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What were some legendarily overpowered ships in the past?
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Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#1 - 2012-08-24 17:50:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Lilianna Star
All I can think of was the Falcon, the Rifter and Megathron.

Are there any others?

Not talking about any that are OP right now, just ones that were majorly OP until they got nerfed.

And if they were OP, how were they OP?
Kuehnelt
Devoid Privateering
#2 - 2012-08-24 17:54:12 UTC
If you poke me while I'm fast asleep, I'll jerk awake shouting something about Dramiels.
Lilianna Star
Vagrant Empress
#3 - 2012-08-24 17:55:03 UTC
Kuehnelt wrote:
If you poke me while I'm fast asleep, I'll jerk awake shouting something about Dramiels.


Dramiel! Perfect, what was overpowered about them?

Please tell me it was their speed.
vyshnegradsky
The Legion of Spoon
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
#4 - 2012-08-24 17:58:56 UTC
Titans while they still had the AoE Doomsdays

This one's a bit over the edge guys.

Locked for breaking... well, pretty much all the rules.

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Joshua Samson
Doomheim
#5 - 2012-08-24 18:08:22 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
All I can think of was the Falcon...


Not much has changed on that front.
Kuehnelt
Devoid Privateering
#6 - 2012-08-24 18:15:22 UTC
Lilianna Star wrote:
Dramiel! Perfect, what was overpowered about them?

Please tell me it was their speed.


Well... looking back, it was mainly their ability to prevent me from making defensive use of the directional scanner. That was probably a hidden bonus that got removed with the nerf. I did think there was nothing I could possibly fly (since I only flew laser frigs) that could deal with a Dramiel. But these days? Or in Winter, when the rest of the T1 frigs are removed from the gutter? I'd make a go with a neuting Vengeance or Malediction or ASB Crucifier.

Oh, but then: "if it looks like you can kill them then they can just run away, that's not faaaaaaair."

Sorry, but it got nerfed before I knew anything about this game, and since it's barely flown anymore, I haven't looked at it since.
Noisrevbus
#7 - 2012-08-24 18:15:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Noisrevbus
Prior to various stacking rebalances there have been many, some notable old ones (prior to 2008) include:

Laser BS with stacked damage mods (eg., gank-Geddons).

Missile BS with stacked propulsion mods (eg., Cavalry ravens).

Drone/Nos/Missile BS with stacked mass mods (eg., nano-Phoons and nano-Domis during the nano era).


Today, the imbalance in ships tend to revolve around new ships (Tier 3 BC), XL-blap and ASB.

Things like Falcons, Drakes and SC hitpoints are only really imbalanced per relation (of numbers).
Zhilia Mann
Tide Way Out Productions
#8 - 2012-08-24 18:24:36 UTC
Nos Domis. Snaked, polycarbed Crows.
Mutant Caldari
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#9 - 2012-08-24 18:27:23 UTC
Zhilia Mann wrote:
Nos Domis. Snaked, polycarbed Crows.

<3 @ NOS Domis, NOS Vexors, NOS Myrms. Those Crows though.... 35km/s Crows were so annoying. Evil
Gibbo3771
AQUILA INC
#10 - 2012-08-24 18:38:20 UTC
Gangs of kestrels chucking cruise missiles at you while going 30km/s

Torp raven before missile fix, could instapop a webbed frigate.
Yabba Addict
Legion of the Many
#11 - 2012-08-24 19:19:55 UTC
Supercaps maybe? The ability to take down a pos singlehanded, combined with ewar immunity, remote ecm burst and able to fit enough tank to logoffski and wait out the aggro timer multiplied by New Edens increasingly over rich community seemed pretty OP at the time. Still is now i think of it, even after changes have been made
Gabrielle Lamb
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2012-08-24 19:24:00 UTC
Vagabonds (nano age) and Cavalry Ravens xD (C A V A L R Y R A V E N S!!!!!)
Veryez
Hidden Agenda
Deep Space Engineering
#13 - 2012-08-24 20:34:29 UTC
Pffft kids....

Dual MWD torp ravens

1400 Arti-tempests before the revelations HP buffs

Torp stabbed Ravens before the WCS nerf

ECM/NOS Domi's before the ECM/NOS nerf
Ezra Tair
Doomheim
#14 - 2012-08-24 21:00:46 UTC
Nano Curse before nano nerf.
Buzzmong
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#15 - 2012-08-24 21:16:33 UTC
In terms of raw firepower vs cost, gotta be an old Gankageddon.

7x Mega Pulse with multfreq + 1x or 2x old 90% web + distruptor + 8x Heatsinks.

Well over 2k DPS.
Liang Nuren
No Salvation
Divine Damnation
#16 - 2012-08-24 23:20:59 UTC
Remote AOE Doomsdays seemed pretty OP at the time. Back when having a couple Titans in your alliance was a MAJOR DEAL.

-Liang

I'm an idiot, don't mind me.
Shereza
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#17 - 2012-08-24 23:59:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Shereza
Eos. Blasters x7 + T2 Ogres x5 = "OMG WTF it's so OP!!!1111!!onetyone!!" in the eyes of many. It wasn't over-powered, especially not in light of how poor information warfare links were and still are, in the overall scheme of things, but compared to other fleet command ships it was. That was enough to get its own b****fest crying for it to be nerfed. Roll

Personally, I really despise this nerf because the eos was a lot more fun to do L4s in than the astarte.
Hrett
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2012-08-25 00:04:23 UTC
Drake shall soon join this list!

spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!
Zyella Stormborn
Green Seekers
#19 - 2012-08-25 03:57:52 UTC
Can't help it... even with lag, I miss some of those old drone swarms. 3 Domis sitting out there like big potatoes, while 30 drones swarmed some poor sap. Brought a tear to my eye. ;)

There is a special Hell for people like that, Right next to child molestors, and people that talk in the theater. ~Firefly
Paikis
Vapour Holdings
#20 - 2012-08-25 04:09:42 UTC
Hrett wrote:
Drake shall soon join this list!


Trololololol

I nominate: The Angels ships. All of them.
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