Player Features and Ideas Discussion

I don't see the point of the Raptor balance, imo it's still inferior to the Taranis and it even got nerfed in terms of versatility by removing the utility slot (you know, the one for the prober/cloak ). I hope at least my taxi-fit still works

Just remove ranged dps from all interceptors.

why, this doesn't solve anything

we could rather do with that missile rebalance/ adding missile mods ..

- light missiles range is too good needs a nerf
- HAMS range is too good needs a nerf
- rockets range is too good needs a nerf
- cruise missiles range is too good needs a nerf

but application could be better on HAMS/ rockets/torpedoes or maybe slight damage buff

Yes, and with that MAPC eating up half of your two available low slots just to mount a full rack of launchers, good luck achieving enough mobility to be remotely effective as a fast tackler. And with that full rack of launchers now having no damage bonus (-50% damage), and a 6% reduced RoF, good luck getting anything close to the kind of damage output you had before even with an extra launcher.

If only you had enough low slots to fit an MAPC, a speed mod, and a damage mod....

Or, you could suck it up, fit rockets, and take advantage of the application bonus to murder drones that get sent after you while you tackle something from 28-30km while going fast enough to actually function. But hey, your call.

Why don't you just give Crows and Maledictions the same minus 30-50% flight time -treatment- as Mordus legion ships instead? Bam, range problems fixed and the ships still maintain the ability to do actual damage, just with an added risk to it. Crows were never bottlenecked by explosion radius at all and Maledictons aren't made for brawling. Overnerfing things and adding random and useless bonuses to the hulls aren't going to balance anything.

In the end people are just going to ignore those bonuses and still use LMLs because the core issues are not fixed. The fact you have to compensate with those pointless bonuses and nerf an entire weapon system shows this balancing approach is inconsistent and ineffective.

That's at least a 6% damage nerf to an entire weapon system. That isn't a tiny change. If sentry drones saw a 6% damage hit, such as on rate of fire, you would see people screaming from rooftops before hurling themselves off. A change to an entire weapon system is always a big consideration.

LML aren't broken on things like the Talwar and Corax which already are overshadowed by other destroyers like the Algos (drones), Catalyst (hybrid), and Thrasher (projectile).

Waiting for the entire perspective is probably a good idea, but it's doubtful any of it will change that this is a substantial nerf to a weapon system enjoyed by many non-OP ships.

This is actually my point precisely. The Crow won't be able to do everything anymore, and I think this is a very good thing. This is why I'm saying that the new Crow will function best with rockets instead of LMLs because it is better served with mobility than DPS. With enough mids to fit a web and a bonus to explosion radius, a new Crow fit with rockets will make a fabulous drone killer in addition to a good fleet tackler.

People have been complaining in this thread about Drones Online when CCP just handed us a fabulous tool to fight them.

Adapt people. Adapt.

now you may have to compromise a bit to get everything you want

just like every other non-LML interceptor

i think the only person who doesn't agree the ishtar needs some heavier nerfing asap is rise