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CCP Has No Idea What They're Doing: Useless Ships in Eve

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CCP Spitfire
C C P
C C P Alliance
#41 - 2012-01-22 11:20:18 UTC
Thank you for your feedback!

Moving the thread to a more appropriate section and removing a few offtopic posts.

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Daniel L'Siata
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#42 - 2012-01-22 11:59:42 UTC  |  Edited by: Daniel L'Siata
Lady Spank wrote:
Bad list.


Very.

All of the Dreads are fine, but Capital missiles (and a number of missile systems in general) need a review, the Naglfar could also do with tweaks, but it's quite acceptable.

The Cyclone is a fantastic ship, the Hurricane is just more so. The Ferox is strong when used well (And will become more so with the incoming Drake nerfs), Prophecy is fairly poor, yes. Brutix is fine.

The Typhoon is absolutely fantastic, but easily the most skill intensive BS in game. Rokh...are you smoking something? Rokhs are extremely strong. The Raven is actually fairly usable, but Cruise and Torps really aren't and shield BS fleets are still problematic.

The T1 Cruiser balance in general is borked. And EAS are getting looked at (But are already seriously painful in a skilled pilot's hands.


The problem isn't half of those ships, it's either the modules on them or the current state of the meta-game.
Daniel L'Siata
Phoenix Naval Operations
Phoenix Naval Systems
#43 - 2012-01-22 12:10:01 UTC
Derp. Double post.
Arrigo Glokta
#44 - 2012-01-22 12:35:05 UTC
Well, useless means no use. They're is a use for Prophecy... Bait.

Also, the few that fly the Hyperion says it's pretty darn decent. Not flown it myself.

Ferox with MWD and blasters can be effective.

AND, are you having a laugh - Raven is a great boat for PvE.

Probably more - but these are the ones that jumped out at me.
Jodie Amille
EVE Corporation 690846971
#45 - 2012-01-22 13:14:44 UTC
"These ships do not fit into my narrow-minded and restrictive pvp philosophies, they are all terrible."

OP is a troll; thread is terrible and/or pointless
DarkAegix
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#46 - 2012-01-22 13:17:47 UTC
Jodie Amille wrote:
pointless

Don't use that word in Ships & Modules.
Several people may react in unpredictable ways to it.

Come to Amamake and show you the meaning of glass houses.
Galerak
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#47 - 2012-01-22 15:37:19 UTC
Fix Lag wrote:
People consistently point out that most ships in Eve Online are left by the wayside when it comes to fighting other people. Here's a list of ships that I haven't seen used very much if at all aside from perhaps mission running (in the case of the Raven and the Hyperion) that aren't basic frigates:


Augoror
Maller
Omen
Moa
Osprey
Celestis
Exequror
Scythe
Raven
Rokh (starting to see a bit more use now that rails were buffed)
Hyperion
Typhoon
Sentinel
Kitsune
Keres
Hyena
Revelation
Phoenix
Moros
Naglfar
Prophecy
Ferox
Cyclone

.


You forgot the Cerberus, Eagle, Raptor, Brutix, and Hawk.
Mfume Apocal
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#48 - 2012-01-22 18:52:26 UTC
Fix Lag wrote:
non judgement wrote:
Moros? Wouldn't it be one of the highest used dreads now?


All dreads are still terrible coffinboxes for fighting people with.


Jesus you are r.etarded.
Mike Whiite
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#49 - 2012-01-23 10:38:26 UTC
hmm, depends on what you want.

Raven is used in PVE quite a lot, untill people can afford an CNR or a Gollem., would be nice to see it more usefull in PVP, though that is more a Missile problem than a Raven problem.

Moa will get more use with the Hybride upgrade.

Kitsune is a great ship in FW or in any 1vs1 frigate fight. Defending complexes or chasing people away from them is a very good use for them.

If CCP wants people to fly more different hulls, let them do something about the insurence system. People will keep flying BC,s because of the difference isk risk.

loosing a drake with insurence will cost about 40/50 million, you can't buy t2 cruiser hull from that. nerf all you will, but when you nerf the insurence you will get more divercity than nerfing single ships, which will only lead to a different ship to be the king of the hill.
Sicex
#50 - 2012-01-23 11:13:34 UTC
I forget where it was recently stated, but CCP said that they will continue to add new ships and toys rather than going for complete balancing of all ships.

