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Hacking/Archaeology Rig calibration too high?
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Ohh Yeah
Jerkasaurus Wrecks Inc.
Sedition.
#1 - 2013-06-05 15:39:39 UTC  |  Edited by: Ohh Yeah
Hi again friends

It seems to me that 200 calibration for a T1 hacking rig is a little bit overkill, seeing as a ship set up specifically for hacking can only use two of its three rig slots. I understand the reasoning behind the high calibration cost of probing rigs, but I feel as though I should be able to fit three hacking/archaeology rigs for +30 virus coherence instead of two for +20.

If the T1 rigs were 100 calibration and the T2 rigs were 200 calibration, you could fit 1x T2 and 2x T1 rigs on your ship for +40 virus coherence. Right now there is very very very little reason to use the T2 hacking rigs. I don't think this is particularly overpowered, as there are few ways to improve your hacking besides training skills. A ship fully specialized in hacking/archaeology still struggles immensely with level IV skills and level V covops/electronics subsystem on the higher tier sites.

Right now the theoretical max virus coherence is 135, and this is the breakdown:

T2 Analyzer: 60
Skill trained to V: 50
Rigs: 20
Implant: 5

This change would bump the theoretical max to 155 virus coherence, giving max skilled players more of an edge, while providing lower-skilled players a fighting chance in the mid/high range sites. It's safe to assume that your average hacker has the following setup:

T1 Analyzer: 40
Skills trained to IV: 40
Rigs: 20

For a total of 100 virus coherence. This isn't terrible, but it seems (in my experience) to be just before the threshhold of "Okay this site is hard but if I actually work strategically I can get it done". About 110/1120 seems to be the necessary coherence to do sites like ruins with some strategy while being able to deal with unlucky surpressor/regenerator spawns.

TL;DR - The hacking rigs make no sense in terms of their calibration cost and should be toned down so you can actually fit three of them.
Haulie Berry
#2 - 2013-06-05 15:44:49 UTC  |  Edited by: Haulie Berry
Eh. Covops have the best analyzer bonus and only have 2 rig slots, so it's a pretty mild concern in the end. I guess for T3s, but still - Seems like a mild concern, and I don't know that I would waste the rig slots on a T3 for a little extra coherence (but I have T2 analyzers).

The T2 analyzers are really good, as the additional strength frequently allows you to avoid an entire round's worth of damage that you would have taken with a T1 analyzer.
Dawn Harbinger
Hedion University
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2013-06-06 02:38:41 UTC
Seems like 135 is already a ton of coherence. Besides, it should still be possible to fail even with max skills.

But about the calibrations costs, I don't think there's any reason why a T3 should be better at hacking than a cov-ops.