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Alena Ventrallis
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
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Posted - 2015.02.26 03:24:00 -
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I feel like a lot of my personal frustration with swarms while flying comes from this: They are expected to be fast enough to catch ADS while being strong enough to destroy tanks. This is unfair to the dropship; Dropships not only can't escape a weapon that is fire and forget, it also doesn't have the health of a tank in order to resist it.
Assault swarms can lock two targets, but split the missiles to hit those target (two missiles to target 1, two missiles to target 2) This is the primary reason for it's lack of presence on the battlefield; it is simply better for all the missiles to hit one target.
My solution to these two problems is thus: Let's make the Assault Swarms be anti-air, and regular swarms can be anti-armor. Let's nerf regular swarm speed, and then buff assault swarm speed. I will then nerf assault swarm damage slightly, in order to accommodate the lower health of ADS. Numbers assume proto level.
Standard Swarms
Damage: 1248 (312 x4)
Speed: 9m/s
Assault Swarms:
Damage: 1120 (280 x4) (~90% of standard)
Speed: 14 m/s
This means that if we need to buff swarm damage against tanks, it doesn't affect swarm/DS balance. Numbers are negotiable, but the concept I believe is sound. We can simultaneously have a swarm balanced specifically against ADS, and we also breathe new life into an almost completely unused weapon variant.
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me
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Alena Ventrallis
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
2559
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Posted - 2015.02.26 03:47:00 -
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Major IMPACT wrote:+1
But I would like to at least have a regular swarm launcher that can lock into both tanks and dropships.
Lock on isn't being touched. Only the speed of the swarms and missile damage.
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me
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Alena Ventrallis
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
2559
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Posted - 2015.02.26 04:16:00 -
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Pokey Dravon wrote:Glad to see people talking about the long neglected Assault Swarms.
This is a pretty good idea, though I will ask, have you considered a lower damage, longer (lock) range variant, with perhaps the higher speed?
This can be considered, but the basic idea is to make the assault swarm ideal for DS combat while not so good against tanks, and vice versa.
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me
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Alena Ventrallis
Intara Direct Action
Caldari State
2568
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Posted - 2015.03.02 00:24:00 -
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Updated OP. Confused acceleration with top speed.
Listen to my muscle memory
Contemplate what I've been clinging to
Forty-six and two ahead of me
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