1/2 of what you are asking for is implimented in SC.
If you are in a corp…
R13 is available to everyone. Though a numerically larger advantage to LRF.
Ion beam, & target painter to answer how tacklers kill friggates. That and heavy drone at any rate. Ship speed of 100mps is a legit negative when a guard drone is 1km away… Course, missle spam…
I hate tacklers though I would guess regenerative hull and 4 tackler modules would be a strong build choice. There actives are simply amazing.
To fix drones you could: give them a spread (.3 is not a spread), decrease projectile speed, increase hitbox of sentry drones.
Beacon drones can not even hit a sentry drone. I am including attack drones, though there projetile speed does seam acceptable.
I agree with everything you have stated, and I am also in a similar boat. I used to do mostly T5 pvp, but now I am doing mostly T3 pvp (T4 is a mostly the same situation as T5 right now). I have even stopped playing sector conquest because of some of the issues presented along with other issues I have found (Tackler swarms, Tier-rushers, R13 implant, small games, and above all: uncounterable ECM swarms).
Personally, I would REALLY like to see larger games even if it means having bots flying around in purple-fitted T4-T5’s on a regular basis.
I get it, it’s supposed to be “PvP” not “PvE,” but I would at least like the option of flying with and against the PvP bots and some players instead of getting into games with completely one-sided teams… I mean if I’m one of the Aces flying around in white/green T4 ships, while so is everybody else on my team, while the other team is all in a corp together and with full purple/orange fits, most of the time the team with the better gears will win (although not always). It’s the same theme from Tier 2-3, but it just seems to get worse with more modules to upgrade and the fact that bots no longer exist in Tier 4-5 games. Simply having more targets flying around, occasionally killing somebody or capturing a beacon, certainly adds more to the “wow” factor to space battles, not to mention actually would give me more to do in a battle other than sitting behind some rock and waiting for when one of the other team guys pops-up somewhere on radar… yes, yes, tactics and all of that jazz… PvP games don’t last long no matter what, and I feel like a little more action would be better all-around since that’s the type of game this is… if I want more strategy and tactics, I would pick-up a strategy game. I come here for the *Pew Pew*!
Any other takes on having larger PvP games and, or including bots at higher tiers?
I only play T5, and it’s getting better and better overall. Faster queue, better people. It’s true that i don’t have any comparison with T3 since i basically don’t touch it, but still. T5 is viable and well (peak times i’m talking, i don’t play during the day).
