True Adamance
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Posted - 2014.06.17 23:04:00 -
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Alena Ventrallis wrote:Boost its damage higher than now. Maybe 50% more. You read that right.
Now, require it to spooldown in between shots.
This will lower overall DPs, as the rate of fire will go WAY down, but the damage will remain enough to be useful. It also allows tanks a chance to escape, and is much more in the Caldari philosophy of "make every shot count" while still being weak at close quarters where the blaster will outdps it.
In conjunction with the damage mod needs, this will allow railguns to remain useful, as the proposed changes will destroy its usefulness at all ranges.
Just what I was going to suggest. Highest Alpha, but comparable DPS to other turrets meaning it should not viably be used in close quarters where blaster and auto canon tech should be reigning supreme.
"You are weak Ouryon....weakness serves not the Empire. I shall teach you strength."
-Yurius of the Brutor to Ouryon
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True Adamance
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Posted - 2014.06.18 00:25:00 -
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Alena Ventrallis wrote:True Adamance wrote:Alena Ventrallis wrote:Boost its damage higher than now. Maybe 50% more. You read that right.
Now, require it to spooldown in between shots.
This will lower overall DPs, as the rate of fire will go WAY down, but the damage will remain enough to be useful. It also allows tanks a chance to escape, and is much more in the Caldari philosophy of "make every shot count" while still being weak at close quarters where the blaster will outdps it.
In conjunction with the damage mod needs, this will allow railguns to remain useful, as the proposed changes will destroy its usefulness at all ranges. Just what I was going to suggest. Highest Alpha, but comparable DPS to other turrets meaning it should not viably be used in close quarters where blaster and auto canon tech should be reigning supreme. Even lower DPS than the blaster and missiles. The idea is to hit hard from far away, while being balanced that a tank has plenty of time to react before the second shot lands.
Or dropship. At which point you take significant damage to the single hit, but have time to react to the second shot and can counter instead of being instantly taken down as well as not being as viable in CQC?
I dig that quite a bit.
"You are weak Ouryon....weakness serves not the Empire. I shall teach you strength."
-Yurius of the Brutor to Ouryon
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