Skihids
Tritan-Industries
Legacy Rising
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Posted - 2013.02.13 20:11:00 -
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The issue is that we have a FG,HAV,DS combination to balance.
The HAV naturally has more HP than a DS, so a FG that is balanced against the HAV is going to decimate the DS.
To fix that you could buff he HP of the DS, but then you end up with a flying tank (minus the large turret of course).
That approach may be required if you want the DS to have a battlefield role such as remote shield transfer where it has to fly low and slow.
OTH, you could increase its survivability in other ways such as making them more responsive/nimble and removing the absurd flight ceiling. Add an accurate position map and it might then be able to deliver troops without getting in harms way of the FG by dropping them from altitude.
What CCP Blam! Needs to do is review each mission he envisions for the DS and evaluate what would make that mission viable. In battle remote shield support? Well you could greatly increase the range of the module to allow the DS to stay in cover, or you could give it HP equivalent to the HAV it is supporting, or you could allow it to rep while cloaked.
It's basically the option to tank or evade the damage.
Don't give us a mission that the DS can't perform. Don't lure us out into a hot battlefield with no way to tank or evade the FG, blaster installation, or HAV turret.
EDIT:
CCP could add threat detection to the DS to allow us to avoid danger. I've used the FG and noticed that it's kicking out some serious emissions when charged. It's got to be easy to spot that profile and paint it on the map. An angry red pulsing dot on my map would clue me in not to loiter at low altitude in that vicinity. Those emissions would be diminished by some degree by terrain, so HAV's may not pick up on it as well as a DS could.
If a SL locks on passively we wouldn't get a lock-on warning, but we could easily get a launch warning. The heat signature and movement profile of SL missiles would be quite distinct and easy to track.
While I'm not opposed to more HP, I'm more in favor of systems that allow a good pilot to avoid danger rather than just sit and tank it all. |