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Slowcats - are they worth it?
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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#101 - 2013-03-15 15:24:39 UTC
Anthar Thebess wrote:
baltec1 wrote:

Jump umpteen people into system to cause tidi. Destroy target assets. Bug out before enemy fleet can enter system.


No - this is not working this way.
TD is in favor of bigger coalitions - as it allow them to save assets.
The TD actually prevents the major assets to be destroyed.

Ok you catch enemy with their pants down - but TD kicks in. You begin to pop capitals you do this for 6 minutes ... but wait , in the real world, and for the rest of the eve over an hour just passed.

How much capitals , repped by other capitals , you can kill in 6 minutes?
How much frends you can call to help save your assets if you have more than an hour?

You could say - bring your reinforcements ... what for?
Let say that we battle for over 30 minutes now in TD 10% - this is 6 hours in a Real Life.
6 hours!

Now ask yourself simple question how much damage you can do to a capital fleet within 30 minutes ... and how many people , big coalition can call to "HELP" within those 6 hours.

This is a game not a work.

You mistook what I said. My example is what would happen with your idea.
Anthar Thebess
#102 - 2013-03-18 11:47:24 UTC
Not exacly.
Because in order for this timer to kick in some other things must occur.
Of course always there will be a way that game mechanics are going to work for you.
But then in both sides in order to achieve something have to commit their forces.

While sitting on alts in TEST i noticed how much this thing is now abused.
We are talking about 6-7 fleets up for an op.

2-3 fleets actually do something rest are "place holders" if something will happen - they are already up, FC and few pilots are already on place to call the rest and help the fleet that send distress call.

Only i see the nonsense- that the "backup fleets" are 10 regions away.

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Angelique Duchemin
Team Evil
#103 - 2013-03-18 12:02:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Angelique Duchemin
As I see it Carriers are by no means going to get easier to fly. Instead they shifted the skill requirements to skills useful for Carriers rather than credit people who specialized in battleships. It makes sense but it means battleship pilots won't just skip up one step without the proper skills to use it at least at a novice level.


Besides capital ships are very situational. It's not like people are going to start roaming with them.

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Jenn aSide
Soul Machines
The Initiative.
#104 - 2013-03-18 13:48:11 UTC
Brooks Puuntai wrote:
Need a new naming system.


Non-sense, we haven't even used the best ones, like HoeCats (that get pwned by Pimpcats), CatCats, DogCats, Tom (and Jerry)Cats, ScrewCats (for dog lovers in space ships) etc etc.

Infinite Cats i say (oh theres, another one, "infiniteCats")

Twisted
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#105 - 2013-03-18 14:19:40 UTC
Angelique Duchemin wrote:
As I see it Carriers are by no means going to get easier to fly. Instead they shifted the skill requirements to skills useful for Carriers rather than credit people who specialized in battleships. It makes sense but it means battleship pilots won't just skip up one step without the proper skills to use it at least at a novice level.


Besides capital ships are very situational. It's not like people are going to start roaming with them.


Wanderingcat fleet forming up in 10 minutes.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.
De'Veldrin
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#106 - 2013-03-18 14:20:42 UTC
Jenn aSide wrote:


Infinite Cats i say (oh theres, another one, "infiniteCats")

Twisted


Just don't shorten that to iCats or you'll get Apple suing you.

Damn, hold on, guy with a cease and desist letter is at my door.

De'Veldrin's Corollary (to Malcanis' Law): Any idea that seeks to limit the ability of a large nullsec bloc to do something in the name of allowing more small groups into sov null will inevitably make it that much harder for small groups to enter sov null.