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T3 Frigates - Corvette Class Ship?

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Innocent Sinh
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2015-01-06 03:39:44 UTC
Seeing as T3 appears to be specialization of an extreme manner am I alone in the thought that T3 frigates might actually become EVE's first corvette class ship? In the navy, a corvette is a smaller vessel, just above that of a frigate, that is designed to be a fast-attack ship with still enough oomph for firepower. It is, of course, still less than the destroyer.

General T3 discussion/predictions?
Jenshae Chiroptera
#2 - 2015-01-06 03:42:04 UTC
T3 frigates will have covert cloaks, be nullified, immune to EWAR, hit 10 000m/s and require a day of training. Ugh

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Badden Powell
No Chit
#3 - 2015-01-06 04:22:37 UTC
Jenshae Chiroptera wrote:
T3 frigates will have covert cloaks, be nullified, immune to EWAR, hit 10 000m/s and require a day of training. Ugh



Fuzzy dice.
How could you forget the fuzzy dice requirement???
Nevyn Auscent
Broke Sauce
#4 - 2015-01-06 04:28:39 UTC
And the ability to search a forum also!
Chopper Rollins
hahahlolspycorp
#5 - 2015-01-06 04:32:08 UTC
Innocent Sinh wrote:
Seeing as T3 appears to be specialization of an extreme manner ...
In the navy, a corvette is a smaller vessel, just above that of a frigate, that is designed to be a fast-attack ship with still enough oomph for firepower. It is, of course, still less than the destroyer.


T3=SP intensive, isk expensive ship that can be tuned to be any ship in the game. The T3 destroyers naturally have a more limited version of the versatility that is balanced by being applied in flight.
The corvette role is covered by faction frigates, which T3 frigates would make worthless.
Now T3 dreadnoughts could be a game changer without being a game wrecker.



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Alara IonStorm
#6 - 2015-01-06 04:49:33 UTC  |  Edited by: Alara IonStorm
Innocent Sinh wrote:
In the navy, a corvette is a smaller vessel, just above that of a frigate, that is designed to be a fast-attack ship with still enough oomph for firepower.


No actually a Corvette is just below a Frigate in size. Their traditional role since their WW2 revival has and usually still does center on ASW work though like most modern warships they wear many hats like AA and Ship to Ship.

Wikipedia wrote:
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or "rated") warship. The warship class above is that of frigate.


I personally have always seen the Rookie Ships as good candidates for the Corvette name and have suggested that CCP change their name. Rookie Ship sounds terrible.

As for T3 Frigates, still calling them Frigate sounds fine to me.
Chopper Rollins
hahahlolspycorp
#7 - 2015-01-06 04:56:57 UTC
Since the Rookie ships got buffed and can be fitted with T2 things the Corvette name could stick.
+1


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Yourmoney Mywallet
Doomheim
#8 - 2015-01-06 05:39:51 UTC
Personally, I'd prefer "Mustang." But hey, that's just me. Blink
Primary This Rifter
Mutual Fund of the Something
#9 - 2015-01-06 05:49:25 UTC
Chopper Rollins wrote:
Now T3 dreadnoughts could be a game changer without being a game wrecker.

I can't even imagine what kind of role(s) T3 dreadnoughts could possibly take, and I fly a Nag.
ISD Dorrim Barstorlode
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
ISD Alliance
#10 - 2015-01-06 06:00:36 UTC
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