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Fleet Bonus Ship Query
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george harries
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-10-25 18:19:22 UTC
Hi,

My main is in a corp which regularly do small gang roams in low and nul sec, generally we have someone who grants shield boost and (rarely) someone who can give armor boost. The gangs are usually shield based but we have recently been fielding some armor based gangs - just a current situation.

My main has a mixed bag of skills but I have a second a/c which is a pure PvP Character, so....

My Main can fly command ships but I read somewhere that a T3 cruiser would give better bonuses. Would a Legion (or is a different race's T3 metter for this idea) be preferable over say a damnation for the gang bonuses, if so, as I know FA about T3's (!) do you have any fitting suggestions/set ups - this is not supposed to be a gank boat but just enough to GTFO if it all goes **** up.

As far as skills go the main can fly a golem & NM very well and use siege T2 and has good armor skills - excellent support skills as well so fitting should not be an issue.

thanks in advance
george harries
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-10-26 14:04:30 UTC
anyone have any input on this ?
Noskill McCheese
#3 - 2011-10-26 18:12:12 UTC
Depends. T3 gets 5% per level bonus to links, fleet command ship gives 3% per level. Difference being, the fleet command ship can have 3 links active where the T3 would need 2 command processors (150 cpu each) to run as many. So.. afk boost alt in a safe? Sure go for the T3. If you want to run 3 links and still participate in the fight, or at least be on grid, you should go with the command ship.
george harries
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2011-10-26 22:48:50 UTC
Well the idea would be for one toon to boost whilst cloaked up in a 'safe' whilst the other can concentrate on the fight - would be in a small roaming gang (occasional camps)- no more than 20, I would assume that a T3 would suit best - so is there a T3 that wold be best suited for this - looking for armor tanking bonus at least so don't know which way to turn. Any suggestions on ship and fitting ?
MichaelWest
The Athenaeum
#5 - 2011-10-27 00:06:38 UTC
george harries wrote:
Well the idea would be for one toon to boost whilst cloaked up in a 'safe' whilst the other can concentrate on the fight - would be in a small roaming gang (occasional camps)- no more than 20, I would assume that a T3 would suit best - so is there a T3 that wold be best suited for this - looking for armor tanking bonus at least so don't know which way to turn. Any suggestions on ship and fitting ?



No go sorry.

You cant be cloaked and use the booster at the same time, its one or the other. If you are looking for an off site booster, then the Command ship is the way to go because you can use the three boosters.

Side note: The T3 does actually give a better boost, 5% vs 3% If you really wanted you could slap some Command Processors in the T3 and fit some more gang links in it. (Not sure if it can handle the CPU/Power or not, haven't tested, just a random thought)
MichaelWest
The Athenaeum
#6 - 2011-10-27 00:07:33 UTC
Noskill McCheese wrote:
Depends. T3 gets 5% per level bonus to links, fleet command ship gives 3% per level. Difference being, the fleet command ship can have 3 links active where the T3 would need 2 command processors (150 cpu each) to run as many. So.. afk boost alt in a safe? Sure go for the T3. If you want to run 3 links and still participate in the fight, or at least be on grid, you should go with the command ship.


Damn, I missed this post.

Yeah, what he said.