Ships & Modules

assist the drones, though, and damps don't matter. as long as the target is within drone control range, the drones will shoot, even if the ishtar's targeting range is arm's reach.

marauders are even more pwnmobile than ishtars. I know quite a few people who are training marauder V. you're going to hear about it in the somewhat-near future.

there's a delay between something being good and people realizing it. it's not just stats, but also how it's used. kind of impossible to give someone the complete picture regarding why something is imba. if OP is waiting for some eureka moment, it's not going to happen. anyone asking why will have to take other people's word for it.

there is a youtube video of 2 ishtars in null that kill a LOT of people, its by a guy named salty
I cant find it right now but it was salty and his friend doing pve when a local alliance jumped them and they killed a lot of people

You're just lucky the CFC doesn't use ishtars on a massive scale, or they'll get nerfed even quicker.

Because a reddit post based off an I'm a twit post with no citation is 100% accurate.

FTFY

good thing I have 3 chars with marauder V I guess?

also bombs have some weaknesses that I would guess marauders are among the best at dealing with. Although at the same time Marauders have some weaknesses that bombers are good at dealing with.

ah well, fleets come and go, I'm not really even confident how much of that is CCP balancing, and how much it is someone comes up with a reasonable counter, although sometimes it seems even after a counter is found CCP comes in with the sledge hammer anyways.

I will say sentry ishtar does seem a bit lulz, although I haven't even tried to shoot at anyone with one. I was just playing around in a few missions the other day to fix my sec status. But I can imagine flying with 100 other pilots with logi backup, and seeing how that could be hard to deal with for many setups.

Sorry I should have been clearer - I was speaking of drone boats. Damps>>>all otherwise.

what I would like to see is what percentage of all damage done in the game is from drones.

advantages of drones vs guns is insane

drone pros
- no grid
- no CPU
- no cap
- no ammo
- no slots
- interchangeable-- seriously what If a vaga could have a full rack of 200, 425 and 800mm ACs
- damage selectability
- virtually EWAR Immune
- generally better projection
- generally better DPS
- generally better application (virtually un-mitigatable damage)
- Opens up highs for a second weapon system, RRs, nuets, smarties or what have you

- you don't have to mind your speed, vector, range, and sig; target speed, vector, range, and sig. instead a huge Sphere of "yes these drones will hit you"

drone cons
- can be shot... most drones get a drone HP buff
- no overheat
- god awful UI


gun pros
- insta-hit.... but sentuiries do this as well
- overheat
- good UI

gun cons
- fully avoidable damage
- range sensitive
- target velocity sensitive
- shooters velocity sensitive
- **** it pretty much all the pros for drones in reverse

but as far as the Ishtar goes drones are a bit OP, the Ishtar is OP among drone boats. on top off all the advantages of drones I don't think there is a single cruiser capable of it's DPS

hell I don't think there are BCs capable of doing the damage it dose beyond 70km, I know the myrm can't because it's down 25mb/s and the extra bonuses.