Ships & Modules

It seems that for the role of blaster frigate, the taranis is preferred to the enyo by most. I have no experience with either and wondered why. I can fly the Enyo now, but it is worth it to go back for the taranis instead?

^pretty much the reason interceptors are more popular than af as a whole.

Personally I never fly taranis, but use ares instead, the reverse of most people. When i fly interceptor, all I do was tackling. For shooting stuff, I fly something else... not af though.

Overall the Taranis can put out comparable dps, and control range more effectively than an enyo. The key part is the range control. While the Enyo has more EHP at the frigate class the difference is usually 1 volley versus 2. The greater speed and agility of the taranis makes it able to speed tank more effectively. This coupled with the extra midslot for either dual propulsion mods or prop and web combo gives it even more range and tackle control compared to the enyo's 2 slots.

Of course assault frigates are on the table for the winter expansion, plus hybrid turret rebalancing so the capabilities of these two ships could change

Good day:

For solo work, I've found if you fly what other people think is equal or less than what they fly they will engage you; or not run when you try to engage them. Conversely, if you fly what others think might kill them, you get less fights because they avoid you or run.

A lot of t1 frigate pilots will avoid assault frigates (of which the Enyo is one) while thinking that an interceptor... well, is at least a fair fight or in their favor.

Add the fact you have popular blogs like Rifter Drifter, Lady Shaquina, and the like talk about how they used a Rifter (or other t1 frigates) to kill this interceptor and that interceptor, you end up with a lot of Rifter and other t1 frigate pilots thinking the Taranis and other similar (shhhh combat) interceptors are thrash compared to what they are flying.

Now, if that was not enough, a lot of pilots think that once they get the target into structure, they are winning... especially if the target hits structure sooner than they hit structure.

If you've practiced a lot with your Taranis, that means you will win most 1v1 engagements given the above... misconceptions their ship is better than your ship, higher ego (look how easy it is supposed to be), and WOW (the Taranis is in structure, and I've still got armor left) are all in your favor.

All in all the Enyo is a good ship; but for me, I want fights... so if I solo, I'll fly the Taranis.

Thank you.

But you get ****-poor tracking, meaning any AB ship is near-impossible to hit. The Enyo needs a web not just for range control. The Enyo excels at fighting bigger ships because of the awesome DPS, but it has a hard time hitting other frigates.

The 'ranis is popular because
- It's fast
- It has a great slot layout for either a close-range Blasterboat or a Mid-range rail kiter
- It has massive structure hit points (for a frigate), meaning the only real tank you need is a DCII
- It deals fantastic DPS with blasters and 2 drones
- It's cheap and throwaway

taranis doesn't have tracking issues tbh.

hehe... I can't count how many times my taranis finished with like 5% structure left.

Why "back"?
Enyo -> Taranis is definitely "forward"

Main question when you are using blasters is how are you going to get on their optimal range. Fast, dual-prop inty does this better than AF.

ok let me rephrase it:
Taranis, in it's regular usage, doesn't suffer from tracking issues that much.

tbh I'm one of those guys that likes to fit a ANP II + DCU II combo in the lowslots, but since I've voluntarily stepped away from rich PVP grounds, I stopped using said setup that was never properly tested.


do ANP setups work well?