I agree with all of this and find it equally silly that we currently can boost defenses a 1000%.
We don't need it. It should have been kept in check like the other aspects.
I agree with all of this and find it equally silly that we currently can boost defenses a 1000%.
We don't need it. It should have been kept in check like the other aspects.
Your uber FdL is a boring ship. It can hardly jump. It doesn't have a fuel scoop or cargo space and limpets for pirated goods.
If there were restictions on defensive modules, your FdL would still be the best of the best in combat, but you could also have some extra goodies.
In adition your duels would not last as long. TTK would go down.
On top of this, you could If you wanted to, use this FdL to haul cargo for a CG and kill all the attackers.
Looks like a win, win, win to me.
Slight correction; my uber FdL cannot even jump at all. In fact, it can hardly low wake without running out of fuel
Slight correction; my uber FdL cannot even jump at all. In fact, it can hardly low wake without running out of fuel
And still you don't want a better life for it.
I sometimes wonder if, upon seeing a hollow square on their scanner, some people just ignore it and hope it'll go away.
I wonder how many people actually target it, scan it and have a look through the sub-systems to see it it poses a threat.
As a rule, if I see a ship with an interdictor and PP weapons, I'm flying toward the station with another system chosen and the "select & engage FSD" function highlighted.
And still you don't want a better life for it.
Like I said, I'm receptive to the idea of rebalancing on some level. For instance, I think the current TTK is ridiculous in PvP due to absurd shield stacking, but on the other hand I have zero problem with my chosen combat ship being and ultra deadly weapon meant for one thing only, to the point where I need to have it delivered wherever I plan to kill players. I think reaping the benefits of specialization is a good thing.
You very well may be correct there about people ignoring those hollow squares. When I see a hollow square, or a bunch of them, I behave as cautiously as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. That goes quadruple if I notice that the hollow squares belong to a bunch of my friends
It's usually quite effective to aim right at the hollow triangle. It makes it hard to interdict you and you get time check sub systems and charge the FDS.
Often the other guy will jump out.
I believe this was the problem he was trying to address, everyone just wakes. He was looking for a way to encourage PVP combat.
Which is like trying to get someone who hates marmite to eat it... It's a wasted exercise.
This is what he was trying to address, a rebalance to encourage PVP combat and the shield etc stacking problem.Like I said, I'm receptive to the idea of rebalancing on some level. For instance, I think the current TTK is ridiculous in PvP due to absurd shield stacking, but on the other hand I have zero problem with my chosen combat ship being and ultra deadly weapon meant for one thing only, to the point where I need to have it delivered wherever I plan to kill players. I think reaping the benefits of specialization is a good thing.
This was what he was trying to address, a rebalance the encourage
You very well may be correct there about people ignoring those hollow squares. When I see a hollow square, or a bunch of them, I behave as cautiously as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. That goes quadruple if I notice that the hollow squares belong to a bunch of my friends
Apparently....although I like marmite.
It's not that black and white. Lots of people skip PvP because it's to expencive and to inconvenient.
If you make PvP like F1, there is only going to be a few people doing it.
If you make it like Rally, a lot more will do it.
The best driver/car combo will win in both cases, but one is more excusive than the other.
Me too. I also have no problem with Open as it is, or the ships as they are (though improvements are always welcome).
Shield tank is OP, hull tank not that much especially considering the module damage one can make. Otherwise I'd like to hear why most PvP ships focus more in shields than in hull.
As a side note, one has to remember that reducing the defences of ships won't really help a trader or less capable ship from escaping. Weapons are the ones who kill.
Except it is. Whatever you do to the "balance" of combat and trading ships, PvP is always going to be expensive and inconvenient to a trader. I don't understand your example... both rallying and F1 have a very limited number of people that take part.
I'm always happy to see an area in the game where you pretty much have to have the experience of an elite. If you can't do that, you can always PvP with your friends or ask for a vanilla fight. As other people have suggested, a refresh to CQC would be very helpful here.
I'm probably mistaken, but I thought in Supercruise, a hollow triangle is someone with an interdictor, and a hollow square is someone without. I've never been too keen about testing out this theory, so I've never investigated this properly.
Not talking about traders.
Good PvP pilots have quit the game because of the extra demands from engineering. Plenty chose PvE combat over PvP because of the build requirements.
People that are PvPers avoids fights, when not in a PvP ship.
All examples of things that reduces PvP activity and pushes it further in to obscurity.