Warfare & Tactics

don't let the target get his traversal up and you'll hit him. either he is chasing you or you are scramming/webing him down, stop your ship/overheat and melt him.

The basic rule on most ships is 3 damage mods first and then if you still have spare slots fit TEs.
There are a few cases where youre better off with 2 damage mods and 2 TEs if you have 4 slots to play with but theyre all kiting ships and it's done more for the range than the tracking.

There are obviously exceptions to this, as with everything else in eve, for specialty fits.

EFT numbers are just theorycrafting... undock your ship and try it out on some of your corp mates.

At the end it is always a matter of what and how you want to engage. Raw DPS is good if you fight enemies slower or larger then you. However if you fight enemies smaller or faster than you then more tracking is usually better. Max EFT DPS is nice but you can usually only apply them in a perfect situation which is rather rare in PVP. Sometimes it is more useful to go for more flexibility instead of raw dps. This give you more options for the "non-perfect" but more realistic situations.

words/keyboard much? or is it your first time.....


Either case this is not true and especially given the nature of the conversation...

if your a eft warrior you know that void with t2 guns will give you the best damage, but what the eft warrior wont tell you is appying that damage is difficult with short range ammo tracking debuff (-25% i believe) so and since meta4 guns vs t2 guns have very similar damage/range/tracking stats.... the reason t2 gives you better damage is it allows for loading t2 ammo.... but in any case where tracking is an issue you will have a much easier time appying damage with meta 4 guns and faction ammo than t2 guns with t2 ammo. if your looking to kill sh*t then appying your damage is much more important than min/maxing your stats on eft.

another point to be made is... especially with a ferox... if you have lower fitting skills you'll be able to fit more utility with the meta 4 guns as they have lower fitting requirements. I'd much rather leave station with a full complement of meta4 guns and a utility hi (generally med nuet or smart bomb, neut if your worried about fast tackle, SB if your worried about EW drones) than have a rack of t2 blasters and no utility. and trust me a t1 gunned ferox with faction antimatter can still **** face.


but to the op's original question, I generally fit for all out damage if im in a teir 2 bc or lower, as your ships agility (and as you learn to manually pilot, your piloting ability) should be able to position yourself to minimize tracking.... less agile ships with slow tracking guns or VERY fast ships with slow tracking guns (talos) can benifit largely from tracking enhancers.

You can get a 5% medium hybrid damage implant for under 10 million isk in any major market.

It is all about what you like and what your up against. EFT is just numbers and helps you zoom in on what your looking for, but the best way to find out what's best is by testing it out with your friends and then in the real world. Also sites like battleclinic can help with finding a good template that you can build around. Usually i use EFT to see if small adjustments can actually fit using my skill set, and were it could be if my skills improved. As a new pilot it is common to lean more on tracking and tank though.

Target is smaller ships - tracking.
Target is bigger ships - dps.