12-24-2006, 10:31 PM
Well, the drain is manageable even with the YASYA, although I suggest the R3 for your lefty instead of the DRAGON so at least you can leave the URANUS' EOs on for a longer time than with the DRAGON on, plus its more accurate, lighter and has a higher damage rate than the DRAGON. I also suggest the F69 FCS as you're armed with short-range weapons anyway, and defense needs to be worked on a bit more.
As for strategies, I don't know how you intend to bait and herd the opponent by sandwiching him between the YASYA and your guns, but its very risky. Say you're fighting against someone who's not so aggressive, and decide to do a pincer attack by launching a pair of the YASYA's OCs then circling to your opponent's back, your opponent can always look for another way out of the trap by simply going to a different direction away from the YASYA.
The following diagram assumes that both ACs are armed with weapons with the same damage rate and effective range with the exception of the YASYA.
I.
YASYA
you
|
|
|
v
opponent
II.
YASYA OCs
----------------you (Shoot back minus the Pixie3)
---------------/
--------------/
------------ /
opponent (Backs off for a bit while still shooting all weapons at you)
III.
YASYA (Out of attacking range)
Opponent-------------You (still trying to encircle opponent)
In this case, you still suffer the problems of fighting a backpedaling opponent while you get into position. You're trading fire against a fully armed opponent while you're trying to flank him with only 2 of 3 of your offensive capabilities and not to mention that your opponent is backpedaling, meaning more of his shots will land against yours. In the end, you lose out trading shots against an opponent, and to quote Nix "why, under any circumstances, would you allow yourself to be pushed towards yasya though?" human players would avoid it like the plague, as they have the option of moving in any direction not covered by the YASYA.
In short, you can't fully trap your opponent with the YASYA unless you're willing to take a lot of sacrifices like getting hit more often than you can hit your opponent and losing energy by getting into the proper position that you we're talking about. In addition, the trade-off of getting into that proper position would mean massive losses to your AP, and I'm not sure if the YASYA can do the same amount of damage to your opponent as it can barely hit anything except targets which are below it.
My analysis of this comes from both theory and experience; I'll reserve my final judgment till I use this. If you can be more specific on how you use this AC I'd gladly give it for a spin against someone like Nix under tournament conditions (PACT1 rules) when we meet next week. I'll post vids as well.
As for strategies, I don't know how you intend to bait and herd the opponent by sandwiching him between the YASYA and your guns, but its very risky. Say you're fighting against someone who's not so aggressive, and decide to do a pincer attack by launching a pair of the YASYA's OCs then circling to your opponent's back, your opponent can always look for another way out of the trap by simply going to a different direction away from the YASYA.
The following diagram assumes that both ACs are armed with weapons with the same damage rate and effective range with the exception of the YASYA.
I.
YASYA
you
|
|
|
v
opponent
II.
YASYA OCs
----------------you (Shoot back minus the Pixie3)
---------------/
--------------/
------------ /
opponent (Backs off for a bit while still shooting all weapons at you)
III.
YASYA (Out of attacking range)
Opponent-------------You (still trying to encircle opponent)
In this case, you still suffer the problems of fighting a backpedaling opponent while you get into position. You're trading fire against a fully armed opponent while you're trying to flank him with only 2 of 3 of your offensive capabilities and not to mention that your opponent is backpedaling, meaning more of his shots will land against yours. In the end, you lose out trading shots against an opponent, and to quote Nix "why, under any circumstances, would you allow yourself to be pushed towards yasya though?" human players would avoid it like the plague, as they have the option of moving in any direction not covered by the YASYA.
In short, you can't fully trap your opponent with the YASYA unless you're willing to take a lot of sacrifices like getting hit more often than you can hit your opponent and losing energy by getting into the proper position that you we're talking about. In addition, the trade-off of getting into that proper position would mean massive losses to your AP, and I'm not sure if the YASYA can do the same amount of damage to your opponent as it can barely hit anything except targets which are below it.
My analysis of this comes from both theory and experience; I'll reserve my final judgment till I use this. If you can be more specific on how you use this AC I'd gladly give it for a spin against someone like Nix under tournament conditions (PACT1 rules) when we meet next week. I'll post vids as well.
