If you've been out PVPing lately you've definitely seen a lot of Svipuls and Confessors and about 90% of them are using 10mn Afterburners.
On it's own, using a 10mn AB on a Destroyer isn't a big deal, but the fact that you can fit PG hungry Artillery/Lasers AND a good tank is certainly overpowered. There should be some draw back to using a cruiser sized AB on a smaller ship.
For example, when you drop Big Block V8 into a Smart Car you may have to take out some extras like the A/C and power steering.
As much as I hate to ever say a nerf is a good thing unless it's a nerf to blobbing or ECM, I think the nerf to the new Tactical Destroyers is a good thing.
So what's changing?
Confessor:
- Powergrid: 71 (-9)
- Max Velocity: 250 (-30)
- Mass: 2,200,000kg (-200,000)
- Shield Recharge Time: 800s (+175s)
- Inertia: 2.4 (+0.25)
- Capacitor Recharge Time: 320s (+20s)
Svipul:
- Powergrid: 68 (-10)
- Max Velocity: 270 (-20)
- Shield Recharge Time: 800s (+175s)
- Capacitor Recharge Time: 240s (+15s)
Material Requirements:
+1 to each of Electromechanical Interface Nexus, Fullerene Intercalated Sheets, Optimized Nano-engines, Reconfigured Subspace Calibrator, Self-Assembling Nanolattice, Warfare Computation Core
The biggest and really the most needed change is to the PG (Powergrid) because that's what is allowing people to "over fit" these ships. A drop in 10 PG on my Svipul will force a change, but it's a change that will have a very small impact, while a drop of 10 PG to a 10mn Arty Svipul will force them to make a choice and cut something. Most likely people will decide to cut the tank and keep the 10mn AB + Arty which is a fair trade off.
The Svipul is an amazing ship for Solo PVP and these changes won't change that.
In the mean time if you want to piss a 10mn Svipul or Confessor pilot off, counter him with a Curse, Huggin, or Gila.
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Interesting. BTW good old Cynabal with dual prop and Geddon is also good counter for T3 destroyers. I had a lot of fun running against them. Sure they kicked my ass few times, but so did I in return. I actually think this nerf is to fast. I love to find more and more ships (and fittings) to return the favor. The 10MN AB gives them huge sense of security. In fact so much that I got dropped by 3 confessors and 2 Svipuls while solo roaming in my Geddon. And even when I destroyed cap of 2 Confessors and kill them in short order.... the rest was still zooming under 10k away. I love T3 destroyers. They die fast and they make a lot of pilots overconfident.
Hi Jukio.
Mind sharing that Cynabal fit please ?
Maybe that's a standard one but I'm pretty new so nothing is granted for me :p
(Ansett in-game if you want to mail).
Thanks Abbadon for the article.