Kierkegaard Soren
Eridani Light Horse Battalion
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Posted - 2015.09.14 20:08:00 -
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1) As noted by OP, balancing the two tanking types so that both are viable but different in approach will be impossible until A) the modules themselves are made to buff EITHER percentages OR numerically (and for the sake of simplicity I favour the latter) and B) regen and delay rates are standardised to a much more acceptable level. I like the idea of balancing by race rather than balancing by suit, but doing that might bring an implicit nerf to the CalSent if, say, you bring regen and delay rates for the cal scout, logi and assault UP to acceptable levels, but not to where the CalSent is currently at because clearly that would be OP. So you'd have to make and exception for the CalSent and let it keep its current regen and delay values OR nerf it to bring it line with the rest of the Cal line up and then, as a counter-balance, introduce a shield-based rep tool.
2) It should also be noted that shield tankers have to fot way more modules to run a viable, tough tank than their armour-wearing counterparts; as noted in a previous post, Delay is currently the crippling issue for shields (amongst a whole bunch of other issues) and in order to address that low-modules that require a hefty amount of CPU to fit must be used. Armour tankers (and I am one of them) get way too much bang for their buck in terms of fitting costs and module efficiency; its perfectly acceptable to run two reps and a plate outside of PC I think; no shield tanker would survive any firefight if they dedicated a measly three slots, high or low, in the same fashion. SO: Get rid of regulators, merge that function into rechargers. With that, you solve the issue of rechargers competing with energisers and losing everytime, because now they offer a buff to your tank that the energisers don't, and it means that shield tankers don't have to fit both lows and highs anymore just to keep competitive.
That's all I can think of right now, thanks for giving us the opportunity for some proper feed back.
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