Ships & Modules

I've been out of the game for a few years and i'm back to find some nice changes. The auto-cannon buffs seem good without being OP and Minmatar are starting to see more shield orientated ships - i prefer armour minnie ships, but i understand the design philosophy.

With that in mind, there are 3 ships that haven't been changed despite being under-used for a number of years and that don't follow the design philosophy of the minmatar race.

The Claw
The Wolf
The Muninn

So here's why i think so:

Minmatar generally have relatively light/fast ships with similar number of mid and low slots. They have good power-grid, normally on par with Gallente but below amarr and boast the second highest CPU (behind caldari). Utility slots in either hi, mid or lo aren't uncommon and normally that 'flavour' module is what makes minmatar appeal.

Here's why i don't think these ships fit that:

The Claw
Has too much powergrid (40 base is FAR too much for a projectile boat) - i feel 35 would be more appropriate. CPU is too low by FAR. Should be around 150 base. Its weight is really high, should be around 1mil imo. Should have the 4-3-3 slot layout: The stiletto has the 3-4-3 for tackle heavy/shield mods, so having the combat ceptor have 4-3-3 makes sense since it still needs to fit tackle on its mids to fill the interceptor role, and having a balanced number of mid/low fits the minnie design philosophy.

Summary:
Slots: 4-2-4 > 4-3-3
PG: 40 > 35
CPU: 100-150
Mass: 1.126 > 1/1.05

The Wolf
Similar to the Claw in it's problems. Too much powergrid, CPU is too low and its slot layout makes no sense. Should be 5-3-4.

Summary:
Slots: 5-2-5 > 5-3-4
PG: 48 > 43
CPU: 135 > 150

The Muninn
This is another slot layout nightmare. It's a sniper boat with 2 un-bonused hi slots and only 3 mids. its powergrid and CPU are very generous, however it's hard to take advantage of this with it's current slot layout. That being said, it's drone bay is also too large.

Summary:
Slots: 7-3-5 > 6-4-5
Drone bay: 25 > 10/15

I'm not saying these ships are unflyable, but realistically (outside fitting oversized plates) these ships are relatively strong in potential but just need some tweaks to make them realistically viable.

Didn't wolf get buffed recentlyish along with other AFs?

That's not what im doing. The claw can be used for solo PVP as can the wolf, but neither of these ships are useful enough to be picked up over another races ship even in a gang situation.

And the muninn... well.... it needs that mid slot for tracking computers and sensor boosters. I thought that would be obvious as part of a sniper gang?

The jaguar is made for arty's, the wolf is made for AC's. It is definitely the more'in your face' of the 2. I see no reason why it needs 5 lows and only 2 mids. It's basically an enyo but worse.

Bingo.

I want to see a gang where there's so many people that one race gets picked over another and you have to sit at home instead of roam/whatever.

"You, number 662, take your claw and GTFO. You are being replaced by Caldari."

As I was reading this over again, I was thinking, despite the ships bonuses and slots being somewhat at odds, the Wolf is still a great ship, good at both brawling and kiting. I'm actually far less impressed with the Jag than the Wolf.

I just don't get the Muninn.

I mean a Fleet Artillery Boat with 7 High Slots and only 5 Guns...

4 Mids, 6 Lows like the Hurricane would seem to be a much better use of those slots. Or at least 6 High, 4 Mid, 5 Low. But 3 Mids on a Shield Tanker...

It's like if the Zealot was 7 High, 3 Mid, 5 Low with 5 Guns.

Does anyone know why they gave it so many Highs?

The Mewnin is a very good long range HAC if you are into that sort of thing, but neither the Claw or the Wolf are worth flying compared to the other ships in their class. 2 midslot frigates are pretty awful.

My CEO flies the Wolf Quite effectively.
Got some nice solo KM's w/it