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Help Fitting a Manticore for PvP/Missions?
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Carver Midgardsormr
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2012-09-22 14:44:14 UTC  |  Edited by: Carver Midgardsormr
Is going the 3 Torp/1Bomb/1Cloak route a good way?
"http://eveinfo.net/wiki/ind~1641.htm"

Or What is a good way to fit a manticore? Before i spend a long time on skills? lol
James 315
Experimental Fun Times Corp RELOADED
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#2 - 2012-09-22 14:55:46 UTC
I'd choose a different ship, to be honest. And PvP/Missions is a bit odd, you'd probably want to fly different ships for PvP and missioning. Smile

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Carver Midgardsormr
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#3 - 2012-09-22 14:59:51 UTC
I want to try a powerful ship.. that goes fast lol.. :P

My Main is a Retriever so yeh..

I need a faster ship.. and one thats powerful :P
James 315
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#4 - 2012-09-22 15:10:07 UTC
Have you considered a stabber or stabber fleet issue? Cool

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Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#5 - 2012-09-22 15:23:10 UTC
I don't think you should run missions with a Manticore. Torpedoes are only good for killing BSes and bombs are too expensive to waste on NPCs.

Oh god.
Carver Midgardsormr
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#6 - 2012-09-22 15:24:59 UTC
Any suggestions then for something other than Torpedos/bombs?
Riot Girl
You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack
#7 - 2012-09-22 15:28:45 UTC
Vengeance will run level 3s comfortably with an active tank and is a brilliant PvP frigate.

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Aziesta
Ternary Solntse Industries
Xagenic Freymvork
#8 - 2012-09-22 15:32:47 UTC
One of the problems with a manticore for pve is its lack of tank. You'll have to be very good at kiting, and probably cherry-pick missions. Another problem, as said earlier, is you'll have issues killing frigs. Don't fit anything other than torps, use a different ship instead.

If it's fast and powerful you're looking for, try a look at any of the following: Tengu, Sleipnir, Machariel.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#9 - 2012-09-22 16:26:54 UTC
Yup. PvP and Missioning require utterly different fits. What Level of Missions are you talking about for now, and are you training Caldari exclusively ?

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Doddy
Excidium.
#10 - 2012-09-22 16:29:20 UTC
Only pve manticore is good for is ninja ratting serps or guristas in 0.0 belts, especially when grinding sec (as you kill 1 bs then run).
Carver Midgardsormr
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2012-09-22 16:47:00 UTC
Im just switching from a Mining build.. Looking for a good damage dealing ship.. I heard bombers were the bost for fast hard damage.. Not knowing its sooo squishy im starting to think differently
Tah'ris Khlador
Space Ghosts.
Break-A-Wish Foundation
#12 - 2012-09-22 17:00:35 UTC
Huh. I didn't realize I'd stumbled into the Ship and Modules sub-forum.

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Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
#13 - 2012-09-22 18:33:41 UTC
Some considerations:

  • Bombers are very slow so far as frigates go, have high sig radius and low EHP, which makes them very squishy. Especially in missions, this is deadly.
  • Torpedoes will have trouble hitting sub-BS ships.
  • Bomb launchers do not work in lowsec or hisec; only in nullsec.
  • Bombers are very specialized in quickly providing big damage against big targets, mainly in PvP. They mostly suck in other settings.
  • Bombers are not good at solo PvP.


About the only missions that bombers can run well are FW level 4 missions, in which all you have to do is kill one or a few big targets while dodging damage, which can be quickly done with a bomber with T2 torpedoes.

If you want a PvP Manticore, we can probably help more, but PvP/missions bomber doesn't really exist.

And, as a tip: try posting in Ships & Modules subforum. The overall quality of replies is higher, and the quantity of crap replies is lower.

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