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Just wondering about the vindi...
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Corthon
Original Sinners
Pandemic Legion
#1 - 2013-12-27 22:18:37 UTC
Title says it, I was just wondering If the vindi is a good ship to be using in lvl 4's until I can fly a kronos, or is a navy issue mega better? I have looked through all the different bonuses/attributes of each ship and was just wondering people opinions and of course i'm flying it in gallante space. Pirate
Deen Wispa
Sheriff.
United Caldari Space Command.
#2 - 2013-12-27 23:23:00 UTC
Why not fly the Domi? Or if you insist on guns, try the Hype because of its active tank bonus

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Miasmos
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-12-28 00:12:00 UTC
Vindicator superior to Kronos if you have skills to fly one properly. Sentry-rail setup is what I'm talking about. And as above mentioned, Hyperion is also superior to Kronos in multiple circumstances due to better dps.
IIshira
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#4 - 2013-12-28 02:18:20 UTC
I threw some fits together in EFT... Yes I know EFT isn't like the real game so take it with a grain of salt.


Kronos doesn't look so good for raw DPS because you only have 50m drone bandwidth.

The VIndi gets about 75 DPS more than the Navy Mega. Not a huge difference IMO

The Navy Mega has 175m drone bay vs the Vindicator's 125m drone bay. This means you can't have lights and sentry drones in the Vindi. Solo in a level 4 without light drones is never a good idea. Now if you're in a fleet this wouldn't be an issue.

The Hyperion had about 25 less DPS than the Navy Mega. It also has room for a full flight of sentry and light drones.


TLDR: They all seemed okay but the Navy Mega seemed a good choice because it does good DPS, has a tracking bonus, and you can fit a full flight of sentry drones and still have room for lights

Of course all this is on EFT.... Go buy them on the test server for 100 ISK and try for yourself Big smile
Corthon
Original Sinners
Pandemic Legion
#5 - 2013-12-28 03:30:37 UTC
Thanks for the replies!
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#6 - 2013-12-28 16:54:11 UTC  |  Edited by: Batelle
Some people fly blaster vindis because they have a burning need to use blasters in missions. I don't think this is a great idea, but if you're going to do it, the vindi is a pretty damn fine blaster platform. Kronos still better for mission applications though.

For rails, the vindi does get good performance (according to some) with its massive DPS and good base stats, but I consider the navy mega to be a more "natural" rail ship, with its extra lowslot, 175m3 drone bay, and decent targeting range (50km base on the vindi is a killer for me). Hyperion also looks good since it got extra drones, an extra lowslot, and a 10% per level bonus in tiericide. Plus MJDs making tracking nearly irrelevant if you feel like it. A bling vindi can shield tank however, which i guess is cool.

I have a vindi, and I've used it a few times for hisec pvp, right now its fit for incursions.

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