Ships & Modules

well considering the algos is a droneboat, the guns should be of little concern. You don't have enough CPU to fit anything except for electron blasters in most fits anyway.

kiting with drones, while theoretically a good strategy rarely works because the enemy just shoots your drones.

that's not really a kiting fit and any projectile/missile ship is going to tear you a new one :D

plus, if neuting: why not dragoon?

small neuts range are 6.3km.

You can't neut enough with small neuts to shut scram+web off so your tactic is flawed. As soon as your pursuer gets in scram range you are boned.

And you still havent addressed the fact your drones will be killed.

I don't understand what you're saying really.

I'm telling you: your neuts have 6.3km range and that means you can't neut your opponent until he's already scrammed+webbed you. In addition to this you cannot neut enough to shut down the scram+web because they use very little cap.

Since I said a projectile or missile boat their weapons will not be using cap so they can just sit there and kill your drones and once the drones are dead you have no damage output.

I'm arguing because I want to understand your thought process in giving this advice.

I understand what you are saying, but the Algos is only a destroyer.

Please try to get a ship within web and scram range, but avoid getting closer than 6km. You will see that this is anything but easy.

Then take a look at small projectile weapons. These have very short optimals (i.e. 1km) with long falloffs. Whatever DPS EFT shows will you need to get the turrets within optimal range before you get the DPS out. Not only will you have to get closer than the neuts' range, but at only 1km does tracking become an issue and the nominal DPS often cannot be reached (hence most pilots fit TEs next to gyros and not only gyros).

And how many webs do you imagine you have fitted? You have already one webbing the Algos. It is almost impossible to shoot warriors without a web. So how do you plan on killing the warriors before these have gone through your tank when these have extra hitpoints, you are short on webs and the Algos can launch additional drones?

Here you go:

[Algos, Kiting Algos]
Local Hull Conversion Overdrive Injector I
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Damage Control II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Medium Shield Extender II
Warp Disruptor II

75mm Gatling Rail II, Spike S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Spike S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Spike S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Spike S
75mm Gatling Rail II, Spike S
[empty high slot]

Small Hybrid Collision Accelerator I
Small Hybrid Locus Coordinator I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I


Warrior II x5

If someone can catch up to you, switch to Javelin. Lowish cap life, but it's a hybrid dessy, so you can expect that.

ETA: If you want, you could meta the DC or MSE (or use a CPU implant) and drop a small neut in the utility high as a last ditch if someone gets too close and lands a scram on you.

All I see is that you have not answered my questions and are dodging the discussion.

I would give it a go in my Comet if i knew the Algos was fitted like that.

would be a free kill once the drones are dead really. Wouldn't be easy though i'm sure.

thats why you kill the algos' dps first

@whitehound still don't know what question im dodging.

And you're overestimating how much hp warriors have even with the algos bonus. With perfect skills they have a combined shield and armour hp of about 360 and 320ish structure (no resistance). Not many people have trained drone durability to 5 so it's likely the numbers are lower.

It takes about 2-4 volleys from autocannons or rockets to take out a webbed warrior II and considering the cycle times of small guns: that's not a lot of time for your drones to be doing any damage.