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Caldari Merlin and Missiles
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trebor1982
RogueCorp
#1 - 2012-05-27 10:39:22 UTC
In the recent update (Inferno)
The Caldari Merlin no longer has 2 Turret slots and 1 missile slot
It now has 3 Turret slots Shocked
It now lacks long range firepower Sad
I used to love using my merlin in missions
now i am looking for a decent frigate that combines both turrets and missiles

Can anyone please tell me why the Merlin has lost its ability to launch missiles?
Liam Mirren
#2 - 2012-05-27 10:43:52 UTC  |  Edited by: Liam Mirren
Because basing your fit on a weapon system the ship gets no bonus to makes sense, split weapon systems suck no matter what. If you want to use missiles get a Kestrel, if you want to be good at lvl 1 missions get a Cormorant, Apart from that, rail Merlin works fine for pve.

[Merlin, PVE]
Beta Reactor Control: Shield Power Relay I
Micro Auxiliary Power Core II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II

1MN Afterburner II
Medium Shield Extender II
Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II
X5 Prototype Engine Enervator

150mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Antimatter Charge S

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Gypsio III
State War Academy
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-05-27 13:19:20 UTC
trebor1982 wrote:
Can anyone please tell me why the Merlin has lost its ability to launch missiles?


Because it was vastly inferior to the Kestrel in that respect...
trebor1982
RogueCorp
#4 - 2012-05-27 16:15:20 UTC
As i said in my question
the missiles gave long range engagement, so you could sit outside the range of a fixed object (fixed cannon, etc)
The turrets provide close in engagement
With the Missile launchers gone, the Merlin is now less efficient
and there are no other frigates that are as good as the Merlin
Luba Cibre
Global Song Setup
#5 - 2012-05-27 16:27:27 UTC
fitting long and short range weapons on a single ship is a fail in so many ways.

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Korbin Valenroth
Mom's Friendly Industrial Company
#6 - 2012-05-27 21:38:17 UTC
trebor1982 wrote:
In the recent update (Inferno)
I used to love using my merlin in missions...
now i am looking for a decent frigate that combines both turrets and missiles


You know, the Tristan still has a split set up if you have your heart set on that.
FT Diomedes
The Graduates
#7 - 2012-05-27 22:32:14 UTC
I have an idea! Let's balance all ships around their ability to run Level 1 missions!

CCP should add more NPC 0.0 space to open it up and liven things up: the Stepping Stones project.

trebor1982
RogueCorp
#8 - 2012-05-28 16:35:03 UTC
Korbin Valenroth wrote:
trebor1982 wrote:
In the recent update (Inferno)
I used to love using my merlin in missions...
now i am looking for a decent frigate that combines both turrets and missiles


You know, the Tristan still has a split set up if you have your heart set on that.


I would not take the Tristan, even if it was the last Frigate in the game
That thing is ugly with a capital UGLY