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What Rigs for a Golem?
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Talos DragonBorn
Doomheim
#1 - 2014-01-27 13:01:43 UTC  |  Edited by: Talos DragonBorn
I was thinking 1x Rigor II and 1x Flare II, is this good or should I double up on one or the other? This will be a Cruise fit for mission running and I will likely use at least 2x TPs most if not all of the time.

Thanks in advance. :)
Batelle
Federal Navy Academy
#2 - 2014-01-27 15:19:34 UTC
i believe the answer is still two rigors. The damage formula makes it so that having a huge sig can compensate for a target's velocity, but if the target is even at 0, it won't improve damage over the cap imposed by the target's small sig compared to the explosion radius.

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Maxor Swift
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#3 - 2014-01-27 16:56:59 UTC
I see i lot of golems for sale with a Rigor 1 and a loading accelerator 2 not totally sure why but it seems to be FOTM.

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#4 - 2014-01-27 17:10:00 UTC
you can pretty easily fit enough painters to not really need rigor rigs, so the bay loader rig is the only way to really increase dps.

my golem still has 2x missile velocity rigs from years ago on it, I can't really bring myself to rip em out. although it more or less means my missiles never get hit by defenders and I don't have to count volleys out to 100km or so. 15km/s missiles are nice, and now with bastion mode they are up to 18km/s.

If I was going to fit a golem today I probably would use a tech 2 rate of fire rig. and then probably a rigor or velocity rig.

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Gregor Parud
Imperial Academy
#5 - 2014-01-27 17:17:44 UTC
2x T2 rigors gives the best results.
Bertrand Butler
Cras es Noster
#6 - 2014-01-27 17:38:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Bertrand Butler
2xT2 Rigors is the safe choice, but it depends on the mission profile you are running too.

Here is a signature radius scaling example for two CM setups. The first one uses 2xT2 rigors, and the second one A T2 BLA and a T2 Flare.

CN
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f9/Dante80/bellycancer/27-Jan-1419-32-28_zpsc9fe4f85.jpg

Rage
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f9/Dante80/bellycancer/1_zps4bb63659.jpg

The second setup has also the advantage of getting its salvoes out in under 8 ticks. It is possible to have better damage application than a 2xT2 Rigor in a min max 3TP setup if you know what you are doing (salvo counting, launcher grouping) and it will run missions faster - no exceptions. For casual missioning though, the rigor option is strictly better.