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Need T1 frig advice

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Kryptik Kai
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2013-12-11 20:06:52 UTC
Hey all, o7

Been playing off and on since 04, but never really jumped into PVP (always had the mindset of: when I get x more skills trained...) and then eventually I would get bored with the rest of the game and take a break.

Anyway, decided to come back and roll a new toon with the intent of jumping into RvB to get my feet wet and then looking for a lowsec pirate or merc group to transition to. So here is the problem:

The last time I played (well before all of the ships got stat make overs) the Rifter was king of T1 frigs. That apparently has changed and left me looking around at the other frigs trying to figure out what to do. If I understand correctly the Slasher is the new minnie brawler, but Im trying to understand what the other options are (Tristan, Merlin, etc?).

In other words, what T1 frigs would you recommend looking at for entry level PVP?

Thank you!

"Shiny.  Lets be bad guys." -Jayne Cobb

Kahega Amielden
Rifterlings
#2 - 2013-12-11 20:13:45 UTC
The slasher is in no way a brawler. It lacks the base EHP to be good at it, unless you can break the target's tracking (TD slasher is not altogether uncommon).

Rifter works, but requires finesse and is very much not an orbit at 500 -> turn on guns kind of frigate anymore.

The Incursus and the Merlin are the "orbit at 500 -> turn on guns" frigs now. Pretty much all combat frigates are viable in one way or another.
Kryptik Kai
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2013-12-11 20:15:34 UTC
Heh, see.

<--- Has no clue

"Shiny.  Lets be bad guys." -Jayne Cobb

Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#4 - 2013-12-11 21:00:11 UTC
Depends on what kind of pvp you wanna do. Fleets, smallgang or solo?

I would probably recommend the merlin. It can fit a decent tank + gank. But pretty much any frig are viable these days. Also, the slasher is a fine brawler.

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Kryptik Kai
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#5 - 2013-12-11 21:12:15 UTC
Smallgang and solo seem likely as anything larger would probably feel like sensory overload

"Shiny.  Lets be bad guys." -Jayne Cobb

Mizhir
Devara Biotech
#6 - 2013-12-11 21:27:38 UTC
For solo I like the atron and executioner. Both will require some decent piloting to work well. A rail incursus is also a good standard ship.

For smallgang the rocket kestrel can be quite good easy to fit rockets, MSE and MWD with full tackle and a BCU.

Some of my fits:

http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=552308
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=526066
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=499051
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=451757
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=432970
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=393135
http://red.rvbeve.com/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=376590

If you got questions, then feel free to ask. Some of the fights are abit old and would probably benefit form a AAR instead of normal armour repper.

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STSxLight
Blue Republic
RvB - BLUE Republic
#7 - 2014-01-05 11:19:54 UTC
Restore the power and fame of minmatar !!!

Do you want a nice active tank to live longer than any buffer fit in the field of battle? (Medium ASB)

Do you want to be fast with nice agility and sexy look?

Do you want to stop looking at that tracking numbers and use rockets and drones?

Do you want a ship so versatile that you can change between a lot of fits?

well then minmatar have designed the perfect ship for you

it is the BREACHER !!!!!!!!!! o/ \o o/ o\ \o/ \o/ o\ o\ o\ /o /o /o

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Sid Crash
#8 - 2014-01-05 11:41:16 UTC  |  Edited by: Sid Crash
Slasher can work fine as a dual prop or a tanked scram kiter and personally I prefer it over a Rifter for that reason, it can even sortof work as a kiter but ranged dps is a problem these days for Minnie but the Breacher can make it happen. Other than that, all the other tackler frigs are awesome for solo pvp, Executioner, Atron and condor all work great.