Version 5.0 "Fire and Fortune" - Everything I DISLIKED Part 1 - Balance and Stuff

[Levenna]

I'm not sure you understand the issue here. Why don't you consider the experiences of people before the patch? The kiting side, which is obviously because of lower numbers, even while having a disadvantage could deal with it through skillful plays. Sure we didn't win them all but we could at least reduce their numbers before falling to zero ourselves. However, you can now say goodbye to your skills because every ship launching missiles at you while also using the guns, and high fire rate guns at that plus the new close ranges for all weapons, how much can you dodge? Do you get an opening to return fire among all that? Do you even have powercore left after using the secondaries and flaks for the missiles? Oh wait more missiles are incoming.
Also, let's not forget the slowed cap movement and the 'drifting' so you can turn but you'll keep moving in the same direction for a few seconds. I don't have to tell you it makes all the difference with strafing out of the window since you can do that once every 15 seconds or so now.

I'll put it to you this way, if trying to match your opponent pound-for-pound isn't working so well, why not try something else? Gunboats, for instance, are *exceptionally* good at pulling opposing enemies apart, I've had moments where I'll harass 2 or 3 battlecruisers that will split off and chase me but can't rejoin the wider fight since I can just CD them if they disengage while dodging a lot of their fire. Kiting, as you correctly observe, is kind of just decidedly *not good* in the current meta, be it in duels or in fleets, so don't kite, find a way to fight upfront but on your own terms.

I'd direct you towards this fight between LN and outcasts as an example. A few gunboats and bombers (and I think one cruiser) took out a relatively equal sized force of cruisers and battlecruisers by remaining flexible with their targeting, but remaining relatively coordinated and not getting isolated, while picking on targets that isolated themselves. In your guys' case, this may end up taking the form of using bombers, gunboats and cruisers to punch above your weight when you're outnumbered.

Failing this, you could also honestly just reach out to your opponents to try and figure out more fair fights, It's not fun to get curbstomped again and again facing 1.5x your number.

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[03.07.2024] LNS-Beast***: we can do this every day but you have to buy bigger stronger ships...and i'll help you