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[Proposal] Free the Vigil

Author
Fewell
Native Freshfood
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2013-08-08 01:58:49 UTC
So I was thinking about the Vigil the other night, as I often do, and I wondered what the harm was in that proud ship being the fastest t1 frigate. Who was the Vigil hurting so badly that other t1 frigs needed to be able to chase it down?
I don't know how the usage numbers for the Vigil have changed in general since the ewar frig patch as well in relation to the other ewar frigs, but at this point I'd honestly be less shocked to see a Guardian Vexor undock than a Vigil. If anyone uses them, they don't do it near me.
Now usage rates will have a bit to do with target painting not being as sexy as other ewar options in that it doesn't protect itself like the others and there's a hard and low cap in how many are useful in a fleet, but that doesn't mean you can't give us speed as a reason to use the ship. I can't have been the only person to fit a gisti MWD on this thing to so I could perma-run it and use it for all manner of bookmark making. I can't be the only person who wants to fly a Vigil when I'm carrying small stuff through dangerous areas with the cloak + mwd trick. Why should I use a slasher for these things? The slasher looks like ass. The Vigil looks freaking sweet.
I promise you there won't be any complaints about Vigils wrecking shop if you adjust the base speed to that which was achieved with the Minmitar Frig V bonus, and then add another meter per second for good measure because you're all intelligent and attractive people. What you may see however, is a few Vigils undocking every once in a while.