Pilots can no longer use ships, weaker than their most high-ranking ship. In game modes with a finite number of ships, such ships are considered destroyed and inaccessible to the pilot.
Pilots can no longer choose ships with rank lower than the maximum rank in set by more than 4 ranks.
Skula1975, on 05 Mar 2015 - 06:21 AM, said:[
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Pilots can no longer use ships, weaker than their most high-ranking ship. In game modes with a finite number of ships, such ships are considered destroyed and inaccessible to the pilot.
Pilots can no longer choose ships with rank lower than the maximum rank in set by more than 4 ranks.
Wow! Big +1 and Like to this!!!
Tonight I feel I’ll play some T4-T5 
Skula1975, on 05 Mar 2015 - 06:21 AM, said:[
Wow! Big +1 and Like to this!!!
Tonight I feel I’ll play some T4-T5
Me too!!!
I hope we will see Kormac and JasanQuinn and all the other who were complaining about this with a loud voice online and in T5 tonight 
I want a 10v10 in T5. Then I can die happily
Me too!!!
I hope we will see Kormac and JasanQuinn and all the other who were complaining about this with a loud voice online and in T5 tonight
I want a 10v10 in T5. Then I can die happily
The main thing that keeps me out of T5 is the fact you can’t get anything above a 3v3, not the tier-rushing (that just makes it more frustrating). Koromac tries quite often though.
The main thing that keeps me out of T5 is the fact you can’t get anything above a 3v3, not the tier-rushing (that just makes it more frustrating). Koromac tries quite often though.
Join us on OWL TS We organised two four-man squads in t5 PVP last night, with DirkDecent as one of the leaders, so we could queue against each other, and we were getting 6v6s! Very fun
Join us on OWL TS
6v6 is still a long way below where it should be. Games should be 12v12, or better still 15v15 as the norm.
I don’t mind it so much in SQ because the stakes are higher. It’s not so bad putting up with a few bad games when it’s going to reward the whole Corp, and even the whole faction.
I’m also aware that not flying T5 doesn’t fix that problem, but it’s a catch-22. I don’t want to fly small games, so I don’t fly T5. Games stay small because people aren’t flying T5.
But the question of how to fix this is a pretty complicated issue, and probably not really suited to this thread.
6v6 is still a long way below where it should be. Games should be 12v12, or better still 15v15 as the norm.
I don’t mind it so much in SQ because the stakes are higher. It’s not so bad putting up with a few bad games when it’s going to reward the whole Corp, and even the whole faction.
I’m also aware that not flying T5 doesn’t fix that problem, but it’s a catch-22. I don’t want to fly small games, so I don’t fly T5. Games stay small because people aren’t flying T5.
But the question of how to fix this is a pretty complicated issue, and probably not really suited to this thread.
Indeed. What’s more suited to discussion in this thread is this:
Sector Conquest
Today we are announcing that Sector Conquest will soon come to a new stage. The mode will change significantly. There will be new opportunities, new strategies. The current state of SecCon will cease to exist and will be closed. The battle will start with a clean slate. (…) Updated Sector Conquest will start very soon — this spring! We recommend you to actively prepare your ships, modules and weapons, and stash Iridium.
And noone has even mentioned it yet!! 
Is noone else getting really excited like I am?
Thank You!
Finally a rank limit to pvp. Hope i never see rank 4 ships in T4 again… ridiculous.
I think that tier locking would be a bad move however, many of the players who say this may forget how difficult it was at one point to break into a new tier. And although this still leaves the possibilty of ‘useless’ R7 ships in a T4 game (example). It still goes a long way to address the problems I have seen with players bringing thier one high rank ship and a selection of T1 and T2 ships.
Now all that remains is to not have ‘1shipstevie’ on your side in beacon capture.
He can be on the red team. :004j:
Indeed. What’s more suited to discussion in this thread is this:
Sector Conquest
Today we are announcing that Sector Conquest will soon come to a new stage. The mode will change significantly. There will be new opportunities, new strategies. The current state of SecCon will cease to exist and will be closed. The battle will start with a clean slate. (…) Updated Sector Conquest will start very soon — this spring! We recommend you to actively prepare your ships, modules and weapons, and stash Iridium.
And noone has even mentioned it yet!!
I’ll get excited when we have details.
New content means little, if it’s not good and polished.
…well sounds good but the machmaking queing is still lame, if u que more than two players in a squad with t1 then its impossible to get in to a match… even when only 2 players its takes forever… and when a battel begins its vs bots, bots are runing the game for me and my buddys, bots and long wait time and stupit games if u wanna play togetter, thats just dum and no other game punish you for playing togetter. look at battelfield and black ops games then u could be playing vs a clan with only random players…yes its hard but thats the way it is today right now… but you guys nurse players and set up restrictions…all u do is ruining the game… my buddys play for a day and say: to much down time here, id rather play battelfield…a sad for you guys… iv said this tons of times but still u twiddle with your guns and your stickers…goodluck with that.
This is a big step in the right direction. Thanks for the update!
just now i flew with my buddy t1 ships only… but we get into a t2 game… you guys are funny…
just now i flew with my buddy t1 ships only… but we get into a t2 game… you guys are funny…
Any player with more than 1300 elo rating (it’s hidden from users since we got the new efficiency rating) playing with T1 ships will enter in a T2 game to prevent farming new people on T1.
Any player with more than 1300 elo rating (it’s hidden from users since we got the new efficiency rating) playing with T1 ships will enter in a T2 game to prevent farming new people on T1.
Is there any way to know one’s elo rating?
Is there any way to know one’s elo rating?
nope
just now i flew with my buddy t1 ships only… but we get into a t2 game… you guys are funny…
There is a protection so new players won’t be farmed by experienced pilots.
Join us on OWL TS
Indeed, that was great fun. It’s always fun to play with you guys (or against).
I would’ve liked to see something in this update that reduced the effectiveness of frigballs or boosted other role’s effectiveness against them. At the moment, only another frigball has a decent chance of breaking up a frigball. (A gunship squad can do it, but not as easily as they used to be able to, nor as easily as a frigball can).
But overall, great update. +1
Indeed, that was great fun. It’s always fun to play with you guys (or against).
I would’ve liked to see something in this update that reduced the effectiveness of frigballs or boosted other role’s effectiveness against them. At the moment, only another frigball has a decent chance of breaking up a frigball. (A gunship squad can do it, but not as easily as they used to be able to, nor as easily as a frigball can).
But overall, great update. +1
Always is fun! Frigballs in t3 defiantly have an advantage unless the other team is coordinated or its a speed based game mode. I don’t think T4/T5 is as much of a problem though because of the much higher dps ships and lower resistance frigs. Gunships will rip guards and frigs a new one.
But as to the fact that I will no longer be seeing t2s and t3s in my t5 matches:
Oh, and I can’t wait for dreads :))))
Double post for some reason. sorry