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Shaikura Kutungi
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2016-11-17 15:43:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Shaikura Kutungi
Thought i would pop in to see how the games going. Trying out what its like to be an alpha on this old character from the last time i played which was 2009. Its painful to play this character as most of the skills i trained are now locked out for me. But i thought i would give it a go to see the changes. I own most of the tier 1 Minmatar ships but can't fly some of them. Also i can't undock any of my cruisers because message say i have a extra hard point equipped or something. Did they also nerf tier 1 ships for alphas or did they get nerfed in a patch long ago? Heck i can't ever remember how to sell something on the market yet. It should be interesting.
Memphis Baas
#2 - 2016-11-17 15:46:06 UTC  |  Edited by: Memphis Baas
They made changes to the T1 ships (slot layouts), part of the "Tiericide" patches, but most were buffed not nerfed. They are also preventing the Alphas from installing T2 weapons and a bunch of modules, so it could be either of these issues.

EDIT: You should create a brand new account to check out the New Player Experience (NPE) voice-acted tutorial. Rewards may or may not be worth it, but you can certainly transfer them via a contract.
Neuntausend
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2016-11-17 16:16:39 UTC
I'd say strip your fittings, and then plug all the modules back in. It will tell you then what you can and cannot do and why. If you have a now illegal fitting from back in the day, it would prevent you from undocking.
Iria Ahrens
Space Perverts and Forum Pirates
#4 - 2016-11-17 16:29:14 UTC
Shaikura Kutungi wrote:
Thought i would pop in to see how the games going. Trying out what its like to be an alpha on this old character from the last time i played which was 2009. Its painful to play this character as most of the skills i trained are now locked out for me. But i thought i would give it a go to see the changes. I own most of the tier 1 Minmatar ships but can't fly some of them. Also i can't undock any of my cruisers because message say i have a extra hard point equipped or something. Did they also nerf tier 1 ships for alphas or did they get nerfed in a patch long ago? Heck i can't ever remember how to sell something on the market yet. It should be interesting.


On my alpha account I can't fly cruisers because I didn't have destroyer 3 trained. They changed the skill progression a while back so you can't skip destroyers anymore.

A lot of slot layouts were changed too. My ishtar lost a mid and gained a low for example. So you might have to just uninstall whatever module is keeping you from flying.

A few years ago they started a massive Tiericide campaign that is mostly finished by now. Ships and most modules, no longer have tiers. Everything is specialized now. So instead of progression worse, better, best. Ships are more specialized in a role. Mining frigates are now logistics frigates. The first free frigate you got, is now a tackle frigate, etc. Modules are no longer progressively better by meta. They have different benefits. One will be more effective, another will require less cpu, another will overheat better. etc..

Basically, the goal of tiericide was to make every ship and module worthwhile situationally. There are still some problem modules, (defender missiles) but now you shoudn't automatically assume meta 4 is better than meta 2.

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