is inflicted on them.
-Nuets: This type of EWAR is designed to shut down ships and it is annoying but a ship fitted with a cap injector will have less of a hard time dealing with being capped out.
-ECM: Due to the low sensor strenght of Frigates if ECM is present and targeting you, then you are most likely permajammed and need to GTFO.
-Smartbombs: Most Frigates need to be very close to there target to engage properly so the automatic hit of the smartbomb might be to much for the frigate to handle.
-Light Scout Drones: Alot of ships can fit these and they can tear the average Frigate apart in seconds, a few frigates can outrun the drones.
-ETC...

Frigates are fragile but fun, thats the allure to them IMHO. Either fit a cap booster or fly a different ship. Nothing is wrong with the current Nuet mechanics.

Adapt or die, either adapt your fittings and tactics to the people that you are engaging, or die. You could possibly not engage then in that ship, Frigates have this amazing ability to choose who they engage for the most part. Fly smarter and don't ask to fix something that isn't broken.

Equipping a small nosferatu usually counters neuts of larger sizes.

two staggered medium neuts beats nos, unless u fit two nos which seriously gimps ur fit

Nos requires activation energy, if ur capped out ur nos may not effectively run also its not the nos cycle time but the AB cycle time which is important, and since the cycle times for the nuets and the AB are fairly close the nos doesnt have enough time between a nuet cycle and the AB cycle to regen enough to cap run the AB

Neut should have tracking.

1 nos is sufficient vs most ships, a cap booster is a better option, both of those together will render you all but invulnerable to energy neuts.

Hint to the clueless newbie: rather than just expecting your "lolimso1337pwnmobile" to work against every single thing you throw it at, try considering the counters to the problems you're facing.

Simple fact: if you want to fight bigger ships in a frigate and survive - you're gonna have to make some compromises with your fit.

Hence "most." I would've thought even a simpleton could understand that.
Edit: Besides, the hurricane is a ridiculously powerful ship all-round. Drakes and Harbingers on the other hand will usually have a small, or at best a single medium. The Myrmidon is a wildcard because you can fit that about 20 different ways but usually they mount guns.
Brutix - no neuts
Cyclone - usually has them
Ferox - 1, at best
Prophecy - is a lolship.
Tier 3s - no neuts

So yeah, that's under a third of the BC lineup that can mount a number of neuts that's actually a threat.


The Retribution sucks. The other AFs are just fine if you have a clue.

But back to the point: the OP is a whining tool who can't figure out how to work around a simple problem and thus wants it nerfed.

They need their buff, but unusable? Hardly.

But this isn't an AF thread, it's a whiner who wants a pointless nerf.
I'm also pretty sure Drakes were above canes...

No, they don't. Neuts are fine. And there's plenty of room for a cap booster on all but the Wolf and Enyo.
(And let's face it, those two are mainly gang ships anyway, so there's less chance of them in particular being neuted)

Really though, if you think your AF gang should be able to take on an equally numbered BC gang and win - you're either delusional or an idiot.
(I'm leaning towards the latter, personally)