Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Alliance Tournament IX - Ship Point Changes

I was just about to consider quitting EVE when along comes the ever exciting Alliance Tournament. WHoooo Hoooo. Personally I consider the Alliance tournament to be a whole lot of fun. Regrettably I have never been able to participate it beyond helping with some training and a lot of Forum Whoring.

This year there are a lot of rule changes, some more controversial than others. In today's post I will look at the changes to points.

Ship TypePoints
AT 7AT 8AT 9
Battleship, Faction212121
Marauder191918
Battleship 181818
Black Ops Battleship181818
Command Ship161616
Strategic Cruiser161616
Cruiser, Faction131414
Heavy Assault Cruiser151413
Battlecruiser (Tier 2)131313
Recon Ship131313
Heavy Interdictor131313
Logistics Cruiser121212
Battlecruiser (Tier 1)111110
Cruiser1198
Bomber 666
Electronic Attack Frigate555
Frigate, Faction444
Assault Frigate444
Interdictor 333
Interceptor 333
Frigate333
Hauler333
Destroyer222

I have highlighted the changes for AT-9 in RED. As you can see Tier 1 Battlecruisers, Cruisers and HACS have all had their point values lowered. Marauders also have been lowered. Tier-1 BCs are particularly interesting since they are now worth 10 points, the average number of points per ship allowed on a team. Especially with the new (and controversial) banning rule (edit: Banning rule has been removed), a team of Tier-1 BCs would have no one ship worth more than another, and thus no obvious ship to ban. I expect to see lots of Cyclones, Brutix, Ferox and Prophesies being fielded. Also interesting are HACS which are now worth a full two points less then in AT-7. In AT-7 they were almost totally absent due to being worth more than a faction cruiser. In AT-8 they were worth the same but now they are worth less. I expect to see a lot of Ishtars and Vagabonds being fielded. Maybe even an Armour-HAC gang of Zealots. The Cerberus also now makes a viable lighter alternative to the ever present Tengu from AT-8.

Marauders are pretty rare in tournament mainly due to their massive shortcoming of low sensor strength. I am not sure if the one point drop in value is enough to remedy this. Also, with the banning rule in effect, it would be pretty risky to put 18 points into a ship that the other team can simply remove.

1 comment:

  1. Banning has been removed, just FYI.
    http://www.eveonline.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=1495459

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