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What's the least used module/module type in EVE at the moment?
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Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#21 - 2015-11-27 20:26:11 UTC
Valacus wrote:
Another module I don't see used often are the warp accelerators. Warp implants also go completely ignored because they suck balls.



You mean the implants that increase warp speed? Er, I think a lot of mission blitzers use them to 'mach schnell' their PVE BS bricks

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Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#22 - 2015-11-27 22:31:49 UTC
ascendancy implants do suck balls, why else would they cost 5b for a set :p

who would ever want cruiser warp speed in a freighter. and in a cap blob you can easily refit warp speed stuff, which is very useful now that caps can take gates to avoid jump fatigue. sure in pvp I'd probably rather have crystals/snakes/slaves instead, but for pve or travel ascendancys are dank.

cap flux coils I'd guess way too many shield tankers are using them

auto targeting systems are nice on pve fits for the +2/3 locked targets when you have nothing better to fit in that utility high slot. it shocks me how many people fit drone link augmentors instead. like seriously do you really want your scout drones going out past 60km?

micro stuff, afaik it doesn't drop anymore (and hasn't for years) there are a few niche uses, and the cost due to lack of supply pushes them to an even more extreme niche. I think the best use I've seen was a micro cap booster.

I'd guess there are a few rigs that almost never see use, most of that due to the ship classes that do use them are a different size. Small sentry damage augmentor anyone? as someone else said capital scanning rigs

Ace Lapointe wrote:
HeXxploiT wrote:
Shield flux coils & shield rechargers. These modules are dedicated to a specific type of tank but very few ships aside from the rattlesnake can utilize this tank effectively so the modules go largely unused aside from when one fits them merely because they "fit".


Drake, Gila, Moa, Typhoon, Typhoon Fleet Issue, Domi, Raven, Scorp and N. Scorp, N. Raven, Tempest, Ishtar, Vexor, N. Vexor.. Those are just a few, that have fits that work with these..

I'd guess they would be better off with shield power relays instead of shield flux coils, or a hardener/LSE instead of a shield recharger.

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Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2015-11-28 11:18:41 UTC
Valacus wrote:
Not that they're underused, but I hate the way ECCM modules work, namely in that they work only as a counter to ECM and otherwise nerf your ship with no benefit at all. Tracking computers, sensor boosters, capacitor boosters, and propulsion modules all provide a benefit to your fitting regardless of whether the enemy brings the associated EWAR to the field. ECCM does not.
Speaking of ECCM, I've never seen/used sensor backup arrays (the lowslot, less powerful variant of the standard midslot ECCM).

And maybe I've found the winner: MULTISPECTRUM ECCM. What the hell are these for??? Doesn't every single ship have just one variety of sensor?

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W0lf Crendraven
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#24 - 2015-11-28 12:40:16 UTC
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
Valacus wrote:
Not that they're underused, but I hate the way ECCM modules work, namely in that they work only as a counter to ECM and otherwise nerf your ship with no benefit at all. Tracking computers, sensor boosters, capacitor boosters, and propulsion modules all provide a benefit to your fitting regardless of whether the enemy brings the associated EWAR to the field. ECCM does not.
Speaking of ECCM, I've never seen/used sensor backup arrays (the lowslot, less powerful variant of the standard midslot ECCM).

And maybe I've found the winner: MULTISPECTRUM ECCM. What the hell are these for??? Doesn't every single ship have just one variety of sensor?


All of these mods see frequent use in tournaments (cause racial ecm tends to be banned nowadays).
Gully Alex Foyle
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#25 - 2015-11-28 12:44:02 UTC
W0lf Crendraven wrote:
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
Valacus wrote:
Not that they're underused, but I hate the way ECCM modules work, namely in that they work only as a counter to ECM and otherwise nerf your ship with no benefit at all. Tracking computers, sensor boosters, capacitor boosters, and propulsion modules all provide a benefit to your fitting regardless of whether the enemy brings the associated EWAR to the field. ECCM does not.
Speaking of ECCM, I've never seen/used sensor backup arrays (the lowslot, less powerful variant of the standard midslot ECCM).

