Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I posted before Odyssey about armor reps, that they should get another bonus built into them. According to the lore they use spacemagic nanobots to rep the armor. So why not just give all armorreps an added bonus of say 10% armor WHEN active? Then the gallente bonus would even further boost that giving them silly ammount of armor but lower resistance than amarr. Yes I know there would be a problem with "what happens with that extra armor when we turn it off". Also resistance could do.

Oh don't complain about tracking enchancer nerf ... i think it was necessary too. And yes i'm 100% gun trained character. Be patient ccp said hams and rockets will be dealt with and also affected with td so ... but they couldnt fit all changes in Odyssey.

About Myrm/Brutix ... well i want to say that actually i like those bonuses. They are very strong for solo/small gang activity. And don't dare to even question that it's part of this game. Blobs are not all that counts. Check YT what triple/dual rep myrmidon can do for example.

Honestly - myself i plan to fly both hulls often as they represent very significant power for low scale pvp.

You need to understand that not every hull/race must be balanced around 100++ ship battles. Among BC's you still have talos/navy brutix without rep bonus for big fleets in Gallente lineup. Also if you are skilled for Brutix i'm pretty sure you are also skilled for Ferox - bonused for buffer tanking.(sure shield but you should have skill for hull + weapons)

And as last argument i can add that ignoring single bonus on ship ain't disaster - for example im using pulse laser tristans and algoses with pretty good results (altho they are bonused for hybrid with one of bonuses). Or Maelstorm - there are fleets of Maelstorms - that do well even tho they got bonus for local tanking. And many more. Sure it's good to utilize bonuses to get edge in combat , but don't say they are not useful - they are ! Just not in every sitution (big fleet with logi)

What about an armor boost amplifier, Like the shield boost amp. and make it a midslot.

I thought this thread was a Why do Myrm and Brutix both have a rep bonus thread, not a "fix rep bonus" thread.

Back on topic please?

I think with drones the myrm does well with the rep bonus as it always has. So Brutix, what bonus could you get? Extra Optimal, Extra Tracking, Extra ewar, Extra mobility?

Actually extra mobility sounds nice. Maybe increase MWD and AB thrust by 5% per level? That would be pretty bad ass. Would help with the problem of getting up close and personal even with heavy plates. What do you chumps think?

That idea sounds pretty cool to me over all. A high speed armor/blaster fleet brawlin in your face (capacitor permitting).... Yeahhhhhhh!!!!!!!

My gut instinct is also to replace the Brutix bonus rather than the myrm. If it went tracking it might be too close to the new Navy Brutix, though that could also be seen as a natural progression from one to the other. I'd prefer something slightly different but if the navy has tracking and CS have optimal that leaves the Brutix little choice without continuing to replicate a bonus; at least it wouldn't be such a situational bonus though. Optimal would be my pick out of the ones you listed.

Screw that. Look at that list and tell me what is missing ... I'll give you hint: It uses super-intense flashlights and has golden skin.

Zealot/Legion is only present as the power-ball is reportedly being used in Delve, difference from previous T20's is that the Abaddon has been replaced by the new monster tracking Apocalypse, but those are the three Amarr hulls.
Winmatar still dominates with a whopping nine hulls, primarily because their OPness has not yet been addressed, projectiles were overbuffed and no measures to reign them in has yet been taken .. 'nuff said.
Caldari and Gallente split the remaining 8 slots between them with the only interesting/encouraging bit being the return of the venerable Dominix to ownage game.

Won't even use synonyms of 'balance' until all races have at least 2 (or even one!) representative in the top 10.

In short: Over-buff AMARR!

And I do not like when whiner hatters try to deny FACTS! The worse type of posters are the hatters, like Naomi that think everything in universe if proof that minmatar are overpowered . You are sounding as one right now.

Maelstroms doctrines are being changed for lols and giggles, different tactics less easier to counter for a while before changing again, Alpha is still stupidly OP and nothing you can come with will change the simple fact a 150 Maelstroms alpha WILL still be more efficient than 150 whatever other race BS dps.
Even Cruise Ravens can compete in terms of Alpha strikes and EHP now, on paper at least, maybe some day we might see fleet doctrines of those, all it takes is an FC to decide doing it, set strategies for his fleet and then you'll start reading dozens of threads about Op Ravens and whatnot.

Caracals are being exploded and used by thousands because of cost efficiency, cheapo fleet average dmg good, dmg projection correct.

I didn't mean that the rep bonus would change, rather just add 10% armor to the ship with a rep module. Then the 7,5% increase from Gallente ships would add more raw armor, but wouldn't add weight to the ship keeping them agile.

I can hardly read your English, but if you'd check eve-kill, the Hurricane is still the most used combat battlecruiser and the only combat battelcruiser to make the top 20. (At time of posting).

Also, although Caldari take 4 of the top 5 spots, and for various reasons that CCP Rise and Fozzie said they will be addressing, 9 of the top 20 are still Minmatar even after the TE nerf and other direct and indirect Minmatar nerfs.

I'm not complaining that the Minmatar are overpowered NOW, (with the exception of the Cynabal) I'm saying they used to be OP and the measures taken to take them off their throne were rational and justified.

I don't know what facts you're talking about in regards to the Minmatar being underpowered.

EDIT: On topic, I do think that the Brutix should be the one changed, and that the Brutix should have that bonus replaced with something to help it apply damage (e.g. speed to get into range, tracking to apply damage when it gets there, etc.) I don't like the idea of optimal bonuses, as the range with rails is fine anyways and medium rails have already been mentioned as in the queue for buffing.