Ships & Modules

I was talking about the AC Rifter vs blaster Rifter.

What is a Coilex blaster incursus ? And a Reciprocrat rail incursus ?

Now I think null shouldn't have been buffed in the blaster buff some years ago ; and the Rifter could have a bit more agility or speed, but more than that would push it over the top where he was before the rebalance and that's not a good thing IMO.

Coilex Military Research Corporation (GASDAQ: COILCO) conducts research and development on various technologies relevant to today's modern military needs. Their most recently released product, the Coilex Advanced Light Proton Blaster, boasts special integration into the classic Incursus hull, leading to performance "better in every way than even a Winmatar autocannon" using groundbreaking built-in magnetic infusion systems. Military experts are calling this a magnetosaural field.

Unfortunately the Coilex Advanced Light Proton Blaster is not available for general usage due to restrictions on classified technology imposed de facto by the Consolidated Cooperation and Relations Command Inner Circle.



The local Gallente government in the region of Solitude has been recently dealing with an extremist political faction dubbing themselves the "Reciprocrats". Their exact demands are unclear, but they appear to involve socioeconomic safety net reforms. Their cause is bolstered by extremely vicious forces and inexplicably advanced technology, such as railguns with unprecedented tracking. "Our regular protocol of doing a barrel roll is completely ineffective!" one law enforcement official has told us, on condition of anonymity.

Jovian representatives have not yet responded to inquiries into rumors of the involvement of Jovian tech in this mess.

If you don't mind me quoting myself :

The Rifter is probably not as good as the Incursus when dueling, but I think it's more versatile and effective in a small fleet and to take on larger targets like cruisers (nos will help against medium neutra).


Also, comparing two ships in one specific scenario for balance concerns can only lead in two ships sharing the same niche and one obsoleting the other.

Am I in the wrong subforum or something? I explained the names behind those uncommonly seen weapons.

I've used a 250 mm arty and 280 mm arty scram kiter in a similar way you use a rail incursus to take out a tristan and a cormorant before.

Then died to a silly piloting error very quickly afterwards. with both ships! You'd think I'd learn wouldn't you!

The rifter currently requires a lot of piloting skill to make it work as you have to exploit your opponents mistakes as they generally can't win on 'numbers' alone.

I found the AC/ AB Rifter with a SAAR and Halo implants to be very competitive with it's peers. The implants made the sig radius move from 35m to 28m. I realize that Halos as a balancing factor are , but seeing as the Slasher starts with a 30m signature- maybe simply cutting the rifter's size is the way to go.

That actually sounds like a pretty good plan.

+1 for slimming rifters

Doesn't knock on slashers door either because slasher still has that mid slot (which I'm pretty sure was designed so a balmer can fit nice and snugly on ALL SLASHERS EVERYWHERE).