That's not to say they won't re-balance a few, but it seems as though they are more eager to add new ones anyway to purposefully create obsolete modules/ships/etc. As EVE grows and evolves it will be interesting to see what happens to these obsolete and useless modules because they will always have to be factored into mineral costs and market fluctuations of mineral prices. It will take a keen mind to either remember or keep track of that info as time progresses but doing so could really pay off big.
whaynethepain
#51 - 2012-01-23 11:47:28 UTC  |  Edited by: whaynethepain
Yay easy Troll day, whoop whoop.

You obviously have only seen these ships in PVE, because that's all you can do.

I did start reading the wall of text, but it made less sense than your list did, somehow, congrats.

I think you got cabin fever from staying docked too long. Them space cakes aren't what you think.

I too have seen Dreads doing lvl 4's...... not ever.

Lol, thanks, probably gonna have a beer and try reading that again...


Na, dude, where is the echelon thing and that PI noctise thing, they are useless ships, if your going to rant, try nice easy to manage paragraphs please.

I do have a slight headache now, do you know what directed syntax is? can you make a straight concise point?

I did explain, because wiki says it's computer programming, not that that's the issue, because I was talking about something else entirely, I did have a point, but it was probably lost someplace in this explanation of irrational text. I have put in some punctuation, but that is mostly because of my typing habits rather than my will to punctuate this text so that it is easy to read, and not so taxing on the mind as some great paragraphs can, and have been in the past. I do understand it is easy to drivel on and on pointlessly skipping merrily about a subject as if writing a novel or story passed down through the ages, digressing only to emphasise my perpetual need to be understood as well as I understand others, though in part, perhaps this paragraph would be a misinterpretation of that fact. I would also like you to note how hard on the eyes this great wall of text actually is and reading it back to look for obvious spelling errors and that kind of stuff is actually beginning to hurt my eyes slightly, and the way I double adjective things makes my brow furrow almost as much as my repetitive over indirect approach to trying to eventually come to the presence of trying to pertain to achieving a potential to come to arrange a fulcrum of dialogue, enabling me to achieve a point.

Burp.Derp.

Getting you on your feet.

So you've further to fall.

Trinkets friend
Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#52 - 2012-01-23 13:42:22 UTC
People talk of Minmatar ships as being entirely used for kiting. Not true: the Typhoon is a boat you MUST fly right into the face f the enemy. Given you have to armour tank it you find it difficult to close with the nanofleets people run in nullsec these days. But if you can get close, spewing torps and spreading cap carnage with 3 or even 4 heavy neuts, it carves a massive swathe of destruction through everything.

If you could make it work as an arty platform, you'd see it used more. Right now, no chance.

Cyclone is great. once the Drake gets nerfbatted, the Cyclone will be able to eat one, maybe two, before breakfast. And thats without the stupid active tank thing it has. It is hard to make the Cyclone active tank properly against anything without a faction booster and pills.

The real issue with the game's lineup of ships is they keep expanding, and getting deadlier. This isn't neccessarily contributing to balance; it just keeps making earlier ships more obsolescent.

Well, maybe we don't need 5 kinds of frigates for each race and 4 cruisers. Certainly if I was a Caldari weapons boffin i'd recommend the Bantam get pulled from production, pull a recall on the BPO's and BPC's, and be done with it.
Duchess Starbuckington
Doomheim
#53 - 2012-01-23 15:36:35 UTC  |  Edited by: Duchess Starbuckington
Augoror
Maller
Omen
Moa (ok it's a T1 cruiser, and thus trash anyway, but they don't measure up as badly as people tend to think)
Osprey
Celestis
Exequror
Scythe
Raven
Rokh
Hyperion
Typhoon
Sentinel
Kitsune
Keres
Hyena
Revelation
Phoenix
Moros
Naglfar
Prophecy (highly dabatable, considering how good it is with blasters now)
Ferox
Cyclone

Bolded the ones you're laughably wrong about for PVP.

