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has PVE become much harder
zimboy69
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in EVE Online
for the last 3 months ive been flying around in my ishtar doing lvl 4 missions
my ishtar which is armour tanked and its never been below 70% armour
since the patch ive nearly lost it 3 times
rats appear to break my armour really quickly and are not as predictable as before
i feel i really have to work much harder now rather than play almost semi afk
they dont target me and always attack my drones and keep changing targets
im not saying its a bad thing but i have a feeling PvE has become much more of a challenge
i kinda thinking of getting in a battleship for more protection
anyone else noticed this
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Not personally.. I do recommend the EVE forums tho. There are some other issues going on and you can usually find out more info there. Just saying.
Currently bored with MMO's.
I notice the same in my dominix with 85 / 90 % resistance they break my tank realy fast, i need to wrap out alot of times.
I stopped playing eve after 2 months and just came back to it, but even as a new pilot i never had much trouble tanking L4's solo.
Even some L3 drones are nuking trough my armor like i have zero resistance
last mission i had 94% therm and 95% kinetic each hit was like almost a 3rd of my armour and i had to leave my drones or i would have died
but its strange as for most of ithe pocket it tanks ok then all of a sudden it will break and its a really sick feeling when ur trying to warp and ur in hull
That feeling is why a lot us love Eve. I've never gotten that sudden rush of panic in other games.
I'm not currently subbed but making the rats harder sounds like a good change. Nobody should be able to AFK a level 4 mission.
There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes this whole universe for a vast practical joke, though the wit thereof he but dimly discerns, and more than suspects that the joke is at nobody's expense but his own.
-- Herman Melville
All level 4 missions are breaking your tank or just a few specific ones?
im not sure im a bit scared to take my ishtar out as its faction fit
the mission was silence the informant which ive done about 20 times before not a single problem and done easy
i cleard the first room then moved to the 2nd then all hell let loose
but its happend in a few other missions its as if my tank is zero or has no hardners they are cutting through it like butter
they might have just upped the damage or changed the damage type and my tank isnt enough and it sure feels very unsafe in space
but before the last patch i think there was only worlds collide which would cause me trouble but even the basic missions are starting to hurt now
since tuesday ive flow 5 missions and 3 ive had to run away from it like something has changed
to give you a idea as well ive lost 3 drones in the last 6 months ive now lost 11 in the last 2 days
Hmm...that actually sounds fun. I haven't missioned in a few days, but I'm going to go check it out. I'm also going to go look at the recent patch notes.
Where's the any key?
Just took a look at the patch notes. They fixed some general issues, revamped the rookie frigates (Yay, the Ibis doesn't look like some asymmetrical piece of shit! It's now a cute symmetrical piece of shit!) and they did mention that they modified the names of all of the resistance equipment for both armor and shield hardeners / res amplifiers. Hopefully they didn't bugger up the percentage bonuses those give. I'll check it out tonight when I get home.
Where's the any key?
They mixed up the belt rats in nullsec, no longer can I get 3x 1.8 million isk battleships. Damn you C C P
Okay, tried a couple of missions last night, no sudden uber-damage seen, however I
a) don't AFK mission
b) don't active armor tank, as unless a ship specifically has a bonus to active armor tanking this never has a good enough regen rate compared to active shield tanking
c) don't permatank, since to make it cap-stable enough you have to sacrifice too many hardeners
Quick question though: how long has it been since you missioned before? I know they tweaked some of the damage output types when they introduced the new turret animations, such as the Mercenaries who fly Caracals had their beam weapons switched to railguns; are you used to missioning from before then?
Where's the any key?
I miss broken Fountain truesec
- I made a lot of isk there as a nub chaining belts.
It sounds like a bug (and a serious one at that) to me. I have been tanking level 4s in my myrmidon and not getting threatened at all, usually getting through with a single repper. The ishtar is a tough little sob and should have no issues at all.
If I were you I might keep the ishtar in the hangar for awhile until it gets ironed out.
Happy ishtar, best ishtar.
Being a nub with 1 million isk+ NPCs in belts was good times. I was a dedicated jew when I was new.
it all of a sudden went back to normal
ive no idea what happend but it appears back the same again