Missions & Complexes

First off, I don't believe there are fully AFK Domi pilots out there, unless they're running low level mission with them. Going fully AFK in a L4 isn't feasible, even with the current AI. Semi AFK, maybe.

I actively run run missions in a Navy Domi and find that at the moment I do far too much drone juggling. I dread to think what it will be like after the new AI has been implemented.

Also 1.2k DPS from your Navy Domi? Fit please.

You know of a logistics ship that can tank the Torp (while probably webbed) in the last room of the Maze? I'd love to see it, that is if it existed at all, which it doesn't.

Plenty of people in the blog comments thread (including myself) have repeatedly warned the DEVs of the potential for this change to utterly break High End DED/Exploration sites.

IMO They either need to damp down the citadel torps in those plexes (or remove them altogether to be replaced by more npc ships or gun-turrets) or keep the npcs/structures that fire the torps under the current AI scheme (where they don't switch aggro at all).

Once they fix the Citadel Torp issue, i have no other concerns. Yea, the change will mean different approaches to high end plexes, maybe even having to "bring friends" to what for the last few years has been basically "solo" content (I do every 10/10 and high end exept the blood raider one by dual boxing Machariel and Tengu). That is basically a nerf, but it's all good, it just means plex loot will be more profitable.

People just simply run 2 tengus with 1 large RR each and deadspace hardeners

That is what you call

Winning

Even after the HML nerf it will put out 450 DPS per ship so 900 DPS in a ded plex aint too bad.

My thoughts are there are too many broken items in Eve for CCP to be wasting time with NPC AI at this point in time

NPC AI is more important as you think. If we would be able to use pvp fitts for pve eve would be a much better place

Never fear, CCP is ...err I mean it's in the works: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=1947688#post1947688

In those ten years you've never attempted Worlds Collide v. Guristas Pirates & Serpentis, right? Because it's fairly common for the Serpentis rats in the first room to drop aggro en-masse and either target your drones mid-fight or continue attacking you while your drones go AFK.

There are a few other circumstances where certain drones (looking at Sentries here) will focus fire on a frigate which they'll never hit, ignoring the larger ships they could easily kill, but that's easily corrected if you're actively paying attention to what your drones are hitting.

Neither situation is terrible... but why add complexity for a single weapon type without doing ANYTHING to make things more enjoyable over-all. The key take away here is that the average high-sec carebear running L4's is probably never going to notice a change because he likely only uses his drones vs. close in web/scram frigates... Assuming he's not in a pimped Tengu which doesn't even use drones.



Just a minor nit-pick... but how on earth are you farming LP on a mission you turn in once a week? Also, how much travelling are you doing each day to hit those 6 missions? It's not like agents don't offer a lot of scut missions for each one of the worthwhile ones. So apparently you're declining 5-10 missions per agent x 5 agents and repairing your faction by completing one worthwhile mission per agent per week? Or are you chain-completing some of those worthless missions x5 agents until each agent offers you one of a very small and select pool of valuable missions that's actually worth repeating.

This fixes one of the stupidest mechanics of EVE Online, and has been on my short list of dream fixes since I started playing-

"Tank & DPS" ships. It's hilariously ******** that you drop a tanking ship to a site, and then the rats just keep shooting it, and neglect all the other ships that are actually killing them. Props to CCP for fixing this!

This also means that a PVEr is not automatically worse off in case someone jumps you while running a site. In w-space attackers have to account for the sleepers, which makes it more interesting and challenging to everybody.

As what comes to drones getting aggro, it's a non-issue, especially if it's even milder than in wormholes. I've soloed C 1-3 anoms and sites in drone ships and it's perfectly doable. Yes, you have to be alert, but that's why I play, to have an immersive and involving experience. I've never worried about waiting for aggro before dropping drones, when running k-space plexes in Ishtar I always drop sentries right away, and start one-shotting frigs. By the time the poor rats realize they are getting obliterated and start locking my drones, I've done a lot of damage. Then recall them, drop again.

HP bonused drones don't instapop.

Drones today are very powerful for their raw dps, range, tracking and damage application, this change prevents drones from becoming completely OP compared to other setups in PVE.

Guess I won't be bringing in low-SP friends in their terribad fits into Lv4s while I tank everything in a Rattlesnake, just for giggles.

I use drone ships in both wormholes and incursions without losing any.

Glad you did your research before posting.