And maybe I've found the winner: MULTISPECTRUM ECCM. What the hell are these for??? Doesn't every single ship have just one variety of sensor?


All of these mods see frequent use in tournaments (cause racial ecm tends to be banned nowadays).
Ok multispectrum ECM but why multispectrum ECCM?

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Viziam
Amarr Empire
#26 - 2015-11-28 17:40:12 UTC
Gully Alex Foyle wrote:
Ok multispectrum ECM but why multispectrum ECCM?


I'd suppose in case you were too lazy to buy a real ECCM for your ship and you have a small fleet you use. So you'd be like, "Eh, screw it, I'll just buy one for all of my ships and just equip it on whatever I'm using".

But with how cheap ECCM is, I can't imagine that really happening. Such a person would deserve to be jammed anyway.

Also worth noting: sensor backup arrays can be useful for shield boats. There's only so much that can go into lowslots, and with diminished returns, stuff like damage mods become pointless after a point (opinions vary, mine's 3 in most cases). So, if you think you'll encounter jamming, but your mids are already tight with prop and tank (again, presuming a shield boat), and perhaps even point, not having to lose another mid to boost sensor strength is precisely what the doctor ordered.

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Tiddle Jr
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#27 - 2015-11-29 00:19:10 UTC
Gallente Mining Laser

Most of the modules having 'Basic' word in their names.

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Paul Pohl
blue media poetry
#28 - 2015-11-29 03:16:29 UTC
Chainsaw Plankton wrote:
it shocks me how many people fit drone link augmentors instead. like seriously do you really want your scout drones going out past 60km?


It's useful if you are using missiles - and it it is particularly good for clearing up sites with salvage drones
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#29 - 2015-11-29 05:49:50 UTC
multispec ECCM for when you buy 1 thing and need to fit a bunch of ships. these days it is probably easier to just fit a racial specific eccm. Although I was a bit surprised it looks like multispec's main drawback is it uses a bit more cap.

gallente mining laser, isn't that just the same as t1 but with a "faction" name. a common drop in a specific lv3 mission so I'm not surprised about the stats.

DLA: still don't think it is useful for a missile user, even 60km feels too far to send drones most of the time. if your drones get aggro, or you need to warp off, or switch targets that is a lot of travel time and/or lost drones. as for the salvage drones hell no, letting them out past 60km is just a waste of time. Those things are really freaking slow.

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Paul Pohl
blue media poetry
#30 - 2015-11-29 19:58:58 UTC
Chainsaw Plankton wrote:

DLA: still don't think it is useful for a missile user, even 60km feels too far to send drones most of the time. if your drones get aggro, or you need to warp off, or switch targets that is a lot of travel time and/or lost drones. as for the salvage drones hell no, letting them out past 60km is just a waste of time. Those things are really freaking slow.


I dunno, I find it works well - kite around at 60km with all your DPS hitting - certainly in PVE

And if you have to warp out, leave the drones
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Sudden Buggery
Sending Thots And Players
#31 - 2015-11-30 05:22:28 UTC
I *wish* it was the warp core stabiliser

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Blackfeathers
Unholy Knights of Cthulhu
Test Alliance Please Ignore
#32 - 2015-11-30 08:20:04 UTC
Energized layered plating and the regular layered plating.


There arent situations where these are even remotely useful.

They give very very minor HP % bonus to armour, without adding mass. Almost no fitting reqs - but havent seen them used at all.
Owen Levanth
Sagittarius Unlimited Exploration
#33 - 2015-11-30 18:34:36 UTC
Blackfeathers wrote:
Energized layered plating and the regular layered plating.


There arent situations where these are even remotely useful.

They give very very minor HP % bonus to armour, without adding mass. Almost no fitting reqs - but havent seen them used at all.


Depending on the math, they could be useful for some fits using polarized weapons. Since those reduce all resists to zero, adding some plates and then layered platings could work out.
Kaska Iskalar
Doomheim
#34 - 2015-12-01 23:29:02 UTC
Valacus wrote:
What do you imagine is the least used module or module type in the game right now and why?. I have a few theories, but I want to know what everyone else thinks. Also, what do you think can be done to make said module not so useless?


I'm guessing defender missiles.
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