It has a BS shield?! Then it DEFINITELY needs downgraded. The thing is just barely bigger than a cruiser, and should NOT have a BS shield unless its weaponry is taken to gunboat class.
Jack Handey Wrote:I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.
Yeah, I fought the Exeter with my bomber (first fight with it actually.. Korrd finally got me to buy one.. The day before that incident.) and it was maneuvering quite well. Not as good as the Bret GB that came later, but as good, or better, than the Rheinland cruiser. And it has more weaponry.
I have a suggestion as well.. If Tizonas and coladas can take away a ship's energy when you shoot at them, maybe we should make an energy-stripper weapon. To be effective against any type of battleship or frigate you would need at least 3 'heavy' energy strippers, which would take place of weaponry. So you either go max weaponry or weaponry and energy drainers. This idea was based on the Nosfertu, NOS, on EVE. That strips energy and feeds a percentage to your ship. Obviously, on here you wouldn't get the energy, but you can drain it.
I think that the Firgate has a Class 9 and 10 sheild option. I bought a Liberty Frigate in Open SP today and It has a crusier sheild, but I think if you get a BS first or buy a BS sheild off of someone, you could probably equip it to the Frigate.
' Wrote:Lol, Ant has like 5 of those things ATM, hes going to hunt you down RL style and Kill you. I think it should be dropped to a 10 gun frigate, and that BS shield needs to go.
2 actually. And I have no interest in hunting anyone down FYI.
The frigate has serious disadvantages over both Cruisers and Battleships with no thruster and lower speed than a BS. Maneuverability is far worse than Cruisers as befits the position between Cruiser and Battleship.
Slide speed is fairly low. Some battleships are better. I would agree that the 2 battleship guns are unnecessary(due to power requirements), however power usage is something that everyone needs to deal with in their own way. An Assault Frigate cannot continuously fire 2 cruiser inferno or battle razors.
Take away the battleship shield and it becomes a sitting duck for pretty much everything. I would rather be in a battleship, cruiser or destroyer if that were to happen...
Take it away and its vulnerable.. Sounds like every other ship in the game.. Give it a BS shield and it becomes more powerful than a battleship. Its agility isn't as good as the Lib cruiser, but the only cruiser that can outturn the Lib cruiser is the Kusari Destroyer. The Lib frig outturns the RH cruiser, and possibly the Bret Destroyer. I think its just the BS shield that needs taken away, and maybe the 2 BS turrets taken out, or changed to cruiser.
No it doesn't. Even with that it could still outfight cruisers. But maybe we should make a new shield class. The frigate shield class. Half way between battleship and cruiser. That should take care of the problem. Two BS turrets downgraded to cruiser, keep its large energy cap, and then give it a middle-shield between cruiser and BS, it should balance it nicely.
Jack Handey Wrote:I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it.