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Verity Sovereign

Sebiestor Tribe

Minmatar Republic

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#21 - 2013-01-29 13:08:28 UTC

Maeltstome wrote:

OldWolf69 wrote:

"The Raven is the powerhouse of the Caldari Navy. With its myriad launcher slots and powerful shields, few ships can rival it in strength or majesty."
Top or Flop? Is this Ship at least close to it's description, or it's just a way to discover how bad some of the Battleships really are?
Some opinions, gentlemen? Big smile

Tell me another battleship that can hit 1000dps while sporting a 750 DPS tank and call that sh*t too. Raven is fine. Just pretend it's a minmatar/gallente ship and then you'll probably whine that it's OP.

Lost count of the number of "raven is bad?" threads ive read. They are wrong.

Since when have people whined that Gallente ships were OP'd? Nearly a decade?

As to the question: the ship descriptions are all just fluff. Many BSs can rival or surpass it in strength

The Raven doesn't have any special tanking ability relative to any other BS (at least not shield BSs), and 1000 DPS isn't all that great, a Domi can easily out do that.
The pirate BSs will easily out do that.

The Raven is widely regarded as a great mission boat, but its no Machariel.
Cruise missiles aren't good for fleets, due to the delay in applying damage, they don't hit frigs too well (unlike turrets at long range, at least against NPCs that fly straight at you).

It does deal pure selectable damage, which makes its respectable DPS even more respectable for missioning, and with a cruise fit, range is not an issue. Of course, the CNR is even better.
It won't tank like a mael/Rohk/abaddon/rattler/SNI, but its ok.
Its not OPd, but its not an "i win button" against other BSs (tech 1 or other).

Devil's Horsemen 220
Naes Mlahrend Devil's Horsemen Likes received: 220	#22 - 2013-01-29 13:15:03 UTC Love my Raven

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Maeltstome Ten Thousand Days Likes received: 641	#23 - 2013-01-29 18:04:55 UTC Sal Landry wrote: Maeltstome wrote: checks math torps + 3x rigor = ~208m radius 208m * 0.75 (GMP lvl 5) = 156m No, they have radius of 208 with all 5 skills and 3 rigors. You're applying the skill bonus twice for some reason. I was lead to believe they effected the size of the target based on its sig radius, not the exp radius of the missile.