Thanks - these are probably ok:Raven_42 wrote:QUOTE (Raven_42 @ Sep 18 2012, 01:21 AM) Spunky I tried out a few things in SY with Dr Ev and Priv. I have one initial concern - Tac seems the most effective way to kill SY, cos Dests are still very effective vs figs and ints, killering uneyed was the best way to beat the dest. The killer swarms (killer swarm 2) practically 2 shots dests, so probably takes out cruisers in one/two racks also (I dunno if this was the goal, maybe this is ok). The Rix Assault ship makes Attack carriers unavailable. PW lancer is very effective vs asteroids (1 rack reg rock, 2 he rocks, 5k range). Attack carrier/Assault ships/Cruisers can deploy SC towers/Caltrops for 1k each. There' probably more, didnt build all factions, and need more pilots for testing.
*Something like a dest will be weak vs an sf, yes. In gameplay though I'm thinking SFs will have a hard time getting into position vs a fast forward-moving frig/dev/cruiser and will end up getting eyed at which point they are toast to skycap. Also we are a lot more likely to see multiple caps at these prices.
*Assault Ship is a successor to Attack carrier and can perform all the same functions. Price is close enough that it shouldn't be an issue (they used to be same price initially but that got too spammy)
*Caltrop/tower low cost deployment is by design. Cruiser thing is specific to Rix only - other cruisers can't.
What probably are issues:
*Killer swarm 2 may be a problem. It's more like 3 shots looks like, but that's probably high too.
*Lancer may need to be nerfed vs rocks. We'll probably see a lot of rocks disappear when lancer is in play
Good news is I just talked to TE and looks like we'll be able to iterate quickly and update AU right away even before ACSS. My main concern is whether it will be worthwhile to to fully turret these caps. They obviously won't work at all at camps so they will require res, effective cloak use (almost everything has HC now) and deprobing. What I don't want to see is spam fleets of 5 unturreted cruisers all the time.