Should solaris turrets be de-nerfed ?

[Zeltak]

Solaris are fine... They hurt like hell and are easy to hit with. They do the job.

The Maryland was set up with that in mind, and it's horribly effective against bombers and fighters. This has been demonstrated on a few occasions lately. You simply can't get near it without taking damage.

However, like all weapons, there are ways around it. One of which is to not run headlong into the yellow blobs of death, and to target the cruisers around it. This was demonstrated ten minutes ago.

If those bombers had attemtped to kill the Maryland, then they all would have died.

Whoever was flying the Maryland was pretty good to be honest, I was down to about 20 bots and I flied close to the Maryland twice for about total 60 seconds. Hehe, you call it unbalanced Harcourt?

[McNeo]

Yes. The Maryland can decimate probably up to six bombers if their only target is the Maryland. This is of course theory, but Im pretty sure its right. It'll catch one of you out with its BRs, thats for sure.

Also. For you Harcourt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL1lfSzgcAw

Was me Sina.
And trust me, it wasn't skill.
It was point, click and die stuff.

[Harcourt.Fenton.Mudd]

See screenshots 1 and 2, which is just a fraction of the back and forth that took place, we knew who was piloting the battleship and figured we were all going to die. So we decided to have some fun before we went down in flames.. I'm sorry that you feel that this exchange is necessary.

So basicly it was an admin gank party that engaged w/o notice ?

The irony is I was coming out of cruise prepared to just sit there as the fighters engaged.

I guess I have admin behavior as an example that fairplay and engagement notices can be ignored.

[Camtheman Of Freelancer4Ever]

No. They're fine actually. Thats coming from a CAPWHORE.

Its perfect really, except for one point which ill get to in a moment.
The solaris allows SMALLER battleships to defend themselves without becoming uber.
It makes it so they need some escorts, even though they probably will still die. Which is a flaw.

The REAL problem lies at the larger dreadnaughts/juggernauts/RBS/KBS.

The current solaris that works on smaller BS's does not reach to the end of some of the largest ones. We deserve our adequate defense too. Moljnir is working on this, i hope.

[Jihadjoe]

A battleship costs 100+ mil and requires a navy membership and battleship license. A bomber requires 20mil+ and no strings attached. Hmm...

Nah, if bombers without armour go after a solaris dread, they all get instakilled.

6mill for a ship
7mill for a supernova
15mill for armour
2 million for everything else

That's conservative.

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[Zeltak]

So basicly it was an admin gank party that engaged w/o notice ?

Yep they were all admins ganking noobs without engagement notice and adding cash to their characters at the same time they were in secret beaming your back-up to Bastille.

[msgerbs]

Wait wait wait is this about the fight I just witnessed in new york less than a half hour ago? Jesus people, enjoy your night THEN come whine on the forums. That way you can whine about your whole night and not just one (epic) fight.



(My edit has nothing to do with this post. Boys, take your ritual testosterone postings somewhere else. If Harcourt wants to restart this thread - and keep it on target - I would have no problems with that. Otherwise - it's chubbed. - Agmen)

[Jihadjoe]

So basicly it was an admin gank party that engaged w/o notice ?

The irony is I was coming out of cruise prepared to just sit there as the fighters engaged.

I guess I have admin behavior as an example that fairplay can be ignored.

Nope...

Gank Definition: Outnumbering your opponent to the point where your opponent can't possibly win.

Without notice definition: That would be where you attack without saying you're going to attack, or roleplaying first.


Now, to clarify, we had fewer ships (four against five or six). We stated numerous times we were going to claim the bounty. So tel me, how is that in any way a 'gank without notice' ?

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[Dusty Lens]

Actualy dusty, your screencaps show no engagement notice, infact they show I was hit BEFORE any type of RP was even done.

Well, that's not true. The first screenshot demonstrates that your claim is either wildly inaccurate at best or, simply put, a lie.

So you're either a liar or a malcontent. I'm hoping that it's the latter, but I can understand your frustration, it can be tough getting blown up if you think that the capital ship fleet you're about to drop like a ton of bricks on the four bombers is going to mop up like spilled pigsfeet in isle four.

I wish that I could afford the lag to have taken more screenshots, it was a really amazing fight. Ironically I couldn't afford the screen lag because of the ruinous damage dealt by two the flurry of solaris fire.

Anyways, Solaris turrets are fine and I think everyone (else) had a good time. Ended in an epic pair of duels in the badlands. I'm still floored that we were able to survive long enough to kill two cruisers with only one loss and two bombers shot to pieces.

Furthermore: Battleship + Cruiser + Cruiser + Gunboat + multiple fighters vs 4 bombers = ASSMIN GANK FEST PVP RP!!?? D}:|=

[Zeltak]

I also got killed! I didn't make a thread and cried about it...