Ships & Modules

HAM drakes will be the new standard.

Well I'm a Caldari pilot, and I loves me some drakes.
The change from resist to velocity makes a lot of sense-Puts them in line with the other missile boats, and puts there tank closer to the other T2 battle cruisers.
I think this would help push people in to using it for offence and using the Ferox for defence.
Now if they got rid of the Myrm's rep bonus for say hybrid damage and pushed its drones up to 100-125bandwith we would have use a solid set of tier 2's.

cool stuff in my book. but there will be a lot of younger players cursing ccp for that.

Probly be fine with an AB and nanos, as to kite the BS's well you kill the BC's and down.

I'm not too fussed about the changes - I don't like flying Drakes and probably still won't after this change (if it goes through).

My main concern is with how it will affect the viability of other ships with a missile velocity bonus like the Cerb, and to a lesser extent the Sacrilege. How it might tread on the Cerb's toes is obvious, what with the current state of on-grid warping/probing and the improved range it would have. The Sac issue is less obvious, as it's rarely a go-to ship for HAMs at the moment anyway, but will be even less so following a change like this.

-Ed

I call BS. Leave it as it is. Most of the peeps that complain about it don't even use it.

Hurricane is also in need of a nerf but the Drake getting rebalanced is a necessity and actually, it's not really a nerf anyway.

Winmatar shall never be nerfed

its ok space squirrels you can still orbit at 150 of a large collidable object and pass out.

Please, no.

I think the Drake is overrused for a reason : people need a tanky BC. Because they lack skills, because they can't afford or fly something better, because they want to try more difficult pve (WH etc) or try PVP and actually stay on the field long enough to learn something.

Give players more options for these roles, and options that do not require spending billions or training for centuries. Or leave the Drake as it is. Want a DPS BC ? Fly a cane, it's what it's made for.

Missile velocity bonus REALLY ? Does this game needs another bonus that will go to waste if you have to fit HMs ? At the very least, make HAMs worth using if you're forcing us to. In their current state they suck hard, the added DPS over HMs does not nearly justify their many drawbacks.

The good point is that if this goes live I'll save a lot of money... flying caracals instead of that lame amputee draek.

Edit : just read the report. While I agree a minor nerf is in order, I don't see a need for turning it into another useless ham platform.