KalOfTheRathi
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Posted - 2014.04.07 11:51:00 -
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Tanks are boring since 1.7 Nerf Hammered or super simplified the extensive possibilities they required. Which is to say I have been playing with ADS of late and here are a few observations, take them with the admitted New Berry grain of salt:
I am an armor tanker as 1.0 broke shield tanks completely and as expensive as skills were I could afford one or the other, not both. Thus I gravitate towards armor most of the time and fly Incubus. I am using AT and XT missiles turrets. One only as I fly alone. Multiple turrets will have to wait until I can max the fitting skills to lower PG/CPU.
The Python gives a decent enough missile bonus but the SP for the bonus is horribly expensive. So stopping early and getting the turret of your choice maxed is more effective use of SP. Once the missile skills are maxed then skilling into Python or Icubus can begin.
I have the PA and PC turrets as well. Their fitting is still limited of course. That said the biggest detriment to using them is they only have a single white pip for targeting. It is nearly impossible to see most of the time. When scanning or flying low enough that the Red icons are visible the white pip turns to orange which is still the wrong color for the red icons.
The missile turret have a cross. It works well enough. The Python skill bonus advantage is too slight in my opinion as it only adds more ammo and Faster Turret ROF. Which is nice but only if you have maxed out reload time. I am not sure that reload time improves as I have yet to time the differences. The Turret Proficiency Does Nothing. The turret speed stays exactly the same and no Dev has responded to acknowledge the problem. Thus no solution will be possible as the bug is not real, to them. Skilling into lvl 3 will allow fitting optimization though.
If you are a shield driver then being a shield pilot should not be a big leap. I am an armor tanker and staying with armor means that my default behaviors don't get me killed quite so quickly as flying a Python. Icubus stay together longer and are tougher to take down, in my opinion (means very little, BTW).
Both ADS are massively overpriced barely flying bricks with miserable controls, bad camera solutions and explode with they touch the Wrong Thing, whatever that freakin frack it was you just touched - too late you're dead. Not to mention that these tinker toy small turrets cost the exact same in SP as the large version do, and that is critically flawed.
Good Luck and use the one that is better for your skill set.
And so it goes.
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