To add some that are genuinely worthless:
Condor
Executioner
Slasher
Atron
Maulus
Breacher
Inquisitor
Succubus
Worm
Plutonian
Intransigent
#54 - 2012-01-23 23:40:13 UTC
A fully-skilled Typhoon is dangerous.

If operating within a small fleet, and can go full gank... it's a monster.
Khrage
#55 - 2012-01-24 01:32:45 UTC
to OP:

Augoror - t1 logistics, low sp requirement and good way to start learning logi. not worhtless dispite what people keep saying about it, like the other t1 logi cruisers. not worthless
Maller - not worthless, could use buff though. neuting mallers are good for what they are
Omen - laser based t1 cruiser firepower, no what if it has no tank if you get good dps, or vise versa, not worthless
Moa - no, blaster moas are some of the most underrated ships out there. not worthless
Osprey - haha, not worthless. best mining cruiser for casual miner
Celestis - just as effective as its t2 counterparts at dampening. in a fleet with damps as EWAR as choice, for such a cheap ship, it can actually help. worthless alone, but then again, most ships are, yet at the same time, rarely are ships ever alone.
Exequror - (top)
Scythe - (top)
Raven - you sir are a joke if you think the raven is worthless
Rokh (starting to see a bit more use now that rails were buffed) - losing credibility with each stupid choice like this
Hyperion - not worthless, some of the best warp in dps you can get
Typhoon - takes lots of skill, but again you are a joke if you think a phoon is worthless
Sentinel - good solo/small frig fleet, but as all EWAR frigs, they are worthless in larger engagements
Kitsune - great anti ECM ECMer. all EAFs need buff. smaller the gang, better it is
Keres - all EAFs need a buff
Hyena - all EAFs need a buff
Revelation - you are a joke
Phoenix - worst out of the dreads but far from useless. can put out the most dps in specific situations.
Moros - shoot yourself in the face with a rack of XL blasters from a moros, it might make you smarter
Naglfar - it's effing VERTICAL. not worthless
Prophecy - ' https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=681108#post681108 ' it and the ferox really are next to pointless...
Ferox - it's more like an issue with the tier system for these, read post above.
Cyclone - and you end with a great ship. not worthless. you are.

and to top it all off you didn't put the Eagle on the list... i guess this makes you list completely worthless.
Palmput
Oruze Cruise
White Stag Exit Bag
#56 - 2012-01-24 02:08:19 UTC
I don't think I've ever been on a pos shoot where supercarriers came in to support us. Dreads have this thing called "not worrying about their fighters getting stuck inside the shields". Unless, of course, all you shoot is small pos's.
Hrett
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#57 - 2012-01-24 02:11:21 UTC
I see typhoons and cyclones all the time. Ferox too. Hyperion has a niche - but its tiny and I would like to see it have a bit more utility - like another low slot for ARMOR tank or tracking mods... Starting to see the Rohk in the wild since the hybrid buff.

I think its hilarious that people say that the Raven isnt flown because it is primaried all the time. As a gallente blatership pilot, being primaried is part of life. Boo hoo for the raven.

Personally, I have recently started to like the Celestis. Damps can really ruin a T3 BC day. Or actually, 3 of them at once.

spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!

Silas Shaw
Coffee Hub
#58 - 2012-01-24 02:20:14 UTC
Fix Lag wrote:
non judgement wrote:
Moros? Wouldn't it be one of the highest used dreads now?


All dreads are still terrible coffinboxes for fighting people with.


so why aren't dictors on this list?

useful, but terrible to fight with and a coffin besides.
mecubed
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#59 - 2012-01-24 15:14:55 UTC  |  Edited by: mecubed
Aside from Drake and Tengu, most of caldari ships should be on that list. Missiles need an update, especially cruise and torps ships could use a buff. Why fly a Torp Raven on fleet when you can fly a Mael with arties, getting close to double the alpha, near similar dps and more than double the range, being faster and have a less sig radius.
Not to mention that wonderful thing called travel time.

T1 BC's are slacking along with T1 cruisers aside from Minnie ships.
Most could big helped in a big way with just a power grid increase.
Berendas
Ascendant Operations
#60 - 2012-01-24 15:52:38 UTC
The Typhoon is on that list? Are you high?
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