EVE General Discussion

Assuming the same sort of capital fight tactics will continue after the changes, it's hard to disagree with that analysis.

The Gallente and Minmatar may have a role repping POSs, but for ship fights Amarr and Caldari will continue to be more relevant.

However, if cap warfare changes and the transfer becomes less useful, then who knows. Things could change. We'll have to wait to see I guess.

You are right, Sir. But I dont think it will change that much.

quote from dev blog -"Force Auxiliaries are going to completely take over the old Triage role from Carriers"

Without having tested them this tells me that thats excatly what they will become.

Time will tell and if I'm wrong I'll stand corrected!

even though, you know, it's better to remote assist compared to local reps and remote assist are what they're about.

Have you tested them thoroughly with the new modules?

But you can't receive remote assist when in Triage-mode.

So, perhaps in some situations a local rep bonus may be useful?

I honestly think they will be OP. CCP will do that just to prove that people "of old date" like Marius are wrong.

Gallente/Minmatar maybe better to drop along blops or small gangs ganking something, not for huge fleets

Haha Thx! I hope you are right!

I just get a deja vu with these layouts.
Perhaps I'm just a dinosaur from the old days!

Idk. Triple CASB Lif is going to be the bane of many people for a while.

It's worth remembering that the repping power of the new FAXes outside of Triage will be essentially nil - so no more slowcats. Each FAX providing capital reps is on its own for tank and cap. Think about them this way:

Amarr and Caldari FAXes are all passive - they will have a set amount of tank and remote rep/cap that they can bring to a battlefield, and that's it. They will be exhausted of resources at some point and be useless thereafter.

Gallente and Minmatar FAXes, on the other hand, are active - given enough cap charges, they can provide their level of assistance for as long as they're on the field.

Under different circumstances, each flavor of FAX will have advantages and disadvantages. Amarr and Caldari buffers will be advantageous against high incoming DPS that would overwhelm the active tank of Gallente and Minmatar. But against lower incoming DPS the Gallente and Minmatar FAXes can stay on the field for as long as needed while Amarr and Caldari would eventually run dry.

Which one you bring will depend on what sort of fleet you expect to be engaging. I suspect we'll see a lot of Amarr and Caldari FAXes in large nullsec fleet fights where supers and titans are on the field along with dozens of FAXes, while we'll see a lot of Gallente and Minmatar FAXes in lolsec games where it's just one or two FAXes being dropped.

(I'm not exactly sure how the Gal/Min FAXes not transferring cap will play out, though.)