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Nah man they screwed BC owners, I am caldari myself and i use both drake and ferox, i always preferred ferox for reasons but used drake on occasion. Now i WILL not use drake and ferox is crap. People may argue that it is better or change is good. Well why fix it if it is not broke as the saying goes. So they fixed it because it was not broke.


http://community.eveonline.com/updates/patchnotes.asp

I already told you that the drake does more damage now than before. Stop whining.

That's not the point. I don't want to be forced to use only a certain type ship to do what i need to at that time. The thing that brought me to this game ( years ago ) was the fact that so many options are available on so many ships that you could outfit to your liking. The whole curtailed and role set mindset that all these mmo's are taking as of late is just bad business for us, good for them. As people would just be able to hurry look up the best outfit and just get that then doing research and outfitting to there need for what they are doing. People are slowly being forced to use only a certain type setup to be-able to compete with other setups or you are left behind if you choose not to use that certain setup. I am not going to get into the argument about how this ship is better or that can be better if you do that, that is the whole point for having options so you can choose for yourself what you think is better, even if others think it's not. Not pre ordained rules.

With all the rebalancing, I am leaving. It feels like CCP is balancing the game so that frigates can take out BC's much easier. Is this game going the same direction as WoW in that regard?

I don't want the game too balanced. Why not just make one ship, one gun? Now that's balance. It is not, however, what gamers want in a game. Some gamers want to be able to find a few BFG's, while others like pistols. When gamers put a lot of time and money (this is a paid subscription game) into achieving a ship and fit, it is repulsive to log in to find that fitting is no longer valid and can no longer be hoped for.

I don't pay for games that let me acquire something through large effort just to have it taken permanently away. Because of this, the most enjoyable aspect of the game is social - and that's not enough to keep me here. Especially in a game that tries to fix things that aren't broken, and ignores the things that are (example: POS management).

Nobody cares. Especially since you apparently don't understand how the rebalancing works at all.

Being able to refit and choose what and how you like to set things up is great! I am all for it, but not being forced into a certain setup on a certain ship of not my own choosing. I am sure some will agree with me and some will not, that is the great thing about having options and choices! But they are all slowly getting turned into ( "cookie cutter fit" ) that's all good, but what is the point if you can just look up the best fit put it on and call it good? so you can go out and fight and kill other ships that have the same cookie cutter setup? will that not get boring when you know every fight will be the same> and everyone will have the same fit? do you get what i am saying? it's hard to see and watch choices slowly get ripped away from being a long time player like myself.

No, this isn't what's happening. Read what I said earlier.

*Insert sarcasm* Well this is great! *End sarcasm* I just started the game and felt so accomplished when I finally upgraded from a Caracal to a Drake a day or so ago. Only to find today that this amazing upgrade *Re-enter sarcasm* gave a whopping 1!!! more missile launcher! Thats exactly what I was working all this time as a begining player for! Thanks for the update, I so fricken happy. This reeeally makes me wanna keep playing EVE! *End sarcasm, Insert middle finger*

But the "defined and delineated to help ensure that some ships aren't made obsolete by others. and the "well that ship WAS broken." type comments just shows that you do not look at everything objectively as you should. I am just worried and trying to voice my opinion about the changes that i see happening to this great game that is a kick starter to a bad game. You must not be ignorant to the facts of countless other MMO's that have gone the same route, I care about the route that EVE goes as it is slowly doing just the same.

I'm not running for the CSM. I'm advocating someone else who is.

Besides, the Drake being broken is a pretty objective assessment, seeing as until recently it was so overpowered there was almost no reason to use any other BC (except for maybe the Hurricane).