Ships & Modules

So the Scimitar seems a bit... terrible when it comes to powergrid amount compared to its counterparts.

Assume Engineering lvl V. The basilisk, guardian & oneiros can all fit a full rack of large non-T2 reps/shield transfers and still have PG to spare for an afterburner.
The scimitar, after fitting 4 large T1 shield transfers does not have enough powergrid to support an AB and fittings in the rest of its slots without a powergrid mod.

Not only that but it's direct armor counterpart; the oneiros has enough PG and CPU to fit 4 large T2 reps, a T2 AB and a 800mm plate to boot.

Fair enough, one has to look at the whole package of the ship before directly comparing one race's ship stat to another - the Scimi is the fastest logi, has the highest scan resolution and an absurdly low sig radius for a cruiser but these advantages alone don't seem to outweigh the underpowered powergrid.

Shouldn't the Scimitar deserve at least a small base increase of 20-30 units to its powergrid? Or does my arguement suck and I should uninstall?

This

Not only the most used but the most versatile logi in the game, small gang camping to roaming gang or fleet, it's Eve shaman

Sry but actually a decently fitted Scimi and skilled pilot with +3/-3 % pg/cap use/rep amount can perfectly fit his ship for the role and those implants are dirty cheap, it's the trade off for the highest mobility/speed and lower signature of all logistics.

The scimi isn't the best for pure rep. For that you use the guardian.

The fast it outruns most frigates though is why people pick it. Means most cruisers/BC's can't touch it. being able to rep with 2large and 2med reppers is better than being dead with 4 large equipped.

this, sadly. You will be missed.

The oneiros is equally hard to fit, and the basilisk and guardian aren't much better. It's part of flying a logi ship. They're actually fairly nicely balanced atm.

IF there was a change to the scimi, I'd say give it 50 drone bandwidth and bay space like the oni, instead of 45. Having to use a light drone instead of a 5th medium is annoying.

Cap stable is highly overrated.

In big fleets you rarely need to run all four reppers anyway. If you do for any amount of time you are likely losing the fight.

Basis flat can't keep up with a lot of fleet comps, and then trying to keep a cap chain running with Tengus burning around at 2100m/s ...challenging.,


Basically, stop being lazy, and don't perma-run the reppers keep the FC, anchor and the last two primaries locked and hang loose. Its not rocket surgery.

......just need to give up the idea of a 4 repper scimi being cap stable, you "can" but its going to either have an afterburner, or have no tank.

Fast/reppers/tank/cap stable choose two basically.

I'm not seeing anything wrong with the Scimitar. Sure, it takes some fitting mods, but you can make a pretty sweet fit for it without too much trouble. I've found a fit like this works well for many purposes. I have used a fit like it for Incursions and fleet combat. It is cap stable with a pair of 3% implants or you can downgrade to a Kinetic Deflection Amplifier II instead of the Kinetic Deflection Field II. With the Scimitar, there is more than one way to skin the cat.

[Scimitar, Scimitar]
Reactor Control Unit II
Power Diagnostic System II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II

10MN Afterburner II
Large Shield Extender II
Kinetic Deflection Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II

Large S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Large S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Large S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Large S95a Partial Shield Transporter

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I


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