Ships & Modules

Hey all

Being gallente I find myself 30min from an eris, but I'm only about a week from any of the others as well. It seems generally that the eris is less popular while the saber seems to be the most popular. Is it worth training for an eris or should I just go for one of the others?

They all do what they were designed to do. Some might be less effective due to damage types or suchlike.

I like the Catalyst hull best, so the Eris was the first I went for. Eventually, I cross-trained and can use all of them. I still prefer the Eris.

if you train it now you're guaranteed to get the racial destroyer at 5.

Ok, I'm practically a noob in the fine profession of tackling and bubbling, having flown other roles in gang or solo. Now I recently trained for a HIC, which is a common ship in w-space pew and I've let myself believe that I have some sort of vague clue how to use it.

I also trained Interdictors, and the question- what are the general pros & cons of these shiptypes, and when would you choose one over other?

You can also nod silently in agreement if you think the Algos hull would be awesome as a bubbler, so we don't go wildly off topic.

The thing that you have to remember is a 'dictor is generally a flying coffin. Despite the speed, once you have launched an interdiction sphere, you're in it. If you get popped before escaping your own sphere, you will be a party to your own podding (you used to show up on your own KM as a responsible party, havn't flown an interdictor in 3 years though, so I'm not sure if that changed).
Tanking up these ships is a lost cause, if you are going to survive you need to pilot intelligently and try to have a contingency plan. Have eyes on the other side of your gate so you know when to launch the interdiction probe and GTFO. Learn to create and use bookmarks to set up catch bubbles that are off the gate, this is the easiest to learn in a 2 gate system.
The Sabre is probably the best 'dictor for also using as a dessy, but as noted, the cpu sucks... but lets get real here, your job isn't to pop frigs, its to drop bubbles.
I would say that a "standard" interdictor (vs a hictor) is better for skirmishing, if you are going to take and lock down a gate, bring a different ship and just anchor medium warp disruption bubbles, or use a hictor since they can actually tank. If you have logistics, use a hictor, since again, they can actually tank.

If you are going to give the space coffin a whirl, get yourself an implant-less clone, because you are a high priority ship to pop, and just might end up tackling your own pod.

There's a lot to be said for just training all 4 Frigate skills to level V. Each Frigate V you train unlocks 2 Interceptors, 2 Assault Frigates, an EAF, a Stealth Bomber, a Covops, and of course an Interdictor for a total of 8 T2 ships (not to mention the 4 T1 frigates). That's really good value for a measly 512,000 skillpoints.

With specific reference to Interdictors, most of the time you're basically just flying a disposable bubble delivery platform, and one is much the same as another - since you're expected to die, often the most important characteristic is hull price! The most important thing is to be able to fly what is available in that time & place.