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Best Rigs for PVE Maelstrom for Cap Recharge?
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Redbeard Hakuli
Doomheim
#1 - 2011-10-10 14:26:36 UTC
Does anyone know the best rig layout for a Maelstrom to maximize cap recharge rate? 3xCCCs? 2xCCCs + 1SMC?

Thanks!
Marcus Gideon
Triglavian Assembly
#2 - 2011-10-10 14:50:58 UTC
1) EFT is your friend, learn to use it...

2) SMC is the same as a Battery, it adds to the overall pool in the Capacitor. For just about anything BC and smaller, increasing that pool first will help the recharge. So were you talking about a Cane or something, I'd say 1x SMC / Battery and then as many CCC / Rechargers as you felt were needed.

BS have plenty of pool to begin with, and increasing doesn't really help. So for your Mael, 3x CCC is better.
mxzf
Shovel Bros
#3 - 2011-10-10 18:38:47 UTC
For a Mael specifically, I've found that Core Defense Capacitor Safeguards give better cap life than CCCs. Either one works though.
Goose99
#4 - 2011-10-10 18:55:04 UTC
mxzf wrote:
For a Mael specifically, I've found that Core Defense Capacitor Safeguards give better cap life than CCCs. Either one works though.


Depends on pve or pvp. Think of "cap life" as "cap buffer." It's useless for pve, useful for pvp.
Rens Cheque
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#5 - 2011-10-10 19:37:44 UTC
Marcus Gideon wrote:
1) EFT is your friend, learn to use it...

2) SMC is the same as a Battery, it adds to the overall pool in the Capacitor. For just about anything BC and smaller, increasing that pool first will help the recharge. So were you talking about a Cane or something, I'd say 1x SMC / Battery and then as many CCC / Rechargers as you felt were needed.

BS have plenty of pool to begin with, and increasing doesn't really help. So for your Mael, 3x CCC is better.
Unlike a battery, SMCs increase your cap by a percentage, not a raw number, they are no more useful on a BC than a BS. A battery is useful on a small ship because the raw cap it provides is a greater percentage of the total cap of the ship than it would be for a BS.

CCCs are still most likely the better choice for a BS, but the reason is different from what you stated.