Player Features and Ideas Discussion

You're pretty dim if you think that the bonuses on hybrids and lasers allow for alternate damage bonuses as well. Ok let's have a 20% laser damage bonus, a 10% explosive magic charge bonus, and oh of course a 10% capacitor use reduction bonus Amarr ship.

As for Caldari, nothing wrong with being good at something, i.e. ranged combat. There are problems when others can't compete at that tactic. Or when the current state of modules and weapons don't force fitting tradeoffs for all types.

BTW - Lili has all the missile specs at 4, Caldari tech II ships, Large Hybrid specs at 4. She has all the races' tech II ships and their weapons. Going on 7 years and 120mil sp in the game, and eschewing supercaps, will do that. And while I haven't been using her for pvp for while now, I have other characters that collectively can fly all the races and weapons. So yeah I really want Caldari to go into the toilet. No. I really want there to be some meaningful balance. Tell me that of all those frigs in the OP the Hookbill isn't prefered. Hey Fozzie, do you have some usage statistics like you did for tier 2 BCs? I'm betting it's currently Hookbill -> Slicer -> the other two.

edit - and i'm tired of caldari centric players whining about their ships, when the usage statistics suggest the opposite relative worth of them.

Hookbill Needs to loose the 5th Med slot, way to OP with speed and EWAR capabilites that no other frig can match/counter.

Well, let me tell you that in FW (where faction frigates matter), the Hookbill is actually the one of the bunch I see the least.

The faction frigs I mostly encounter atm are:

Slicer > Comet > Firetail > Hookbill

I am in FW, though not on Lili.

Anyway, it could be our subjective filtering with our perceptions. Or, it might be a difference between the amarr/minmatar v the gallente/caldari theatres. But either way, that is why I asked Fozzie for the usage stats.

+5% effectiveness for all faction navy modules and drones. Done

This is all I want.

I know two people going to FanFest.

Say blue light on the Comet , i'll buy you a beer.

Say flashing red light, 2 beers.

Full rack of red lights with POLICE INTERCEPTOR on the wing i'll send a bottle of JD or your choice.

Im surprised the comet isnt getting more bandwidth, considering the number of t1 frigs/destroyers with full flights of light drones

If your slicer is having speed issues, the problem is most likely with your fit. It's already one of the fastest ships in the game.


Are you mad?

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Right, so the hookbill will still rule the roost after these changes. I think the firetail damage increase is not quite enough. It's still going to compared quite unfavorably with the Comet and Hookbill for close range performance. What about dropping the launcher slot and giving it a third turret hardpoint (33% damage buff instead of 25%). Or, if you don't want to increase the dps that much, a mild boost to speed and sig radius would not go amiss. The slicer is still going to get hosed by anything with a TD, but that's a feature of all turret kiters, so I'm not sure what to do about that. I will say that slicers have gotten a lot less scary since the introduction of t1 frigates that can fit full tackle and a tracking disruptor.

Come to one of the faction warzones.