Sure, i expect to get flamed for this,
but seriously, lets take a minute to look at the facts.
The EA fleet did get split into 3 era's, which has pissed some people off. However, it is worth noting that even this means that in each era, they still have more choices than some of the other fleets out there.
in the early era, they have a low priority bias, this moves up a tad in thrid age, then in the crusade era, they have upgraded so much, they haven't much in the low priorities. This has been debated and bandied about quite a lot, and it seems that a lot of people understand the meaning behind this. . . apart from it seems, the EA players, who are demanding more ships.
Now then, other fleets have some serious shortcomings. The Brakiri have no patrol ship or scout, the drazi are forward firing only, the minbari are boned at low priorities, as are the shadows and Vorlons, the Narn have Poor raid and battle choices, the Dilgar have minimal beams and so on. Yet players of these races, generally see it as their weakness, suck it up, and move on.
Time after time, when each book appears, it seems that the EA get cool stuff, eg upgraded starfuries and T-Bolts, yet then we get the whines.
the EA have the most ships (allbeit split into 3) the best overall fighters, the most fighters on ships, the biggest baddest carrier, shadowtech ships, Sheridan, 2 Armageddon ships (only the Shadows can match this), while at the same time other races get piddled on, Nerfing of E-Mines, The worst armageddon ship in history for the minbari, the change of fighter rules wrecks vree, the Avioki reverting back to the bobbins SFOS one instead of tourney version. And again, their is a small bit of outcry against the nerfing of such things, and then it is drowned out by every other post being about the EA need this, this EA ship needs this, what should we do to make EA better etc.
Are EA players so insecure in themselves that only by covering every angle, every priority with as many ships as possible do they feel they can win, or is the EA fleet so badly designed, with inferior ships available, that they really do deserve some love?
Let the flaming begin.
but seriously, lets take a minute to look at the facts.
The EA fleet did get split into 3 era's, which has pissed some people off. However, it is worth noting that even this means that in each era, they still have more choices than some of the other fleets out there.
in the early era, they have a low priority bias, this moves up a tad in thrid age, then in the crusade era, they have upgraded so much, they haven't much in the low priorities. This has been debated and bandied about quite a lot, and it seems that a lot of people understand the meaning behind this. . . apart from it seems, the EA players, who are demanding more ships.
Now then, other fleets have some serious shortcomings. The Brakiri have no patrol ship or scout, the drazi are forward firing only, the minbari are boned at low priorities, as are the shadows and Vorlons, the Narn have Poor raid and battle choices, the Dilgar have minimal beams and so on. Yet players of these races, generally see it as their weakness, suck it up, and move on.
Time after time, when each book appears, it seems that the EA get cool stuff, eg upgraded starfuries and T-Bolts, yet then we get the whines.
the EA have the most ships (allbeit split into 3) the best overall fighters, the most fighters on ships, the biggest baddest carrier, shadowtech ships, Sheridan, 2 Armageddon ships (only the Shadows can match this), while at the same time other races get piddled on, Nerfing of E-Mines, The worst armageddon ship in history for the minbari, the change of fighter rules wrecks vree, the Avioki reverting back to the bobbins SFOS one instead of tourney version. And again, their is a small bit of outcry against the nerfing of such things, and then it is drowned out by every other post being about the EA need this, this EA ship needs this, what should we do to make EA better etc.
Are EA players so insecure in themselves that only by covering every angle, every priority with as many ships as possible do they feel they can win, or is the EA fleet so badly designed, with inferior ships available, that they really do deserve some love?
Let the flaming begin.
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