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it is so easy to get a bitter vet :p

the part which is disheartening is not the bad balance it is the lack of a good well rounded communiication.

yes i read them and i followed this topic from the very beginning. The supporters are mostly old chars which get bored from flying drakes and canes and alpha maels. The newer palyers do not want to shift their skill training to become viable again and complain heavily.

We who still stay in this thread do know the problems and try to fight for a better game.
We spend a lot of time brainstorming discussing and finding new ideas. Yet there is still no one saying thanks for the time . not even thanks for your time but we are done. I don't care if a response would be positive i just like to get any response.


Since page 45 there are only posts about us not getting feedback...... and the number of ppl in this thread decreased because of disheartening and fading illusions. It is only 5 ppl left willing to fight :D

Not sure there's any point to posting here anymore, but I'll say my piece anyway.

There are still fitting issues for medium hybrids, though this can also be fixed by improving cruiser powergrids when ccp goes over those hulls.

The core problem with blasters remains, however - to get to engagement range, one of two things needs to happen: Gallente ships need to become the fastest, or their weapons need to have a range extension. I've said it before and I stand by it; give blasters a +100% optimal range bonus during the next iteration. Having to orbit at 2km to hit reliably for cruisers is a pain. The Null buff was nice, but it's the only thing about blasters that is, and you shouldn't have to train for weeks (or months, for large hybrids) just to get the ammo type that makes blasters a viable option.

Rails need more alpha, as that is so important to the long range sniping ships. Overall, they should be doing more dps than artillery since they need cap. And the tracking on medium and large rails should be increased by 10%, as it's still kinda low when you load javelin rounds for close-in work (compared to gleam).

I will say this: the more you buff the range of blasters, the better caldari blaster boats get. I already can get a nearly 20km range on my eagle using null without the use of any tracking enhancers or computers.

a fleet onyx with cloak, cyno and double bubble is doing more damage, has more utility, more tank and more range :)

Any ETA when we will actually see a dev that understands how and why blaster pvp did work back in the days and therefore is in the position to actually fix it?

Add a special offer to trade gallente sp for minmatar sp, so everybody would be happy. The guys that hate close range pvp, however somehow managed to put all her SP into that and everybody that loved close range blaster gank pvp by the availability of more soft targets to pew at around and finally getting back her solo/small gang close range mobile after 3 years(hopefully in a at least halve way working condition).

If it doesn't got a "If you can read this, you are dead." sticker in the front and a "Gf, thx for the loot" in the back, it is ****, not worth flying and a waste of DB space. Blaster pvp is **** in the meta game since QR(nerfed form the best damage projection to the worst and utterly gimped by the lack of control over the targets at point blank). You need to start with exactly this to bring gallente ships back into the game instead of washing them down to minmatar 0.5.



The problem is that this gives gallente ships to much range(with blasters), what makes the high dps close range concept pretty much pointless(in my opinion it already did hit this point with the null buff). A far better and role focused fix would be to double the optimal bonus on caldari hybrid ships and nerf null falloff and rail range a bit. This also helps a lot of the caldari ships, since it actually makes the optimal bonus useful for blasters compared to the gallente damage bonus and makes them a fast tracking, medium range turret on this hulls.

Ed: nevermind. Its just not worth it.

A dev or gm response would be nice around now. Hate to say it Ccp but everyday that goes by more and more people think mr CEO hilmar's letter was just a load of doggy do do :S


Even a simple "we are still working on it" would be nice....

Still here and waiting... Maybe CCP blocked us all or maybe Hilmar ordered Tallest to **** on the customers and focus on something else because Eve is more about being popular rather than creating a balanced sandbox.
Afterall CCP invented the strategy of "purposely inbalancing to create change of gameplay". What the...
But certainly explains the stats on tier 3 battlecruisers?

My cynical self never expected much from this thread anyways.