EVE General Discussion

When bombs detonate, they do give aggression. If you jump through a gate after launch, they simply do not explode.

Combat probes do not harm or affect any other ship, they simply help find them.

Drones do not harm or affect any other ship merely by being launched.

Warp disruption bubbles affect all other ships warping in line to the point in space where the probe is dropped. They affect a ships possible trajectory from the moment they are launched until the expire.

I know you want to launch and run, understandable.

I tell you what, if they decide to let me launch a bomb and then jump through a gate and still have it detonate... then you can have back your ability to do the same with warp disruption probes.

Think of it as buffing POS ownership in system.

This is fine, but for every ship inside my bubble that is destroyed, I better be on the KM.


blues too. screw you guys.

I wonder if jump then bubble will still work or if it will stop your jump.

probably not, agression works on module activation, not effect.

You can 'warp-launch' because you initiate in the time the probe is launched to when it activates.

• A dictor only gets on the KM if the target tries to warp out of the dictor bubble. This gives the dictor aggression and all the associated penalties (cant jump, cant log, cant dock)
It the target doesnt try to warp the dictor doesn't get agression and doesn't get on the KM.

To Ranger 1 and all of the other idiots posting in here who never fly dictors;

This change is a HUGE nerf to what is already a paper thin suicide boat. So you suggest bringing a second dictor to bubble the other side of the gate - well how about YOU bring that dictor for a change.

@CCP : WTF are you thinking. What planet are you guys on today ?

Posting in a thread full of people who do not use, nor understand a dictor's role in small gang combat.

Previously, whether or not a dictor lives in small gang PVP depends solely on their ability to not be there when the shooting starts. It is some times feasible for a dictor to pull range after dropping a bubble, but most of the time a dictor's best course of action is to drop its bubble and jump out. This was an established game mechanic that was balanced by the fact that an alert enemy can prevent this from happening by purposely agressing the dictor's bubble when he drops it.

Dictors are extremely squishy and not an easy ship to fly. There are two reasons to comp one in a fleet over a HIC. One, is that a dictor can bubble one side of the gate, and then GTFO. The second is that a dictor can leave defensive bubbles to delay or split a larger pursuing fleet. The changes to bubble mechanics destroys both of the dictor's roles.

Not only does this destroy the dictor's role in small gang PVP, it is also a huge nerf to the tactics used by small gangs in order to skirmish with larger fleets.

A dictor has ZERO tanking ability. The second that somebody locks you, you will DIAF. So the primary directive to keep your dictor alive is DONT GET PRIMARIED. And if it even looks like you might be about to get locked you G.T.F.O. Flying a dictor is never about getting on the Kill, its about tackling hostiles and protecting your own gang by delaying someone pursuing you.

What this change means is that if you drop a bubble to delay someone chasing you then you will no longer be able to run away - which is your primary defence mechanism. and the Dictor WILL die.

Bring 2 dictors ? Great, now 2 dictors will die.

If a ship participates in combat it should be under the same limitations as another ship that participates in combat. Just because interdictors have gotten a relatively safe niche doesn't mean it continues to deserve it.

I have, many times, in the past. More recently I spend my time giving them warp in points, or telling them when to drop.

Even before this nerf it was problematic to simply bring a single dictor on any roam with more than a few people in it. Your options are then very limited.