Am I the only one who really doesn't like the recent trend of T2 variants of ships being entirely structurally different than their T1 counterparts? Bulk it up, add on some new bits, even graft a whole new segment or wingy bit to it - but when you start drastically changing the basic hull structure and then insisting that oh, it's still the same hull - I dunno, kind of stretches believability.
I have the opposite feeling. Taking the same copycat again and again with a new paintjob feels kindof cheap. I would expect them to actually upgrade the ship to be worth be called TECH 2.
Very much this.
So running my proposed modified mission Kronos fit (modified from the current live version) I'm sat at the screen looking at the numbers, those beautiful tasty numbers.
The bastion mode tank is ridiculous and the range application makes blasters a viable PvE weapon system in L4's, specially coupled with both MWD and MJD capability. Won't be posting the fit because :metagame: but
for this ship, so much of it.
Edit: Also Kala, a modified version of your Kronos, on a Paladin, same "no boosters/implants" rule.
Edit of edit: Balls, that was the gleam test. INMF is 68+44 running at 986 dps /w drones, 5957 volley.